Paolo Tasca, Director of the DLT Science Foundation And UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies

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Prof. Paolo Tasca is an economist and a widely published researcher in the field of blockchain and distributed systems. He is known for his contributions to digital economics and has founded two significant blockchain organisations - the Distributed Ledger Technology Science Foundation (DLT Science Foundation) AND the University College London Centre for Blockchain Technologies (UCL CBT). Under his guidance, the UCL CBT has become one of the world's largest research centres dedicated to blockchain technologies.
Paolo Tasca Interview Questions
00:00 - 01:20 - Introduction
01:20 - 10:20 - Career Background
10:21 - 25:28 - Story behind UCL Center for Blockchain Technology
25:28 - 37:51 - Work experience with central banks and DLT Science Foundation
37:51 - 48:00 - Prof. Tasca's academic and research work
48:01 - 55:45 - BigData in crypto community
55:46 01:01:00 - Future of blockchain: Integration with AI
01:01:01 - 01:04:29 - Closure
Paolo Tasca Biography
Dr. Paolo Tasca is a renowned digital economist and expert in distributed systems, with a specialisation in the blockchain field. He founded and chairs the DLT Science Foundation, a global initiative dedicated to advancing education, research, and innovation in the blockchain space.
In addition, Paolo is a Professor of Emerging Digital Technologies and Business Strategy at University College London, where he founded and directs the world's largest research center on blockchain technologies, UCL CBT.
Paolo's expertise has earned him global recognition, and he has served as a special advisor on blockchain technologies for esteemed organisations such as the EU Parliament, the United Nations, and various Central Banks. He has made significant contributions to the field of blockchain through his research, entrepreneurial ventures, and leadership roles in various organisations.
Prior to his current roles, he was the Lead Economist on digital currencies and P2P financial systems at Deutsche Bundesbank (Frankfurt).
Paolo is the co-editor of three best-seller books in the field of blockchain, Fintech, DEFI and Web3: "Enabling the Internet of Value”, by Springer 2022, “Blockchain Economics: Implications of Distributed Ledger Technology”, by World Scientific 2019, and "Banking Beyond Banks and Money”, by Springer 2016.
He also contributed with the New York Times sharing his view on the pitfalls of blockchain governance models. He has been Associate Editor of the "Journal of Risk Finance" since 2016 and Guest Editor (2017) and then Editorial Board Member (2018) of the "Journal of Digital Banking". In 2018 he joined "Frontiers in Blockchain" as Specialty Chief Editor for Fourth Industrial Revolution and now he is Specialty Chief Editor for Blockchain Economics.
In addition, he is the author of numerous scientific papers about systemic risk, P2P systems and distributed ledger technologies, which have been published by prestigious international scientific journals.
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