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Angela Ang
Head of Policy & Strategic Partnerships, APAC
TRM Labs
Angela leads Asia Pacific public policy and strategic partnerships for TRM Labs, a blockchain intelligence company that helps financial institutions, cryptocurrency businesses and public agencies detect and investigate crypto-related fraud and financial crime.
A former regulator, Angela spent over a decade at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), where she was most recently Deputy Director in charge of licensing for payment service providers. As part of the pioneering team for Singapore’s payments regulatory regime, she oversaw the development of the licensing framework, and the assessment of several hundred payments and digital asset license applications. Prior to this, Angela held a diverse range of roles at MAS including in regulatory policy, business development and consumer education, giving her deep insight into the full gamut of policymaking considerations for global financial regulators.
Angela was recognised as a LinkedIn Top Voice for Finance in Asia for her thought leadership on digital asset developments in the region. She holds an MBA from INSEAD.
Speaking At
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4:15–4:55pmWed 25 FebExperts DialogueMain Stage, Bellesalle B2Open
Blueprint for Digital Assets
AML/KYC in DeFi: Compliance Without Centralisation | DeFiにおけるAML/KYC──中央集権化を伴わないコンプライアンスを実現する
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Angela AngHead of Policy & Strategic Partnerships, APACTRM Labs
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Ceridwen ChooChief Executive OfficerCleanverse International Pte Ltd
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Ryosuke UshidaDirector for International Policy, International Affairs OfficeFinancial Services Agency of Japan (JFSA)
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Gary LiuCo-Founder & CEOTerminal 3
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Prof. Chia Tek YewAdjunct ProfessorNUS - Asian Institute of Digital FinanceModerator
About this session
As decentralized finance (DeFi) matures, regulators, analytics firms, protocol ecosystems, and builders are under growing pressure to reconcile strict AML/KYC expectations with non‑custodial and permissionless designs. Japan’s regulatory stance, combined with global enforcement trends, is pushing the ecosystem to move beyond “anonymous by default” while preserving the core values of decentralization and user sovereignty. This session brings together policy, supervisory, analytics, protocol, and builder perspectives to examine how on‑chain analytics, verifiable credentials, and privacy‑enhancing technologies can enable compliant DeFi without reverting to traditional centralised intermediaries. The discussion will focus on what regulator‑ready solutions look like for non‑custodial protocols, how responsibility is shared across the DeFi stack, and how emerging approaches may shape design choices, governance models, and market access for DeFi platforms engaging with Japan and the broader Asia‑Pacific region.
分散型金融（DeFi）において、マネーロンダリング対策（AML）および本人確認（KYC）をどのように実現するかは、新たなアプローチが求められる重要な課題となっています。本セッションでは、分散型の原則を損なうことなく、いかに規制要件を満たしていくかを検討します。
議論では、検証可能な資格情報やオンチェーン分析、さらにプライバシー強化技術を取り上げ、自己管理型かつ自律的な金融プロトコルにおいて、日本のAML/KYCの要件に対応するための具体的なアプローチを探ります。 -
