TRM Talks

TRM Talks

Hosted by TRM's Global Head of Policy, Ari Redbord

Tune into our bi-weekly podcast to hear global business leaders, policymakers, and investigators discuss the key crypto policy, regulation, and enforcement issues of the day

EP. 70 | Nov 20, 2024 - 29min

TRM Talks: Ancient Coins to a $3.6 Billion Laptop: The Evolution of Money with the Smithsonian’s Dr. Ellen Feingold and former IRS-CI Special Agent Chris Janczewski

Dr. Ellen Feingold

Smithsonian National Museum of American History

Chris Janczewski

IRS-CI CCU

EP. 71 | Dec 4, 2024 - 33min

TRM Talks: Talking Crypto Tax Policy and Guitar Riffs with the IRS’s Seth Wilks

Seth Wilks

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

EP. 72 | Dec 18, 2024 - 33min

TRM Talks: TradFi to DeFi — How Standard Chartered is Building the Bridge to the Future of Finance with René Michau and Esme Hodson

René Michau

Standard Chartered Bank

Esme Hodson

Standard Chartered Bank

EP. 73 | Jan 1, 2025 - 33min

TRM Talks: How the US Treasury Combats Illicit Finance in the Cryptoverse with Caroline Horres

Caroline Horres

US Department of Treasury, Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes

EP. 74 | Jan 15, 2025 - 31min

TRM Talks: Future Money: How Crypto, AI, and the Technology Revolution are Changing Finance with Citi Institute's Ronit Ghose

Ronit Ghose

Citi Institute

EP. 75 | Jan 29, 2025 - 40min

TRM Talks: Former Treasury Official and Circle's Caroline Hill Talks Stablecoin Compliance, Policy, and Regulation

Caroline Hill

Circle

EP. 76 | Feb 12, 2025 - 33min

TRM Talks: New Frontiers in Finance — A Journey from State Banking Supervisor to Compliance Leader with Two Ocean Trust's Albert Forkner

Albert Forkner

Two Ocean Trust

EP. 79 | Mar 26, 2025 - 32min

TRM Talks: North Korea’s Cyber Army: How Hackers Stole $1.5B and What Comes Next with Jean Lee and Nick Carlsen

Jean Lee

East-West Center and "The Lazarus Heist"

Nick Carlsen

TRM Labs

EP. 80 | Apr 9, 2025 - 35min

TRM Talks: How the FBI Tracks and Seizes Illicit Crypto with the Virtual Assets Unit Chief Patrick Wyman

Patrick Wyman

Federal Bureau of Investigation

EP. 81 | Apr 23, 2025 - 27min

TRM Talks: Covering Crypto in America — From Stablecoins to the SEC, Eleanor Terrett Tracks a Shifting Policy Landscape

Eleanor Terrett

Co-host "Crypto in America" Podcast

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EPISODE 81 | Apr 23, 2025 - 27min

TRM Talks: Covering Crypto in America — From Stablecoins to the SEC, Eleanor Terrett Tracks a Shifting Policy Landscape

Eleanor Terrett joins TRM Talks to break down SEC shifts, stablecoin bills, and crypto’s policy comeback in the US. Listen now.

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Eleanor Terrett

Co-host "Crypto in America" Podcast

EPISODE 80 | Apr 9, 2025 - 35min

TRM Talks: How the FBI Tracks and Seizes Illicit Crypto with the Virtual Assets Unit Chief Patrick Wyman

The FBI's Patrick Wyman joins TRM Talks to discuss the Bureau’s evolving strategy for combating crypto-related crime.

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Patrick Wyman

Federal Bureau of Investigation

EPISODE 79 | Mar 26, 2025 - 32min

TRM Talks: North Korea’s Cyber Army: How Hackers Stole $1.5B and What Comes Next with Jean Lee and Nick Carlsen

Jean Lee (The Lazarus Heist) and Nick Carlsen (TRM Labs, Former FBI) break down the making of North Korea's cyber army, the Bybit hack, the role of Chinese money laundering networks in enabling illicit finance, and what governments and public-private partnerships can do to disrupt these operations.

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Jean Lee

East-West Center and "The Lazarus Heist"

Nick Carlsen

TRM Labs

EPISODE 78 | Mar 12, 2025 - 30min

TRM Talks: A Big Week on the Road to Legal Clarity with Uniswap Chief Legal Officer Katherine Minarik

Ari and Katherine Minarik (Chief Legal Officer at Uniswap Labs) dive deep into the legal battles shaping the future of DeFi and the importance of legal clarity for the nascent growing crypto ecosystem. Katherine also shares her personal journey — from litigating at top firms to championing innovation at Coinbase and Uniswap — and how a real-life debanking experience shaped her belief in DeFi’s power to enable financial access.

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Katherine Minarik

Uniswap Labs

EPISODE 77 | Feb 26, 2025 - 52min

TRM Talks: Deepfakes and the Rise of AI-Enabled Crime with Hany Farid

AI reshaping society. However, it's also supercharging illicit activity from deepfakes to automated fraud, large-scale cyberattacks to child exploitation. Ari Redbord sits down with Hany Farid — UC Berkeley professor and leading expert on deepfakes and AI-driven deception — to unpack how criminals are exploiting artificial intelligence to manipulate reality, commit crimes, and challenge global security.

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