How AWS is Driving the AI and Digital Asset Revolution

You can’t go to a crypto conference in 2025 without a company or a speaker mentioning the convergence of AI and digital assets.

In this episode, Jason Somensatto (Head of North America Public Policy at Chainalysis) sits down with
Michael Greenwald (Global Head of Financial Innovation and Digital Assets, Amazon Web Services (AWS)) to dive into the intricate world where digital assets meet cloud infrastructure through AWS.

Michael shares his backstory working with the Department of Treasury and how that entered him into the world of decentralized finance and terrorist financing.

He discusses AWS's essential role in supporting the digital  transformation in global finance, while also addressing the implementation challenges and potentials of generative AI in this evolving landscape.

Michael outlines the critical transition from legacy financial systems to agile, cloud-enhanced infrastructures, which is imperative for economic competitiveness and highlights the commitment of AWS in enhancing digital asset scalability, cybersecurity, and collaborations with public and private sector. 

Minute-by-minute episode breakdown

2 | Amazon AWS's Role in crypto and digital assets

4 | From Treasury to AWS: Michael’s  journey through finance and technology

8 | The intersection of AI and digital assets in finance and cloud computing

14 | Enhancing blockchain security with AWS and Generative AI

19 | Collaboration between public and private sectors in digital assets

23 | AWS's role in the future of digital assets and global customer adoption 

27 | What’s in store for AWS and their digital asset and AI journey

Related resources

Check out more resources provided by Chainalysis that perfectly complement this episode of the Public Key.

• Website: AWS: New AWS generative AI innovations
• Website: Amazon Q Developer: The most capable generative AI–powered assistant for software development
• Article: Enhancing public sector digital asset security and efficiency with generative AI (by Michael Greenwald and Paul Grewal)
• Article: The convergence of AI and digital assets: A new dawn for financial infrastructure (by Forrest Colyer, John Liu, and Michael Greenwald)
• Report: The Chainalysis 2025 Crypto Crime Report (Download Your Copy Today)
• Blog: Leveraging Transparency for Collaboration in the Wake of Record-Breaking Bybit Theft
• YouTube: Chainalysis YouTube page 
• Twitter: Chainalysis Twitter: Building trust in blockchain
• Telegram: Chainalysis on Telegram

Speakers on today’s episode

• Jason Somensatto *Host*  (Head of North America Public Policy, Chainalysis)
  
  
• Michael Greenwald (Global Head of Financial Innovation and Digital Assets, Amazon Web Services (AWS))

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