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Juan is an international expert in strategy, operational excellence and leadership in money laundering prevention and regulation and is recognized as a pioneer in the development of best practices in the money services business industry or NSM, Bitcoin, blockchain and emerging payment technologies.

Currently, he is Leader of FinTech and RegTech of Consensys, the world's largest blockchain solution consultancy. Juan is a mentor and advisor to technology companies and crypto-currencies and writes about risk and virtual currencies in his popular blog (ContrarianCompliance.com). For more than 15 years, Juan designed and managed risk management programs around the world - while dedicating his work to the service of the unbanked and to the creation of reasonable policies and regulations that favor innovation. He held a number of senior positions while building his reputation as an internationally recognized leader in regulatory compliance and the prevention of money laundering. Most recently, he was in charge of Uphold's legal compliance and transparency strategy (before, Bitreserve) and was Vice President of Business Development at Skry (formerly, Coinalytics) and Senior Advisor at OneWorldIdentity.

JUAN LLANOS

Senior Executive and Expert in Blockchain, FinTech and Regulation