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This is DACOM Digital by Solidus Labs, where we share the latest in crypto and DeFi market integrity news. Tune in to listen to one-on-one interviews with key thought leaders and industry experts in the world of crypto and gain a deeper understanding of the financial markets of tomorrow.
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Oasis Pro Market’s CEO Pat LaVecchia joins DACOM Digital to discuss his journey from decades as a Wall Street heavyweight, through deep DeFi work advising MakerDAO on compliance to founding OPM in order to enable DeFi for institutions. LaVecchia speaks to Solidus Co-founder & COO Chen Arad about OPM’s recent oversubscribed funding round and what it means for institutional interest in crypto, the huge opportunity for further institutional adoption of DeFi, as well as the regulatory and operational challenges, and how OPM is solving them. And - what can crypto and DeFi learn from the early days of the internet?
FTX Digital Markets’ CCO and MLRO, Jessica Murray, joins the most recent episode of DACOM Digital to share insights and best practices from her experience leading the compliance team for one of the world’s leading exchanges, how a career in education led her to compliance and discuss the impact FTX’s move to The Bahamas has on the local economy.
From peer-to-peer music file sharing while working on a Limewire litigation case to becoming General Counsel at Aave, a decentralized open source protocol, Rebecca Rettig certainly knows about decentralization. Listen to Rebecca and Chen break down the concepts of true decentralization, smart contracts, and the balance of accessibility & risk in DeFi.
In this episode of DACOM Digital our host Chen Arad discusses the latest Bitcoin ETF Application Rejection to consider what the industry can do the get approval along with Co-founder and CEO of Valkyrie Leah Wald.
In episode six of our pilot season we welcome Kate Goldman, Senior Policy Associate at Elliptic with Chen Arad, COO and Co-Founder at Solidus Labs
In episode five of our pilot season we welcome Graham Rodford, CEO and Co-Founder at Archax with Chen Arad, COO and Co-Founder at Solidus Labs
In episode four of our pilot season we welcome Ian Melhorn, Crypto and Blockchain Training Specialist at Circle with Chen Arad, COO and Co-Founder at Solidus Labs
In episode three of our pilot season we welcome Joshua Frank, Co-Founder and CEO at The Tie with Chen Arad, COO and Co-Founder at Solidus Labs
In episode two of of pilot season we welcome Damon Burk, Director of Business Development; Ventures, Fintech and Partnerships; Latin America at Visa with Chen Arad, COO and Co-Founder at Solidus Labs
In episode one of our pilot season we welcome Jamal Raees, Director, of Crypto Strategy at Wyre with Chen Arad, COO, and Co-Founder at Solidus Labs.
Nikola Kokovic, Head of Anti-Financial Crime and MLRO at Bybit EU, breaks down Bybit’s MiCA licensing journey, how the company balances innovation with compliance, and what it takes to build a crypto-native AML framework that meets European regulatory expectations.
Diketso Mashigo of South Africa’s FSCA joins Compliance Champions to break down their landmark crypto licensing regime: 470+ CASP applications, 279 licenses granted, and a clear regulatory framework under the FAIS Act.
IMC Crypto’s Sander van de Ven unpacks market making across CeFi/DeFi, Cayman’s VASP/SIBA regime, CIMA’s market-conduct stance vs. MiCA, whether market makers are CASPs, IMC’s surveillance and insider-trading controls, DeFi pool screening and risk thresholds, and practical token due-diligence playbooks, plus why market makers are key to institutional adoption.
Paribu’s Mehmet Turkaslan explains how Turkey regulates crypto like capital markets: CMB licensing for platforms/custodians, MASAK AML/Travel Rule, strict data & key localization. He details Paribu’s info-sec stack (CMB + TÜBİTAK criteria), market-abuse surveillance and insider-trading controls, token-listing governance, and the company’s MiCA-ready global strategy.
ECD’s Nina Vukovic and Lawdecoded’s Ilija Rilakovic unpack Serbia’s crypto regime: licensing under the Digital Assets and AML laws, Central Bank vs. SEC roles, how ECD runs exchange/wallet/ATMs, Travel Rule implementation, streamlined security-token issuance, and where Serbian rules diverge from MiCA with concrete tips for CASPs operating in or entering Serbia.
Marko Janković, Chairman of the Serbian SEC, shares how Serbia is shaping its digital asset framework. From the 2021 Law on Digital Assets to Serbia’s path toward MiCA alignment, Janković explains how his team balances flexibility, investor protection, and international cooperation to build trust and support market growth.
Zondacrypto’s CCRO Dawid Sendecki unpacks hands-on MiCA implementation: regulator engagement, token listing due diligence, market-abuse controls, AML/Travel Rule execution, and the operational lift behind stablecoins and licensing, along with practical advice on timelines, team building, and working smart across business and tech.
Starkware GC Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos explains how ZK rollups and selective disclosure enable scalable, privacy-preserving blockchain use that regulators can work with. She covers L2 vs. L1, ZK vs. optimistic rollups, U.S. and EU regulatory shifts, and concrete ways TradFi can interact with DeFi while managing financial-crime risk.
Coinbase Bermuda CCO Dan Savitt joins Solidus Labs’ Compliance Champions to discuss why Bermuda became Coinbase’s global hub for derivatives, how the BMA’s principles-based regime compares to U.S. regulation, and the compliance standards applied across 80+ jurisdictions.
Christos Efthymiopoulos of the Bermuda Monetary Authority joins Solidus Labs’ Delphine Forma to discuss Bermuda’s pioneering approach to digital asset regulation, sandbox licensing, market integrity, AML/CFT, and the future of DeFi supervision.
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