Josh Hawkins is EVP of Strategy, Policy & Communications at Aleo. Prior to that, Josh was SVP of Marketing & Communications at Circle Financial, the global fintech firm behind the $60 billion USDC stablecoin. As an early hire at Circle, Josh was instrumental in building a team focused on policy influence, strategic positioning and global thought leadership and played a central role in shaping the company’s voice and executive presence. Josh is helping lead Aleo’s effort to solve blockchain’s biggest flaw: radical transparency. As public ledgers expose sensitive data, Josh is advancing a privacy-first Layer 1 built for compliance and scale. With deep public affairs experience at Circle and Aleo, Josh is bringing a critical, forward-looking perspective on digital assets, decentralized infrastructure, and the next era of secure financial innovation.