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DACOM Digital
by Solidus Labs
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.
Episodes
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From Intelligence to Action: Inside the Fight Against Financial Crime
In this episode of Compliance Champions, Delphine Forma, Head of Policy at Solidus Labs, speaks with Toms Platacis, Head of Latvia's Financial Intelligence Unit and Head of Delegation to both MONEYVAL and FATF — one of Europe's most experienced financial intelligence authorities and a leading…
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The Republic of OnChain: Taiwan’s Digital Asset Ambition
In this episode of Compliance Champions, Delphine Forma speaks with Dr. Ju-Chun Ko, Member of Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan and one of the lead sponsors behind Taiwan’s Virtual Asset Service Provider Act and AI Basic Act. They discuss Taiwan’s move from AML registration towards a full licensing...
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From TradFi to Crypto: Rethinking Market Surveillance
Join Delphine Forma, Head of Policy APAC & Europe at Solidus Labs, as she sits down with Alex Tsilipanos, Head of Market Surveillance at Perpetuals.com — a regulated MTF bringing institutional-grade infrastructure to crypto perpetual futures. They unpack what it really takes to build a market...
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Ready, Willing and Organised: Inside the FCA’s New Crypto Regime
In this episode of Compliance Champions, Delphine Forma speaks with Val Smith, Head of Payments and Digital Assets Authorisations at the FCA, about the UK’s transition from AML registration to full FSMA authorisation for crypto firms. Val explains what the FCA will look for when assessing...
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Building Trust at Network Speed: Inside Stablecoin Compliance
In this episode of Compliance Champions, Delphine Forma speaks with Sugandhi Govil, Director Compliance, APAC at Circle, about what it takes to build trust and operate a compliance programme for regulated stablecoins — from governance and compliance by design to managing financial-crime risk at...
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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on What’s Next [Bonus DACOM 2026 Episode]
In this special episode, recorded for DACOM NYC 2026, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce joins Solidus Labs’ CXO Chen Arad to explore her journey, the landmark rulemaking work underway, how that work connects to broader capital markets reform, and her reflections on what has changed and what still...
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Beyond Stablecoins: Inside Japan's Tokenized Deposit Revolution
Join Delphine Forma, Head of Policy Europe at Solidus Labs, as she sits down with Mai Kaneko, International Business Lead at DCP — the company behind the DCJPY Network, Japan's multi-bank tokenised deposit infrastructure. They explore one of the most consequential and least understood…
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Inside Korea’s Digital Asset Market: Regulation, Market Integrity and the Road Ahead
Join Delphine Forma, Head of Policy APAC & Europe at Solidus Labs, as she sits down with Jackie Baek, Compliance Head of Korea at Crypto.com, to explore what it actually takes to operate in one of the world’s largest and most distinctive digital asset markets Korea combines extraordinary retail...
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Beyond Policies: Building an AML Programme That Works
What does it take to build an AML programme that actually works in practice? In this episode of Compliance Champions, Delphine Forma speaks with Tigran Rostomyan, Founder & CEO of AML Incubator, about Canada's AML framework for crypto businesses and the practical realities of building an…
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Inside Canada's Crypto Rulebook: Crypto Contracts, Market Structure and Tokenization
In this episode of Compliance Champions, Delphine Forma speaks with Torstein Braaten, Chief Compliance Officer at Canada Stablecorp and Managing Director at Eskay Capital, about Canada's distinctive approach to digital asset regulation. Rather than regulating crypto-assets themselves, Canada has...
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Operationalising Compliance: The Machinery, Not the Theatre
As digital asset regulation matures, compliance is no longer just about understanding regulatory requirements. The real challenge is turning those requirements into governance, controls and operating models that work in practice. In this episode of Compliance Champions, Delphine Forma sits down...
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Controlled Openness: Inside Cambodia's Digital Asset Regulatory Framework
In this episode of Compliance Champions, Delphine Forma, Head of Policy Europe and APAC at Solidus Labs, speaks with Dr. Vin Pheakdey, Deputy Director General and Chair of the FinTech Working Group at the Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia. They explore how Cambodia has transformed its...
