Nick Gersh is Senior Regulatory Counsel at Paxos, where he focuses on supporting global, compliant stablecoin issuance in an evolving regulatory landscape. His work includes navigating major regulatory frameworks such as the forthcoming Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act in the United States, the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, and Singapore’s proposed Stablecoin Regulatory Framework (SCS Framework).
Prior to joining Paxos in 2025, Nick worked at Dechert LLP, advising on regulatory and criminal enforcement matters, with a particular focus on digital asset companies and individuals during a period of heightened government scrutiny of the industry. Earlier in his career, he worked as a plaintiff-side litigator on federal securities cases after clerking for the Honorable Janis Graham Jack in the Southern District of Texas. Nick earned his law degree from Harvard Law School.
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Payments is where crypto either earns its place in the real economy or doesn't. Stablecoins now move meaningful volume, but most everyday users still can't navigate wallet addresses, and most regulators are still working out how to supervise a payment instrument that settles on public infrastructure. The gap between “technically possible” and “actually used at scale” is the most interesting policy and product problem in the space right now.