Ekin Genç
Other affiliations
Keble College
Biography
Ekin is a DPhil candidate researching decentralised finance (DeFi) as a form of private order.
He holds an MSc in Social Science of the Internet from the University of Oxford, where he graduated with Distinction, and in Philosophy and Public Policy from the London School of Economics as a Jean Monnet Scholar. Previously, he completed concurrent BA degrees in Comparative Literature and Political Science in Istanbul and Brussels, graduating top of his class in both.
Ekin serves as the editor-in-chief of DL News and has previously covered the crypto industry for outlets including Fortune and VICE. His professional background includes roles in public policy in Brussels, London, and Washington, D.C. He also acted as a director of a non-profit that challenged the UK government in the High Court and Court of Appeal over its retrospective application of a policy change.
His research at Oxford is supported by a grant from Kleros, a decentralised arbitration platform.