TRM Talks: The Nuts and Bolts of Crypto Compliance

Ashley Ebersole is a former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission attorney whose diverse practice spans from counseling FinTech startups and financial sponsors on topics including regulatory questions, corporate finance, and fund formation, to representing clients in regulatory and enforcement matters with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, U.S. Department of Justice, and state agencies.  Leveraging his unique expertise with the SEC’s digital asset regulatory and enforcement efforts, Ashley provides counsel to all varieties of participants in that space.  He clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, holds his J.D. from Vanderbilt University and his B.A. Amherst College.

Elias Kokaly, an Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, is the Head of Deployment Strategy at TRM Labs, a blockchain analytics company that provides anti-financial crime solutions to crypto businesses, financial institutions and government agencies. In this role, Elias ensures TRM’s public and private sector clients are successful - whether establishing a risk-based anti-money laundering program, to efficiently conducting crypto investigations. Prior to joining TRM, Elias was Special Investigations Team Lead at cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex. In this role Elias led a team engaged in complex investigations, acted as a law enforcement liaison and managed special projects.

Merav is an experienced attorney in the crypto space. She leads the legal and compliance department at Floating Point Group ("FPG"), a MIT born fintech firm offering smart cryptocurrency order routing solutions to institutional investors in the US and beyond. Prior to FPG, Merav worked at eToro USA leading regulatory licensing projects and strategic blockchain product roll-outs. She received an LL.B. from Haifa University and an LLM in Corporation Law from NYU. She holds a CAMS certificate and is a member of the NY State Bar. Merav is also a published author on privacy, consumer protection law, and crypto regulation.