William Peracchio is a technologist that is currently pursuing a Master of Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School. Prior to joining HKS, William worked as a Technical Product Manager at Knova, a NYC-based fintech company that is helping financial institutions adopt digital assets. William's research at HKS focuses on the geopolitical implications and emerging commercial banking trends as it relates to emerging digital asset technologies, including central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and stablecoins. When not focusing on technology, William enjoys traveling, trivia, and finding a good soup dumpling around Boston. William graduated from Tsinghua University as a Schwarzman Scholar with a Masters of Global Affairs and an M.S. in Computer Science and a B.S. in Computer Science and Business from Lehigh University.