Patrick Hansen is Director, EU Strategy & Policy at Circle, a leading digital financial services provider building the most trusted treasury and payments infrastructure for the internet, including payments stablecoins USDC & EUROC. 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. You can contact Patrick via Twitter and connect with him on Linkedin.