Adrienne Harris, reguladora pró-criptomoedas, renuncia e deixará o Departamento de Serviços Financeiros de Nova York em outubro

Fim de era para cripto em NY: chefe regulatória abandona navio

O que acontece quando o defensor sai?

Adrienne Harris prepara saída em outubro - justamente quando o mercado mais precisa de clareza regulatória. A comissária que abraçou blockchain deixa vago um dos cargos mais influentes do setor financeiro americano.

Vai deixar saudades? Depende de quem perguntar

Enquanto startups choram a perda, bancos tradicionais provavelmente comemoram - menos competição para seus produtos superfaturados. A FSA de Nova York nunca mais será a mesma.

O timing não poderia ser pior: reguladores globais aceleram frameworks enquanto NY perde sua principal voz progressista. O vácuo de poder ameaça desacelerar inovação justamente quando cripto mais precisa de legitimidade.

Restam apenas 30 dias até outubro - tempo suficiente para Wall Street cozinhar seu próximo candidato. Porque no jogo financeiro, quando um aliado cai, dez adversários se levantam.

Adrienne Harris oversaw crypto enforcement and financial reforms

During Adrienne’s four-year run, DFS recovered over $725 million in restitution for New Yorkers. She became the first person from New York to join the U.S. Financial Stability Oversight Council.

Under her, DFS reworked how check cashing fees are calculated, a move that saved New Yorkers over $22 million. She led efforts to require insurance companies to cover insulin without co-pays.

She enforced guardrails around how AI is used in insurance pricing, particularly making sure underwriting wasn’t secretly discriminating against consumers. She also gave final approval to rules that gave DFS power over Pharmacy Benefit Managers, and her team began examining those businesses for the first time.

Kaitlin, who has served as Executive Deputy Superintendent of DFS’s Research & Innovation Division since 2021, is now set to take the reins. Her background includes time at the Federal Reserve, where she served as a Senior Policy Advisor for both the Bank of San Francisco and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

At the Fed, she helped coordinate innovation policy between all twelve district banks and across the FDIC and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Before that, Kaitlin worked at the Financial Health Network, a think tank focused on consumer financial health. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University and a Master of Public Policy from the University of Chicago.

Inside DFS, she’s best known for building out the department’s crypto oversight program and pushing forward policies related to financial inclusion and technological modernization.

The New York governor said Kaitlin was the right choice to continue the Department’s work, adding, “Kaitlin is well suited to lead the Department into the future.” Asrow’s promotion puts the crypto-heavy Research & Innovation Division right at the top of New York’s financial regulatory structure.

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