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Regulatory Reporting at Scale: Inside Bitpanda's Compliance Engine
In this episode of Compliance Champions, Delphine Forma, Head of Policy Europe at Solidus Labs, speaks with Philipp Ringel, Team Lead for Regulatory Reporting at Bitpanda — one of Europe's largest and most licensed crypto platforms. They explore what regulatory reporting really involves at scale,...
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The Endgame: Inside a Crypto Wind-Down Under MiCA
What does it actually take to wind down a crypto exchange responsibly? Following the withdrawal of Kriptomat's MiCA application, Delphine Forma speaks with Dejan Davidovič about one of the least discussed areas of crypto compliance: how to close a regulated business while continuing to protect...
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The Future of Payments and Digital Assets in Australia
What does compliance look like when payments regulation, crypto licensing, and AML requirements are all changing at the same time? In the latest episode of Compliance Champions, Delphine Forma sits down with Hailey Shi, Legal Counsel at Manova, for a deep dive into Australia's rapidly evolving...
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The Hub Model: How to License Smart Across Crypto and TradFi
What does regulatory compliance look like when your business spans traditional finance, crypto assets, multiple jurisdictions, and evolving regulatory frameworks? In the latest episode of Compliance Champions, Delphine Forma sits down with Dimitar Manolchev, Managing Director of Regulatory...
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Compliance Without Borders: Building a Global Crypto Framework
In this episode of Compliance Champions, Delphine Forma, Head of Policy Europe at Solidus Labs, speaks with Johan Hetzel, Global Head of Compliance & Anti-Financial Crime at Luno — a leading crypto exchange operating across Africa, Europe, and Southeast Asia. They explore the practical realities…
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Inside New Zealand’s Crypto Regulatory Playbook (FMA Insights)
Join Delphine Forma, Head of Policy Europe at Solidus Labs, as she sits down with Alan Crofts, Sarah Davidson, and Nelson Curry from the New Zealand Financial Markets Authority. They unpack how New Zealand regulates digital assets—from defining financial services and stablecoins to tackling…
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Why Japan Could Become Crypto’s Next Institutional Hub: Designing Compliance in a New Regulatory Era
In this episode of Compliance Champions, Delphine Forma, Head of Policy Europe at Solidus Labs, sits down with Wise Wang, Head of Legal and Compliance at HashKey Japan. They explore how Japan’s regulatory approach to crypto is evolving, including the shift from a payment-based framework to a...
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From Investment Banking to DeFi: Inside SMBC Nikko’s Web3 Transformation
In this episode of Compliance Champions, Delphine Forma speaks with Taisuke Isono, General Manager of the DeFi Technology Department at SMBC Nikko Securities, about how institutions are approaching decentralized finance, automation, and the future of financial markets From automated market access...
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Global Compliance Isn’t One Size Fits All
In this episode of Compliance Champions, Delphine Forma speaks with Dianah Njeri Igati, Regional Head of Compliance APAC and Company Secretary at Pepperstone, about what it really takes to build compliance across multiple jurisdictions and market types. Dianah explains how Pepperstone approached...
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Designing Crypto Compliance for Global Financial Institutions
In this episode of Compliance Champions, Delphine Forma speaks with Deepthi Machavaram, Global Head of Digital Financial Crime Advisory at Morgan Stanley, about how large financial institutions are approaching digital asset risks. Deepthi explains how the industry has shifted from early curiosity...
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Standardize the What, Localize the How: Scaling Global Compliance
What does global compliance look like when your business spans multiple licenses, jurisdictions, products, and platforms? In the latest episode of Compliance Champions, Delphine Forma sits down with Joanna Frendo, Chief Risk Compliance Officer and Head of Compliance at Deriv, for a conversation...
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Bringing Compliance On-Chain: The Future of Tokenized Real-World Assets
In this episode of Compliance Champions, Delphine Forma speaks with Salman Banaei, General Counsel at Plume, about the rise of embedded compliance in blockchain infrastructure. They explore how Plume is integrating AML, sanctions screening, trade surveillance and transaction monitoring directly…
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Tokenized Money and the Future of Global Payments
What does blockchain adoption actually look like inside a global payments company? In this episode, Delphine Forma speaks with Sulaiman Javed, Senior Counsel at Mastercard, about the legal and strategic realities behind stablecoins, tokenized deposits, interoperability, and blockchain-based...
