FBI’s Patrick Wyman discusses digital assets at Ripple Swell

The head of the FBI's Virtual Assets Unit joined a Coinbase-heavy panel in New York focused on security and institutional adoption Crypto conferences usually feature founders, fund managers and the occasional celebrity. At Ripple Swell 2026 in New York, the lineup also included the FBI. Patrick Wyman, Unit Chief of the FBI’s Virtual Assets Unit (VAU), said digital assets play a growing role in agency investigations. That is a notable message to deliver at a conference full of people building the industry those investigations touch.