Jun 22, 2026 · 32 min · 14 segments
Annabelle Huang has spent the better part of a decade watching the institutional case for crypto build, and watching the technology fail to keep pace with it. She went from Deutsche Bank in New York…
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Annabelle HuangGuest
Maria TunikovaHost
I think this is one of the major forces that drives, uh, the industry forward.
And maybe looking back now, uh, to your traditional background, what parts of your traditional finance background still shape the way you think about crypto and Web3?
Uh, one, as much as I hate to admit, but I think that institutional training really drilled all of the compliance and the, and, and the basic professionalism in, in me, and I think in a lot of people coming from similar backgrounds.
Uh, and now we're talking to not just a crypto native audience, but also the more traditional, the enterprise institutional audience.
And I think that makes it easier because we understand their culture, their language, uh, given that we, we were trained there.
That is important, of course, when you're on a trading desk, but more importantly, when you're operator in crypto and the risk manifests in so many different ways.
It's not just the market risk where of course price would move, but so much underpriced.
Operational risk of you can get really hacked so many ways any, any day of the year.
Uh, and I think having that risk management mindset really helps throughout my career, not just in TradFi but in crypto as well.
Uh, and really understanding where the, where the li- where to draw the line, where's the red line.
Um, as much as you wanna innovate, uh, you still have to maintain, um, you know, certain legal and compliance, uh, line.
Like innovation matters, but so do risk management and also compliance and knowing like where to draw the line.
I think this is one of the major forces that drives, uh, the industry forward.
And maybe looking back now, uh, to your traditional background, what parts of your traditional finance background still shape the way you think about crypto and Web3?
Uh, one, as much as I hate to admit, but I think that institutional training really drilled all of the compliance and the, and, and the basic professionalism in, in me, and I think in a lot of people coming from similar backgrounds.
Uh, and now we're talking to not just a crypto native audience, but also the more traditional, the enterprise institutional audience.
And I think that makes it easier because we understand their culture, their language, uh, given that we, we were trained there.
That is important, of course, when you're on a trading desk, but more importantly, when you're operator in crypto and the risk manifests in so many different ways.
It's not just the market risk where of course price would move, but so much underpriced.
Operational risk of you can get really hacked so many ways any, any day of the year.
Uh, and I think having that risk management mindset really helps throughout my career, not just in TradFi but in crypto as well.
Uh, and really understanding where the, where the li- where to draw the line, where's the red line.
Um, as much as you wanna innovate, uh, you still have to maintain, um, you know, certain legal and compliance, uh, line.
Like innovation matters, but so do risk management and also compliance and knowing like where to draw the line.
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