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Inside Switzerland’s Crypto Regulation Shift
Delphine Forma sits down with Mercedes Nieto, Chief Compliance Officer Europe and Head of Regulatory at Bitcoin Suisse, to explore how crypto firms navigate regulation across Switzerland and the EU. The conversation unpacks how Switzerland’s AML-focused SRO model works today and what firms can...
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Scaling a Crypto Startup into a Regulated Global Player
In this episode of Solidus Labs Compliance Champions, Delphine Forma sits down with Miguel Angel Zapatero, General Counsel at Crossmint, to explore what it takes to build a regulated stablecoin infrastructure company across jurisdictions. Miguel shares Crossmint’s journey from NFT infrastructure...
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The Hidden Complexity of Crypto Tax Reporting: Navigating CARF, CRS & FATCA
Jessalyn Dean explains how CARF, CRS, and FATCA overlap and why crypto firms can’t treat tax reporting as a standalone compliance exercise.
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From Mt. Gox to Global Licensing: 12 Years in Crypto Compliance
Serhii Mokhniev of Capital.com joins Delphine Forma to discuss MiCA licensing, crypto compliance strategy, and what TradFi still gets wrong about digital assets.
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Winning the Long Game: The Compliance Strategy Behind Fipto
Fipto Co-Founder Bertrand Godin on building stablecoin payments for corporates, dual licensing, automation, and compliance-first growth under MiCA.
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Inside the Mind of a Market Maker’s MLRO
GSR’s UK MLRO Dayna Bordin on sanctions risk, monitoring high-volume trading, SAR quality, token diligence, and evolving UK crypto rules.
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Japan’s Crypto Regulatory Shift: Insights from the Financial Services Agency
JFSA’s Katsuya Terai on Japan’s crypto shift toward FIEA, upcoming disclosure rules, stablecoin pathways, and insider trading plans.
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Building Bitcoin Capital Markets: Licensing, Compliance, and Crypto’s Next Frontier
Alfonso Martel Seward, Chief Compliance & Legal Officer at Roxom, joins Delphine Forma to explore what it takes to launch a bitcoin-denominated capital markets infrastructure. They dive into licensing journeys in El Salvador and Seychelles, market abuse frameworks, public-private enforcement...
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Running a Global, Regulated Crypto Market Maker
Daniel Lo, MD, GM & CLRO at Acheron Trading, shares insights on navigating MiCA licensing, Singapore vs. EU regulatory culture, and building compliance frameworks for market makers operating across CEXs and DeFi.
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Key Insights from the Digital Asset Compliance Talent and Salary Guide
Digital Asset compliance hiring has entered a new phase, more competitive, and more global, than traditional finance ever anticipated. In this special episode of the Compliance Champions podcast series, Delphine is joined by Jena Dropela, VP of People & Culture at Solidus Labs, who breaks down...
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Balancing Innovation and Regulation: AFSA’s Approach to Crypto Markets
Zhaslan Tuyenbayev, Senior Associate at the Astana Financial Services Authority, joins Delphine Forma to discuss AIFC’s digital asset regulatory framework, including licensing, stablecoins, derivatives, AML/Travel Rule, DeFi oversight, and AFSA’s fintech sandbox.
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Operationalizing Regulation Across Borders and Asset Classes
Alex Tsepaev, Chief Strategy Officer at B2Prime, shares how the firm is scaling global crypto and TradFi operations under a unified compliance model. Topics include licensing in six countries, embedding DORA controls, B2C onboarding, AI automation, and launching crypto spot and perpetual products...
