Melissa Strait is an expert in compliance in fintech, and is currently the COO of StrategyBRIX, a boutique compliance consulting firm. She previously served as Coinbase's chief compliance officer from February 2021 to May 2025. At Coinbase, she oversaw the entirety of the firm’s compliance efforts, including anti-money laundering (AML), sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, blockchain analytics, trade surveillance, consumer compliance and others. Previously, Melissa served as global head of Financial Crimes for Stripe Inc., overseeing all aspects of Stripe’s AML, sanctions and anti-bribery and corruption compliance programs. She also served as the chief compliance officer of Stripe Payments Company. Prior to joining Stripe in early 2016, she was a compliance operations manager for Square Inc. Prior to joining the fintech industry, Melissa served as a director in the due diligence practice of Kroll Inc.