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Thank you to our members, speakers, and sponsors for making our 2023 Policy Summit a success. We will see you next year at the 2024 BA Policy Summit.

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2023 Highlights

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Agenda

All programming took place at the InterContinental – The Wharf.

BA MEMBERS ONLY

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Wednesday Nov. 29, 2023

MEMBER DAY

Closed to press

10:00 am

Registration Opens

Potomac Hall
12:00 pm

Networking Lunch

Waterside
1:00 pm

Welcome Remarks

  • Kristin Smith, CEO, Blockchain Association
Waterside
1:05 pm

Litigation Update and Industry Impact

  • Stu Alderoty, Chief Legal Officer, Ripple
  • Paul Grewal, Chief Legal Officer, Coinbase
  • Craig Salm, Chief Legal Officer, Grayscale
  • Moderator: Marisa Coppel, Senior Counsel, Blockchain Association
Waterside
1:40 pm

Market Structure

  • Paul Balzano, Senior Professional Staff – House Committee on Agriculture
  • Allison Behuniak, Staff Director, Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Inclusion, House Committee on Financial Services
  • Moderator: Ron Hammond, Director of Government Relations, Blockchain Association
Waterside
2:05 pm

The Crypto Voter and 2024 U.S. Election Outlook

Featuring a special presentation from Stagwell and the Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll

  • Dritan Nesho, CEO, HarrisX; Co-Director, Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll
  • Moderator: Dave Grimaldi, Executive Vice President, Government Relations, Blockchain Association
Waterside
2:45 pm

Networking Coffee Break

Potomac Hall
3:00 pm

Breakout Small Group Discussions / Networking

  • CEOs / Founders / Investment Funds
  • Centralized Exchanges (CEXs)
    • Facilitator:
      Dan Spuller, Senior Director of Industry Affairs, Blockchain Association
  • DeFi Policy
    • Facilitators:
      Marisa Coppel, Senior Counsel, Blockchain Association
      Sarah Milby, Senior Policy Director, Blockchain Association
  • Proof-of-Stake Policy

    • Facilitator: Salah Ghazzal, Policy Analyst, Blockchain Association
  • Proof-of-Work / Mining Policy
    • Facilitator: Michael Postupak, Policy Analyst, Blockchain Association
  • Stablecoins Policy
    • Facilitator: Ron Hammond, Director of Government Relations, Blockchain Association
  • Tax Policy
    • Facilitator: Laura Sanders, Policy Counsel, Blockchain Association
Seaport 1 + 2, Harbor, and Waterside
3:45 pm

Networking Coffee Break

Potomac Hall
4:15 pm

Keynote / Fireside Chat

Open to press

  • Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo, U.S. Department of the Treasury
  • Moderator: TuongVy Le, Partner and Head of Regulatory and Policy, Bain Capital Crypto
  • Introduction: Kristin Smith, CEO, Blockchain Association
Waterside
5:00 pm

Adjournment

6:00 pm

Cocktail Hour

Potomac Hall
7:00 pm

BA Annual Gala and Dinner

Waterside
8:00 pm

Opening Remarks

  • Cleve Mesidor, Executive Director, Blockchain Foundation
8:15 pm

Keynote / Fireside Chat

  • Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Chairman, House Financial Services Committee
  • Moderator: Kristin Smith, CEO, Blockchain Association

Thursday Nov. 30, 2023

Media Day

Open to press

8:00 am

Registration / Networking Breakfast

Waterside
9:00 am

Crypto Regulations, Democratic Principles, and the War in Ukraine

  • Oleksandr “Alex” Bornyakov, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine
  • Moderator: Candace Kelly, Chief Legal Officer, Stellar Development Foundation
Waterside
9:30 am

Policymaker Fireside Chat

  • Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN)
  • Moderator: Marco Santori, Chief Legal Officer, Kraken; BA Board Member
Waterside
10:00 am

Policymaker Fireside Chat

  • Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY)
  • Moderator: Marta Belcher, President & Chair – Filecoin Foundation / Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web; BA Board Member
Waterside
10:30 am

Networking Coffee Break

Potomac Hall
11:00 am

A View from the SEC

  • Commissioner Hester Peirce, Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Moderator: Joshua Rivera, Operating Partner & General Counsel, Blockchain Capital; BA Board Member
Waterside
11:30 am

BA Keynote

  • Kristin Smith, CEO, Blockchain Association
Waterside
11:45 am

A View from NYDFS

  • Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris, New York Department of Financial Services
  • Moderator: Jason Somensatto, Head of North America Public Policy, Chainalysis
Waterside
12:15 pm

Networking Lunch

Waterside
1:15 pm

A View from the CFTC

  • Commissioner Kristin Johnson, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
  • Moderator: Georgia Quinn, General Counsel, Anchorage Digital; BA Board Member
Waterside
1:50 pm

Policymaker Fireside Chat

  • Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL)
  • Moderator: Michael Mosier, Former Acting Director, FinCEN
Waterside
2:15 pm

Policymaker Fireside Chat

  • Rep. French Hill (R-AR) Chairman, Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Inclusion, House Committee on Financial Services
  • Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
  • Moderator: Julie Stitzel, VP, Public Policy, DCG
Waterside
2:45 pm

Policymaker Fireside Chat

  • Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
  • Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)
  • Moderator: Casey Wagner, Senior Policy Reporter, Blockworks
Waterside
3:15 pm

Global Crypto Networks and U.S. National Security

  • Taylor Monahan, Lead Product Manager, MetaMask
  • Kevin O’Connor, Section Chief – Virtual Assets and Emerging Technology, FinCEN, U.S. Department of the Treasury
  • Jessica Peck, Attorney, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS), U.S. Department of Justice
  • Christopher Wong, Special Agent, FBI
  • Moderator: Bill Hughes, Senior Counsel and Director of Global Regulatory Affairs, ConsenSys; BA Board Member
Waterside
3:55 pm

Break

Potomac Hall
4:00 pm

Crypto Policy Abroad

  • Christos Efthymiopoulos, Assistant Director, Supervision (FinTech), The Bermuda Monetary Authority
  • Rob Grant, VP, Global Policy, Ripple
  • Seth Hertlein, Global Head of Policy, Ledger; BA Board Member 
  • Moderator: Leo Schwartz, Reporter, Fortune
Waterside
4:30 pm

Crypto Taxes and the IRS Broker Rulemaking

  • Michael Nydegger, Global Head of Tax, Kraken
  • Vera Tzoneva, COO, CoinTracker
  • Lawrence Zlatkin, Vice President, Tax, Coinbase
  • Moderator: Sarah Milby, Senior Policy Director, Blockchain Association
Waterside
4:55 pm

The Fourth Amendment, Privacy, and Crypto

  • Paul D. Clement, Partner, Clement Murphy; 43rd Solicitor General of the United States (2005-2008)
  • Amanda Tuminelli, Chief Legal Officer, DeFi Education Fund
  • Peter van Valkenburgh, Research Director, Coin Center
  • Moderator: Marvin Ammori, Chief Legal Officer, Uniswap Labs; BA Board Member
Waterside
5:25 pm

“Special Guest”

Performing his song, Then You Win

Waterside
5:30 pm

Adjournment

7:00 pm

Holiday After Party

Open to members and invited guests of Blockchain Association

Pearl Street Warehouse

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