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Behind the Bid-Ask: Institutional Crypto, Compliance & Capital
David Rogers, APAC CEO at B2C2, discusses liquidity provisioning, token market making, and navigating fragmented crypto regulation across Asia. He shares how B2C2 manages credit risk, surveillance controls, and global licensing, and how the firm is building institutional-grade infrastructure in…
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Inside a CASP Compliance Journey
Coinmotion’s CCO Jani Ultamo discusses MiCA licensing, DORA requirements, Travel Rule challenges, and market abuse obligations. Jani shares practical tips for compliance officers, insights from Finland’s fast-track licensing process, and why regulatory clarity is everything for the future of…
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Why Crypto Still Needs Prime Brokers
Sean Lawrence, Head of Europe at LTP unpacks how institutional crypto firms are navigating MiCA, choosing traditional finance licenses over VASP registration, and building trust through market integrity.
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When Code Meets Cover: Reinventing Insurance On-Chain
Ania Szpak explores how Nexus Mutual delivers protocol protection without being a licensed insurer, leveraging discretionary mutual law and on-chain governance. She discusses claims assessment, MiCA, DAO compliance, and what’s next in crypto-native coverage.
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From Innovation to Integrity: How Switzerland Supervises Crypto
Tobias Eberle and Felicitas Sicardi of VQF unpack Switzerland’s unique SRO-based approach to crypto regulation. They dive into AML compliance, Travel Rule enforcement, audit requirements, and Switzerland’s proposed shift toward full FINMA licensing for certain crypto firms.
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Inside Hong Kong’s Gold-Standard Crypto Regulation
Jack Keung, Head of Compliance at HKDAX explores Hong Kong’s rigorous crypto licensing framework, market abuse rules, Travel Rule implementation, and stablecoin oversight, plus tips for navigating the regulatory fast lane.
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Compliance Champions: Compliance Without Borders: Managing Crypto Regulation Worldwide
Matrixport’s Christopher Liu unpacks how a billion-dollar digital asset platform navigates compliance across Singapore, Hong Kong, Switzerland, and beyond. From regulatory expectations to operational safeguards, Travel Rule pain points, and what it really means to build a risk-based compliance...
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Compliance Champions: The Trust Layer: Compliance in Digital Asset Custody
Hex Trust’s Annette Lu breaks down Singapore’s digital asset licensing regime, custody safeguards, Travel Rule enforcement, and how to scale compliance across APAC. From MAS expectations to the operational grind behind licensing, this episode is packed with practical insights for compliance…
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Compliance Champions: Scam Warfare in Taiwan: Prosecuting the Digital Underworld
Prosecutor Harris Chen of Taiwan’s Chiayi District reveals how cybercrime and crypto scams, especially pig butchering and human trafficking rings, are pushing the boundaries of enforcement. He shares why traditional legal systems struggle with blockchain evidence, how AI is helping scammers more...
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Compliance Champions: Inside the UK’s Digital Future
Lord Chris Holmes of the UK House of Lords explains how the UK can unlock digital innovation through “right‑sized regulation.” From the future of tokenization and stablecoins to AI policy, financial inclusion, and global interoperability, this episode offers a rare parliamentary perspective on...
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Compliance Champions: The Night Agent of Crypto: Law, Trust, and Innovation
Noah Perlman, Global Chief Compliance Officer at Binance, discusses what it takes to scale compliance in the world’s largest crypto exchange. From AI-driven alert reduction and Travel Rule implementation to licensing in 22+ jurisdictions and balancing regulator expectations with innovation, this...
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Compliance Champions: The Future Is Regulated: UK Crypto Compliance Unpacked
Azariah Nukajam, Head of Regulation and Compliance (UK) at Gemini explores the UK’s evolving crypto regulatory landscape. From AML registration and Travel Rule implementation to FinProm’s UX impact and FCA’s 2026 future licensing regime, Azariah offers a masterclass in compliance strategy, policy...
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Compliance Champions: Transparency by Design: How Backpack is Reinventing the Crypto Exchange Model
Can Sun, Co-founder of Backpack and former General Counsel at FTX, unpacks the hard lessons of the FTX collapse, and how Backpack is rebuilding a compliance-first, trust-minimized global crypto exchange with transparent proof-of-reserves and regulatory ambition spanning MiFID II, MiCA, and beyond.
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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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