Nicky Gomez (@XRegNicky) is the Senior Partner at XReg Consulting. A former regulator with 15+ years of experience in the crypto and financial services industries, Nicky provides strategic regulatory advice and has successfully secured licenses and authorizations for clients in Europe, Gibraltar, the Caribbean and Asia. As the co-chair of the Global Digital Finance AML working group, he helps shape global cryptoasset regulatory standards that mitigate risk and encourage innovation.

Aaron Unterman is the managing director of XReg Consulting (Cayman) SEZC. Aaron previously worked in the derivatives branch of Canada’s largest market regulator, the Ontario Securities Commission, and recently led the development of CIMA’s regulatory framework for virtual asset service providers, including developing rules and guidance for custodians, trading platforms, issuances and the sandbox regime.

Show highlights:

[3:00] Introduction to crypto while working as regulators

[12:00] XReg's international approach to consulting

[15:00] Classifying regulatory approaches to crypto in different jurisdictions

[21:00] Jurisdictions introducing comprehensive crypto rules

[29:00] Jurisdictions where crypto assets are illegal

[34:00] Global regulatory harmonization (IOSCO)

[47:00] DeFi regulation

& much more.

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