Patrick Hansen is Director, EU Strategy & Policy at Circle, a global financial technology company that enables businesses to harness the power of digital currencies and public blockchains for payments, commerce and financial applications. Circle is the sole issuer of USDC, a fully-reserved dollar digital currency built on blockchain-technology and recently introduced Euro Coin, a euro-backed digital currency. Prior to that, Patrick was head of strategy & business development at crypto-wallet startup Unstoppable Finance and head of blockchain policy at Bitkom, Europe’s largest tech trade association. Patrick holds master degrees in business and political science.