John Collins is a Founding Partner at FS Vector, a fintech regulatory advisory firm based out of Washington, DC, where he leads the firm’s public affairs and regulatory strategy group. Prior to that he was a senior staffer in the U.S. Senate and helped lead the American Bankers' Assocation international fintech policy work. He was early employee of Coinbase, where he served as Head of Policy, explaining the company (and bitcoin) to policymakers around the world.