Marta Belcher is the General Counsel and Head of Policy at Protocol Labs and the President and Chair of Filecoin Foundation and Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web. She also serves as special counsel to the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Belcher is a pioneer in cryptocurrency law and has spoken on the topic around the world, including in U.S. Congress, European Parliament, the New York Senate, the OECD, and in Davos during the World Economic Forum. Belcher has drafted amicus briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. appellate courts for high-profile public interest organizations, including EFF, the Center for Democracy & Technology, Public Knowledge, the Cato Institute, the National Consumers' League, Project Gutenberg, and the Blockchain Association.
She has been recognized twice by the Financial Times Innovative Lawyer awards, named to Law360's list of “Top Attorneys Under 40,” and was ranked 18th on CryptoWeekly’s list of “Most Influential Women in Crypto."
