Please listen in on a conversation with leaders in the virtual currency industry as they discussed actions that crypto companies can take to increase the diversity of their leadership and broader workforce. The webinar included two panel discussions. The first panel provided perspectives from leading industry executives and the second panel focused on specific diversity, equity and inclusion practices and initiatives in the crypto industry. For more information on what DFS is doing to support our regulated entities’ diversity, equity, inclusion and corporate governance efforts, see the Industry Letter we published on July 29, 2021, found here: https://www.dfs.ny.gov/industry_guidance/industry_letters/il20210729_diversity_equity_incl_corpgov

Panel One: Perspectives From Leading Thinkers In Crypto

Panelists:
Michelle Bond, CEO, Association for Digital Asset Markets (ADAM) 
Jose Fernandez da Ponte, SVP, GM Blockchain, Crypto & Digital Currencies PayPal
Sheila Warren, Deputy Head of the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Head of Data, Blockchain, and Digital Assets. Member of the Executive Committee at the World Economic Forum

Panel Two: DEI Practices and Initiatives in the Virtual Currency Industry

Panelists:
Dominique Baillet, Global Head of Employee Experience, Diversity & Inclusion, Coinbase
Larry Wade, Sr. Director, Blockchain/Digital Currencies Risk & Compliance, PayPal 
Genesis Whitlock, Principal in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Gemini

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