Founder of The Arena & Rove

Jason is the CEO of The Arena, a next gen SocialFi app redefining how creators connect, engage, and monetize their content. Jason built the platform to become the top social crypto app in the space with over 300,000 users and $10M paid out to content creators. 

Prior to The Arena, Jason founded Rove, one of the first consumer crypto apps ever built on Solana. Rove has established an ecosystem around rewarding brands and artists and connecting them directly with their most loyal fans and communities, all on-chain.

Jason previously served as the Head of Blockchain for Ubik Group from 2019 – 2023, where he led teams implementing blockchain solutions for the United Nations, American Express, IBM, the Ethereum Foundation, Coinbase, and more. As an Advisor, Jason helped conceptualize, build, and launch Gemini Clearing™ in 2019, a fully-electronic clearing and settlement solution for off-exchange or over-the-counter (OTC) crypto trades offered by Gemini.

In addition to dealing directly with lawmakers, Jason has been very active on the regulatory front. Back in January 2019, partnering with Microsoft, IBM, and NYCEDC, Jason helped to launch NYC Blockchain Center – the first publicly and privately funded blockchain project in New York, offering an inclusive focal point for NYC’s growing blockchain ecosystem of both local and global companies, academia and government to interact with the private sector. More recently, in February, 2021, Jason was called to testify before the North Dakota General Assembly as an expert witness in favor of multiple bills aimed at increasing blockchain adoption and integration.

Jason has presented at crypto conferences around the world, including Solana Breakpoint, Avalanche Summit, Nearcon, and NFT NYC. In 2019, Jason was appointed to the U.N.’s Blockchain for Impact Commission alongside his active roles with Blockchain Climate Institute (BCI), the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), and the Global Sustainability Network (GSN).