Public Policy Intern — Circle
Helping design policy positions at the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, including on stablecoin regulation, AI in financial services, and payments for the agentic economy.
FinTech · AI Product · Public Policy
My work sits between product, policy, and strategy: understanding how powerful new technologies can be built, adopted, and governed in ways that earn institutional trust.
Status
Helping design policy positions at the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, including on stablecoin regulation, AI in financial services, and payments for the agentic economy.
Contributing to the Committee's work on how tokenization and stablecoins will reshape the financial system. The Committee is a nonpartisan network of leaders in finance, business, and policy.
↳ Co-author: A Global Framework for Tokenized Assets
Researched digital assets, stablecoins, and the future of financial regulation. Worked with Timothy Massad, former Chair of the CFTC, on digital asset regulation and the institutional design of financial market infrastructure, and with Senior Fellow Ijeoma Okoli on tokenization and market structure.
Researched how tokenized money, stablecoins, and digital financial infrastructure affect markets, institutions, and public policy. Worked with external institutional partners on the Future of Financial Infrastructure workstream.
↳ Co-author: Stablecoins in Africa — with AIR & CGAP
Researched and wrote on AI and digital public infrastructure in government, including Italy's AI strategy, procurement guidelines, and public-sector implementation.
↳ Co-author: Italy's Multiplicity Principle
Led product development for digital financial infrastructure across tokenized assets, stablecoins, CBDCs, and institutional payment workflows. Launched a 0-to-1 product with a digital asset exchange, built the company's developer portal, and helped lead the winning entry in the 2023 G20 TechSprint. Authored the firm's white paper and RFP responses for major financial institutions, including central banks.
Microsoft (software engineering, Azure Arc) · Lehigh University (designed and taught CSE 298 to 60+ students) · OSIsoft (front-end development) · PwC Czech Republic (blockchain research) · Commvault (engineering intern).
If you would like to discuss stablecoins, tokenization, AI governance, or related work, you can reach me at:
waperacchio@gmail.com