Adriana specialises in financial regulatory policy issues covering all Digital and Innovation topics, focusing on AI, DeFi, Digital Assets, Data and Tokenisation. Adriana's career included Director of Public Policy at Credit Suisse, a Repo trader at Merrill Lynch, and Goldman Sachs in Asia, London and New York.
Currently Adriana is an Executive-in-Residence at Global Digital Finance, a board Advisor for the Digital Dollar Project and a fellow at the University of East Londons Fintech Center.
Adriana holds an MBA from Fordham School of Business Management.
Adriana has been honored with the Women in Fintech Power list award several years and is the recipient of the Women in Finance Returner of the year award. Her career combines financial expertise with a passion for transforming TradeFi to a DeFi future with freedom of money at its core. Her passion makes her as a significant influencer in finance and technology.
Roundtable Room 1 (Level 2)
Open
IOSCO’s 2023 policy recommendations on DeFi emphasise the principle of "same activity, same risk, same regulation" to ensure that DeFi arrangements are held to the same standards as traditional financial systems. Against the backdrop of tightening regulations like MiCA and DORA in Europe and growing geopolitical tensions over digital sovereignty, regulators worldwide grapple with the challenge of applying IOSCO's principle to DeFi. How can innovation thrive while addressing critical issues of security, interoperability, and cross-border compliance?
This roundtable brings together regulators, blockchain architects, and financial innovators to explore the evolving role of DeFi and public blockchain infrastructure in global markets.
Key topics include: