Risk Management in TradFi and DeFi

Have you ever wondered how technological advancements like AI and crypto are reshaping compliance frameworks in the traditional financial industry?

Our next guest, Kamran Choudhary (Technical Director AFC, BCB Group) explains to Caitlin Barnett (Director of Regulation & Compliance, Chainalysis) all the technological factors that are impacting risk management and compliance in both TradFi and DeFi. 

Kamran shares the dramatic shifts in the industry over the past decade and how technology, particularly AI and crypto, is enhancing the holistic compliance approach by BCB Group, a leading provider in regulated payment, wallet and trading services across fiat and crypto.

They both talk about the current challenge of regulations such as MICA, the emerging role of stablecoins and how regulatory evolution is influencing both established and emerging financial markets, while still highlighting the increased prioritization of cybersecurity in the wake of recent crypto hacks.

Minute-by-minute episode breakdown

2 | Evolution and strategic importance of compliance in finance

4 | BCB Group's role in bridging fiat and crypto compliance

10 | How crypto companies can maintain banking relationships via good compliance

14 | Emerging threats in crypto: AI, money laundering and cybersecurity

20 | How the crypto industry should approach state sponsored hackers like Lazarus Group

24 | EU and UK crypto regulation and the impact it has on innovation in the industry

28 | MiCA: The double edge sword of clarity and comprehensive compliance costs

30 | Stablecoins, regulatory challenges  and market fragmentation

33 | Decentralized IDs (DIDs) and enhance privacy and eliminate data oversharing

35 |  Scaling and innovating payment solutions for 2025

Related resources

Check out more resources provided by Chainalysis that perfectly complement this episode of the Public Key.

• Website: BCB Group: One Platform - Pay, store, trade and earn fiat, stablecoins and digital assets globally
• Blog: Stablecoins – a thoroughbred payments solution
• Blog: Compliance – the key component of trust
• Article: BBVA will offer bitcoin and ether trading and custody services in Spain
• Report: The Chainalysis 2025 Crypto Crime Report (Download Your Copy Today)
• Event: Links 2025 Digital Premiere: Free virtual event bringing together the leaders defining the future of blockchain intelligence.
• Video: Hearing Entitled: Following the Money: Tools and Techniques to Combat Fraud (w/Jacqueline Burns Koven (Chainalysis’ Head of Cyber Threat Intelligence) testimony)
• YouTube: Chainalysis YouTube page
• Twitter: Chainalysis Twitter: Building trust in blockchain

Speakers on today’s episode

• Caitlin Barnett *Host*  (Director of Regulation & Compliance, Chainalysis)
• Kamran Choudhary (Technical Director AFC, BCB Group)

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