Masha Prusakova is a French attorney and PR specialist working in the blockchain industry. She is the co-founder of Crypto PR Lab. ^[1]

Masha attended Pantheon-Sorbonne University where she earned a Bachelor's degree with honors in Law and Politics and a Master's degree in International Business Law. She then earned her diploma of Juris Doctor from the University of New South Wales where she was active in the Criminal Law "DebSoc" debate club. Masha went to the University of Nice and earned a Master's in Banking and Finance Law. Next, Masha attended Ecole du Barreau de Paris where she spent time as an Advocate and Barrister. Finally, Masha went to UC Berkeley School of Law and earned her Master of Laws in Corporate Finance.

In 2010 Masha had an internship in World Bank loans research center for projects in developing countries with Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. Her next internship was in dispute resolution and commercial law at Avocat Phillips Giraud, Naud et Associés. She then worked M&A, banking and finance law at Clifford Chance. In 2012 Masha became a junior lawyer at Lexplique LLC researching civil law, common law justice and triangular mergers. She then had a short stint in banking, finance law and litigation at Allen & Gledhill revising home loan and mortgage agreements and researching the securities and futures industry in relation to market misconduct. She had another short stint at HSBC Private Bank before undergoing traineeship at Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co and working in French, English and Monaco law. Her traineeship continued at LGT Group where she assisted in investment advisory. ^[undefined]

In 2015 Masha got a job in banking, finance, and corporate law at Gowling WLG where she had responsibilities like drafting memos on the application of EMIR, Dodd-Frank and Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, and other AML regulations, and so much more. Her next job was front desk in wealth management at CEE in UBS, Israel, Greece HNWI desk. She first got into blockchain and crypto in 2014 when she was working on an early bitcoin algorithm trader called ExGate with a former Lehman Brothers financier. She went on to be a consultant at M&A PR Studio, representing tech startups in blockchain, crypto and AI. In 2018 Masha founded Crypto PR Lab with business partner Alexandra Karpova. She is also a contributing writer for Distributed.com. ^[undefined]

Masha represented Russia in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as the youngest participant in the snowboarding halfpipe event. She speaks English, French, Russian, and German. ^[1]