In Episode 4 of our Winds of Change: The Digital Assets Dialogues podcast series, John Salmon, Hogan Lovells partner, is joined by Will Paul, Global Head of Payments, Hardware and Small Business Public Policy at Block. Listen in for a deep dive on the changes in US policy towards digital assets, the contrast with the EU and the UK state of play, and the role of consumer needs in driving the future of digital payments.

About Hogan Lovells: Our market-leading Digital Assets and Blockchain practice provide our clients with the best possible service to address the most complex and first-in-kind matters in the industry. Our one-team approach means client will only have one relationship to manage on the legal side, providing a consistent approach across the board on all legal and regulatory issues and freeing the clients to focus on growing their business. As a firm, we have one of the largest and most experienced international teams dedicated to blockchain, transactional banking, digital payments, and virtual assets. We advise on new products, commercial contracts, and regulatory compliance. Our clients benefit from our knowledge and familiarity of regulators globally. We know how the regulators think and what concerns them.

About Global Digital Finance: Global Digital Finance (GDF) is an industry association accelerating digital finance through the adoption of best practices and standards and engagement with regulators and policymakers. GDF is the leading global non-profit association of member firms offering an open innovation platform for advocating and accelerating the adoption of best practices for digital assets.

About Block: Block, Inc. is a technology company advancing economic empowerment by building tools that increase access to the global economy. Through its ecosystem of brands—including Square, Cash App, Afterpay, TIDAL, Bitkey, and Proto—Block enables commerce, financial services, creative entrepreneurship, and bitcoin innovation. As a mission-driven organization, Block is committed to creating a more inclusive financial system by leveraging open-source technologies and frontier AI research.