Marcella Atzori is a political analyst, academic researcher and author specialized in technopolitics and global affairs. Her areas of research and expertise include blockchain-based applications, digital currencies, decentralized architectures, distributed consensus mechanisms, alternative models of governance, and Future Internet. As a blockchain and digital currency specialist, she advises governments, institutions, SMEs, and academic communities. She holds a Master Degree in Digital Currencies from the University of Nicosia and a Ph.D. in International Relations. She is currently affiliated with the Research Centre for Blockchain Technologies at the University College of London.