Digital Currencies and National Security
Oct. 14, 2022, 9:30am-3:45pm (lunch provided)
Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall
2nd Floor, Milstein West Conference Room
9:30-10:00 Registration and Welcome from the Editors
10:00-10:30 Presentation: The Orkney Slew and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)
[Preprint Paper Link] The Orkney Slew and Central Bank Digital Currencies, by Gary Gorton and Jeffery Zhang
- Gary Gorton [bio] Professor of Finance, Yale School of Management
- Jeffery Zhang [bio] Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
10:30-11:30 Panel 1: CBDC Design Choices and Security Implications
[Preprint Paper Link] A Trilemma for Cross-Border Central Bank Digital Currencies, by Giulia Fanti
- Giulia Fanti [bio] Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
and Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council GeoEconomics Center - Stuart Levey [bio] Former CEO, Diem Association
and former Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Department of the Treasury - Neha Narula [bio] Director, MIT Digital Currency Initiative
- Moderated by Timothy Massad [bio] Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
and former Chairman, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
12:00-1:15 Keynote Lunch: Digital Currencies and National Security
- Speech by Daleep Singh [bio] Chief Global Economist, PGIM Fixed Income
and former Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics (15 min) - Speech by Christopher Waller [bio] Member, Federal Reserve Board of Governors (15 min)
- Panel Discussion with Daleep Singh and Christopher Waller (45 min)
- Moderated by Howell Jackson [bio] Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
1:30-2:30 Panel 2: Combating Crypto Threat Actors: Blockchain Analytics, Sanctions, and Enforcement
- Ari Redbord [bio] Head of Government and Legal Affairs, TRM Labs
- Kayvan Sadeghi [bio] Partner, Jenner & Block
- Lawrence Scheinert [bio] Associate Director of Compliance and Enforcement,
Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury - Will Schisa [bio] Counsel, Davis Polk
- Antoinette Schoar [bio] Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship, MIT Sloan School of Management
- Moderated by Nicholas Weigel, Editor-in-Chief, Harvard National Security Journal
2:30-3:45 Panel 3: Digital Assets, Money Laundering, and Illicit Financing
[Preprint Paper Link] Cryptocurrencies and National Security: The Case of Terrorism Financing and Money Laundering, by Shlomit Wagman
- Elizabeth Davy [bio] Of Counsel, Sullivan & Cromwell
- Zach Goldman [bio] Partner, WilmerHale
- Anthony Lewis [bio] Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell
- Ed Stein [bio] Attorney-Adviser, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Department of the Treasury
- Shlomit Wagman [bio] Visiting Researcher, Berkman Klein Center
and former Director-General, Israel Money Laundering and Terror Financing Prohibition Authority - Moderated by Juan Zarate [bio] Global Co-Managing Partner and Chief Strategy Officer, K2 Integrity
and former Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism