Digital Self Labs LLC
Shaping a self-empowered future through blockchain and AI technologies
VISION
We’re Changing the Way We Think About Our Personal Digital Agency
While working at the Centre Consortium - a Circle and Coinbase joint venture, we quickly recognized our shared commitment to human-centric solutions.
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Collaborating on decentralized identity solutions and stablecoin standards in decentralized finance and Web3, our primary focus remains on the tangible human impact – including advancing true financial inclusion and consumer protection.
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We both firmly believe that technology alone isn't the answer. It needs to be wrapped in an understanding of the laws, regulations and where policy is heading. The true path forward is paved with robust standards, effective governance, and insightful understanding.
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Our shared mission is to develop solutions that truly empower individuals, bridging the gap between technological potential and genuine human needs.
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- Linda and Kim
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SERVICES
Empowering innovators to revolutionize personal digital agency and the decentralized ecosystem
Incubation Advisory Services
Advise and foster startups to design Web3 products that empower individuals.
Policy and Regulatory Strategy
Devise tailored US and international policy and regulatory strategies
Business and Investment Strategy
Advise investment funds on the fast-changing international policy and technology landscape.
Software Architecture & Product Design
Design cross-disciplinary products that combines tech and policy know-how.
Research and Development
Research emerging technologies and regulations, and draft white papers.
Technical Assistance
Provide educational workshops to regulators seeking to understand emerging technologies and related policy issues.
Linda Jeng
Founder & CEO
Linda is the Founder and CEO of Digital Self Labs, a tech & policy advisory firm for Web3 startups, investment funds and governments. She has worked at several early venture firms, including as the General Counsel & Chief Global Regulatory Officer for the Crypto Council for Innovation, which is a global alliance of leading crypto firms, as the Chief Policy & Regulatory Officer for the Centre Consortium, which was the standards organization for the stablecoin USDC and decentralized identity Verite, and as the Global Head of Policy at the DeFi payments software startup Transparent Financial Systems.
She is a Visiting Scholar on Financial Technology at Georgetown University Law Center’s Institute for International Economic Law, a Senior Lecturing Fellow at Duke Law School, and a Research Fellow at the Bank for International Settlements. Linda sits on the Advisory Board for Mastercard's Policy Center for Digital Economy.
Prior to her startup roles, she spent over 15 years in various branches of government. She has experience in international financial diplomacy for the US Treasury Department, in drafting the Dodd-Frank Act at the US Senate, in banking and securities regulation from the Fed, the SEC and the OCC, and in international standard setting at the Financial Stability Board in Basel, Switzerland. She also worked in Paris for a global bank.
Linda has a BA from Duke University, a JD from Columbia Law School and a Diplôme d'études approfondies in European Union law from Université de Toulouse, France.
Kim Hamilton Duffy
Advisor
Kim Hamilton Duffy is an expert in decentralized systems, blockchain architectures, and digital identity. She's a recognized leader in decentralized identity, contributing to standards and solutions across various platforms and networks.
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At the Centre Consortium, she developed Verite, a privacy-focused decentralized identity standard for the finance industry. At MIT's Digital Credentials Consortium, she drove the design and architecture of a 12-university member consortium, ensuring learner control and privacy in the future of academic credentials. She co-created, architected, and developed the Blockcerts standard and commercial product, one of the first commercial deployments based on decentralized identity/SSI standards, during her tenure as Chief Technology Officer at Learning Machine.
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Kim has played key roles in technical standards and interoperability groups at the World Economic Forum, W3C, Decentralized Identity Foundation, US Chamber of Commerce Foundation, and others. She has held editorial positions at IET Blockchain and IEEE. She earned her M.S. in Applied Math from Cornell and a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Texas.