Erwin Voloder

Erwin Voloder has been involved in the blockchain sector since 2017, first as a start-up founder in Canada and currently as a regulatory and technical expert in Europe. He is a former economist with both the European Commission and European Central Bank. Currently he is Senior Policy Fellow at the European Blockchain Association where he coordinates research and outreach between the web3 community and the official sector. He frequently participates in working groups on tokenisation and decentralized finance both at EU level and internationally including advising national governments and private sector companies on digital asset regulation and policy. He also works with law firms, investment funds, web3 companies and think tanks to publish research on DeFi and the future of payments including CBDCs and stablecoins.  His areas of expertise include tokenization, monetary policy, regulation, geopolitics and blockchain-based payments. Currently, he is focusing on regulatory solutions for decentralized finance and the geopolitics of 'digital currency areas.