Previously, he was Lead Economist on digital currencies and P2P financial systems at Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt and Dean of Research of JBI Blockchain Research Institute for a short period. Paolo is the co-author of the bestseller FINTECH Book and the co-editor of the book Banking Beyond Banks and Money. In addition, he is author of various scientific papers about blockchain, which have been published by prestigious international scientific journals, such as the Harvard Business Review. As Executive Director of the UCL CBT, Paolo is also directly involved in various research projects concerning different application fields of blockchain technologies. Among them, the BARAC Project (Blockchain Technology for Algorithmic Regulation and Compliance) supported by EPSRC, and the P2P-IoET Project (The Internet of Energy Things: Supporting peer-to-peer energy trading and demand side management through blockchains) supported by Lloyds Register Foundation.
Dr Tasca holds an M.A in Politics and Economics (summa cum laude) from the University of Padua and a M.Sc. in Economics and Finance from Ca’ Foscari, Venice. He did his PhD studies in Business between Ca’ Foscari Venice and ETH, Zürich. His doctoral dissertation on systemic risk in financial markets was subsidized by the Swiss National Science Foundation with more than 500.000 €.
Bookings and contact
Available for corporate advisory, keynotes, press contributions, and research projects.
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
Academic
- Adjunct Fellow, Griffith University Law Futures Centre
- Honorary Research Professor, Sogang University, Blockchain Research Centre
- Research Associate, University of Cape Town Financial Innovation Lab
- Honorary Research Fellow, University College London
- Research Associate, London School of Economics
- Research Fellow, SAGE’s Macro Finance Area at CFS Goethe Universität
- Research Associate, Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire Internet et Société
- Editorial Board, Journal of Digital Banking
Professional
- Chairman of the Advisory Board, PhiToken
- Advisory Board Member, RQMicro
- Advisory Board Member, VINchain
- Advisory Board Member, Nexo
- Advisory Board Member, Space Decentral
- Executive Board Member, OYOBA
- Chief Strategist and Executive Board Member, Quant Overledger
- Advisory Board Member, Gradbase
- Advisory Board Member, Humaniq
- Advisory Board Member, SONM Project
- Advisory Board Member, CoinLion
- Member of the Board of Directors, Cyprus Blockchain Innovation Centre
- Senior Advisor, Beihang Blockchain&Digital Society Laboratory, Beijing
- Steering Committee Member, Construction Blockchain Consortium
- Advisory Board Member, LAToken
- Advisory Board Member, Aston
- Steering Committee Member, Accord Project
- Member of the Blockchain Economics Working Group, COALA
- Advisory Board Member, Swiss Innovation Valley
- Research Advisor, World Food Program, UN
- Permanent Member ISO TC307
- Member DLT/1 Technical Committee, British Standard Institution, London
Main
The UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies, UCL-CBT
He is the Executive Director of this world-leading research hub with an industry focus. Based in University College London, it is committed to understand the impact of Blockchain technologies in our socio-economic systems, while promoting the development and adoption of Blockchain-based platforms.
Academic
Academic and institutional work on P2P financial systems
Dr. Tasca participates in several research projects and is usually involved in the writing and promotion of scientific papers, journals, chapter in books and lectures about digital innovation, P2P financial systems and Fintech.
Fields of expertise
Professional
Fintech innovation for businesses, institutions and startups
With proficiency and experience in corporate consultancy, his ideas on innovation can make an impact in those seeking not only to understand but to thrive in the new and only digital financial world.
Main services
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In-House Training Programs
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Strategy and Development
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Legal and Regulation
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Mentorship for Startups
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Financial digital innovation
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Thought leadership
Bookings and contact
Available for corporate advisory, keynotes, press contributions, and research projects.
I believe that blockchain can open the way to an authentic sharing economy where end-users are the only beneficiaries of the market value generated by the platforms. Blockchain will bring us from centralised to decentralised platforms. The platforms will be directly controlled by the end users, censorship resistant, flexible and scalable.
— Paolo Tasca
Some of the institutions and media that have sought advice, expertise and insights from Dr. Tasca:
Previous appointments
- Dean of Research, JBI Blockchain Research Institute
- Visiting Research Economist, Deutsche Bundesbank
- Lead P2P Economist, Deutsche Bundesbank
- Advisor of the ECON Committee, European Parliament
- Co-Founder and Managing Director, ECUREX, GmbH
- Research Officer, London School of Economics, Systemic Risk Centre
- Post-Doctoral Researcher, Chair of Systems Design, MTEC, ETH
- Visiting Scholar, Chair of Systems Design, MTEC, ETH
- Advisor of the Board of Directors, Finlogix, Inc., Houston, USA
- External Consultant, Diaman SIM, Venice
Education
- 2007-2012 Ph.D, Business, Ca’Foscari University of Venice and ETH Zürich
- 2006-2007 M.Sc., Economics and Finance, Ca’Foscari University of Venice, Italy
- 2000-2005 M.A., Politics and Economics, Summa cum laude, University of Padua, Italy
