Jonathan Galea

Jonathan Galea is a Maltese lawyer specialising in the field of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). He has been deeply involved in the area since 2013, and complements his legal knowledge with technical certification as a C developer. Jonathan’s LL.D. (Doctorate of Laws) thesis was titled “The Effect of Bitcoin on Money Laundering Law”, and being completed in May 2015, it was one of the first ever legal theses on the subject. He was one of the first blockchain evangelists in Malta, having organised various meetups and conferences for consecutive years, and moreover has also participated as a keynote speaker in several conferences both in Malta and abroad, covering the legal, technical and economic aspects of this novel technology. Jonathan has also contributed towards the structuring of the DLT Regulatory Framework launched in Malta in 2018.

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