Kayla
Izenman
Cryptoasset & Protocol Researcher
Coinbase
Kayla Izenman is a financial crime and national security expert, specializing in cryptocurrency risk and regulation. Kayla is currently part of the compliance team at Coinbase, focusing on asset listing investigations and risk. Prior to Coinbase, Kayla led the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)'s work on cryptocurrency and counter-proliferation finance, analyzing North Korea’s use of crypto to evade sanctions and launder funds, and assisted the private and public sector in effectively working together to understand and mitigate the threat. She also conducted research on the use of crypto by other proliferators, terrorist groups, traffickers, and money-launderers, and assessed appropriate policy and regulatory responses for these risks.