Caroline Pham: MoonPay's Caroline Pham Says Managing Money Should Be as Easy as Using a Chatbot

Watch on YouTube ↗  |  May 23, 2026 at 15:00  |  9:11  |  CoinDesk
Speakers
Caroline Pham — Chief Legal and Administrative Officer, MoonPay

Summary

Former CFTC acting chair Caroline Pham discusses her role at MoonPay, the uncertain timeline for crypto market structure legislation, and MoonPay's strategy including acquisitions of Sodat and DFlow. She highlights the potential of tokenized collateral and agentic commerce, emphasizing MoonPay's infrastructure for institutional crypto adoption.

  • Caroline Pham is now at MoonPay as Chief Legal and Administrative Officer.
  • She is uncertain about market structure legislation passing by July 4th due to outstanding issues.
  • MoonPay acquired Sodat (defense tech) and DFlow (Solana-based execution) for $100M each.
  • Tokenized collateral is seen as a $2-3 trillion market with recent regulatory guidance.
  • MoonPay aims to enable onchain value interaction as easily as using a chatbot.
  • Pham highlights her accomplishments at the CFTC, including the crypto sprint and approval backlog clearance.
  • MoonPay's institutional launch focuses on compliant digital asset custody and execution.
  • Agentic commerce and AI trading are key areas of innovation for MoonPay.
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