TRM Labs, the United States-based blockchain intelligence services firm, has appointed Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) veteran Ziqing Ang as Head of Policy, Asia Pacific (APAC).
In this role, Ang will work with regulators, policymakers, law enforcement agencies, and private institutions across Asia-Pacific to advance efforts against illicit networks and to strengthen the region’s collective response to emerging threats, TRM said in a statement on Thursday.
Ang’s appointment reflects TRM’s continued investment in Asia-Pacific and the growing importance of local policy expertise as governments and institutions build the frameworks for a compliant digital asset economy.
It follows last month’s appointment of former MAS regulator Claudia Hui as Head of Compliance Advisory, APAC, part of a broader expansion of TRM’s policy, compliance, and go-to-market presence across the region.
It is noted that Asia-Pacific has become one of the most consequential regions in the world for digital asset and artificial intelligence (AI) policy, and criminal networks are leveraging this transformative technology to move at unprecedented speed and scale.
TRM tracked adjusted crypto crime volume rising from approximately $123 million in 2020 to more than $103 billion in 2025, with investment scams, including pig butchering, driving 62 perncet of last year’s fraud inflows.
It is noted that Generative AI is compounding the problem. TRM has tracked a 40 percent increase in AI-enabled scam activity, from deepfake recruitment videos to fabricated account dashboards, as these tools move from experiment to operational infrastructure.
APAC regulators are building digital asset and AI governance frameworks at the same time, giving the region a real opportunity to write enforcement and compliance tools directly into them from the start.
Policy has to keep pace with criminal actors who are using technology to operate at unprecedented speed and scale, said the statement.
Ang brings more than a decade of experience at the intersection of policy, financial markets, digital assets and institutional business development.
She began her career at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), spending more than eight years across financial markets development and reserve management, where she worked alongside industry and public-sector stakeholders to shape strategic initiatives advancing Singapore’s capital markets ecosystem and its position as a global financial center.
She went on to manage fixed income portfolios and contribute to macroeconomic and investment research for Singapore’s official foreign reserves.
From MAS, Ang moved into the digital asset industry, joining Sygnum, the world’s first regulated digital asset bank, as Vice President of Business Development, where she supported digital asset adoption among institutional and accredited investors.
Most recently, she served as Chief Business Officer at Bright Point International Digital Assets (BPI Financial Group), where she led the development of the firm’s OTC brokerage, spanning licensing and institutional infrastructure.
“This is a moment when the public and private sectors must come together to get ahead of the threats emerging in this region,
“Ang brings deep expertise and experience working across both the public and private sectors, and the credibility to bring regulators and industry together around this work,” said Ari Redbord, Global Head of Policy at TRM Labs.
Ziqing Ang, Head of Policy, APAC at TRM Labs, said Asia-Pacific is at an important stage in how it regulates technology in the age of AI, and the decisions made over the next few years will shape the safety of the ecosystem.
“I’ve spent my career moving between regulators and the institutions they oversee, and I’ve seen how much good regulation and strong partnerships between the public and private sector can do,
“TRM’s focus on building a safer world is the kind of work I want to be part of, and I’m looking forward to working with regulators, law enforcement, and industry across the region to support responsible innovation,” she added.
TRM is headquartered in San Francisco and is a distributed-first company with hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Washington D.C., London, and Singapore. The company is hiring across all functions, including applied AI, machine learning, engineering, data science, go-to-market, and operations.
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