Katherine Minarik is the Chief Legal Officer at Uniswap Labs, where she manages the company's global legal and government affairs work. Prior to Uniswap Labs, Katherine was Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Coinbase (COIN), where she managed the company's global litigation, including regulatory enforcement, and international legal teams. In these roles, Katherine has designed and led the litigation strategy for multiple cases in the digital asset industry with industry-wide significance, brought multiple cases to the US Supreme Court. Katherine has previously served as General Counsel for Dyson Americas; Chief Administrative Officer and Global General Counsel at Cleverbridge; and a partner at Bartlit Beck. She is a former law clerk for the Honorable Diane P. Wood on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Katherine is currently on the Board of ChIPs, the largest global network of women tech lawyers; on the Board of the Blockchain Association, the largest crypto industry trade association; and an elected member of the American Law Institute. She has been honored as a Best Lawyers' Women of Influence, Crain's Most Influential Women Lawyers in Chicago, Women's Bar Association of Illinois's Top Women Lawyers in Leadership, Law Bulletin “40 Under 40” Illinois attorneys, and American Constitution Society’s Ruth Goldman awardee.
Hall A (Level 2)
Open
The rise of tokenization has introduced significant challenges around security and regulatory oversight, with increasingly divergent attitudes across jurisdictions. As digital assets are increasingly fractionalized and moved across borders, regulatory authorities and institutions must grapple with how to monitor, tax, and secure tokenized assets.
What role do governments and institutions play in ensuring that tokenization is safe from misuse, fraud, or money laundering, and how will international regulatory cooperation or divergence impact the growth of tokenized markets? The session will examine regulatory responses and the potential for cross-border legal harmonisation or the lack thereof.