Paolo Tasca (professor)

Paolo Tasca is an Italian-born economist and academic.[1][2] He is currently a professor at the University College London.

Paolo Tasca
Born
Bassano del Grappa, Italy
NationalityItalian
Alma materUniversity of Padua
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
ETH Zurich
OccupationEconomist
Websitewww.paolotasca.com

Early life and education

Tasca was born in Bassano del Grappa, Italy.[3] He earned his M.A from the University of Padua and his M.Sc. from the Ca' Foscari University of Venice.[4] In addition, he pursued his PhD studies at both the Ca' Foscari University and ETH Zurich.[4]

Career

Tasca is a professor at the University College London.[5][6] He is also the founder and incumbent executive director of the Centre for Blockchain Technology at University College London.[7][8] Previously, he worked as a senior research economist at Deutsche Bundesbank.[4]

As an advisor, Tasca has worked with multiple international organizations, including the EU Parliament.[4]

Tasca is the author of two books, namely The FinTech Book and Banking Beyond Banks and Money.[9] He has also worked as an editor of the Journal of Risk Finance and the Journal of Digital Banking.[10][11]

Bibliography
  • The FinTech Book[4]
  • Banking Beyond Banks and Money[4]
  • The Internet of Value[12]

References
  1. Matsakis, Louise. "The Cryptocurrency Industry Might Actually Benefit From an Ad Ban" – via Wired.
  2. "La criptovaluta di Facebook è solo un wallet piccino e disfunzionale". Il Foglio.
  3. "Collaborazioni università-aziende per formare i lavoratori del futuro". La Stampa. October 26, 2018.
  4. "Paolo Tasca Profile".
  5. "Trading gold with Bitcoin's blockchain tech – DW – 03/28/2018". Deutsche Welle.
  6. "Rise of smaller rivals throws up fresh challenge to bitcoin". May 15, 2019 – via Reuters.
  7. Field, Matthew (June 26, 2019). "The tiny UK start-up founded by UCL scientists now at the heart of Facebook's Libra currency" – via The Telegraph.
  8. "Once burned, twice keen: Scaramucci isn't giving up on crypto". Politico.
  9. Chishti, Susanne; Barberis, Janos, eds. (April 1, 2016). "The FinTech Book: The Financial Technology Handbook for Investors, Entrepreneurs and Visionaries". John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. doi:10.1002/9781119218906 – via DOI.org (Crossref).
  10. "Journal of Risk Finance: Vol. 19 Iss. 1 | Emerald Insight". www.emerald.com.
  11. Tasca, Paolo; Widmann, Sebastian (May 3, 2018). "The challenges faced by blockchain technologies — Part 2". Journal of Digital Banking. 2 (3): 259–281 – via RePEc - Econpapers.
  12. http://blockchain.cs.ucl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Complete-Manuscript_v1_early_release.pdf
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