Dr. Tonya M. Evans

Dr. Tonya M. Evans is a global regulatory strategist and governance advisor specializing in digital asset frameworks for governments, financial institutions, and enterprises. With 27+ years of legal expertise spanning federal judicial service, BigLaw practice, policy development, and tenured professorship at top law schools, she now architects compliance strategies that bridge legacy institutions and governments with future-forward innovation and robust regulatory integrity across multi-jurisdictional environments.

As External Expert Reviewer for the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Virtual Asset Service Provider Regulations (2025) and Independent Board Member at Digital Currency Group (2023-present)—one of the world’s most influential blockchain investment firms—Dr. Evans operates at the nexus of regulatory development and institutional governance. She provided U.S. Congressional testimony to the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets (2023) and actively advises central banks, regulators, and institutional leaders across the United States, Africa, Europe, and Asia on VASP frameworks and digital asset policy, education, and law.

Her regulatory intelligence combines ground-level emerging market expertise with sophisticated risk-management perspective. Dr. Evans’ career trajectory includes federal judicial clerkship (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit), BigLaw practice (Pepper Hamilton, Drinker Biddle), and pioneering the first Blockchain, Cryptocurrency & Law program at any U.S. law school (2017).

As author of Digital Money Demystified and Electing Crypto, Forbes contributor on fintech regulation, and host of “Confidently Crypto” on SiriusXM’s Financially Speaking podcast, Dr. Evans translates complex regulatory developments into actionable strategic guidance for institutions navigating the global digital asset landscape.