Jake Chervinsky
Jake Chervinsky is an industry veteran and the Chief Legal Officer at Variant, an early-stage crypto venture capital firm. He works with Variant's portfolio to develop legal and regulatory strategies that help them effectively execute their visions. Prior to joining Variant, he was the former Chief Policy Officer at Blockchain Association, the largest advocacy group for the crypto industry in Washington, D.C. He also served as the General Counsel at Compound, where he helped pioneer “progressive decentralization,” a playbook that became hugely influential across the crypto industry. Before joining Compound, Chervinsky worked in private practice representing clients in a broad range of regulatory compliance, financial services litigation, and government enforcement defense matters.
Jake Chervinsky Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Chief Legal Officer
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Strategic Advisor
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Chief Policy Officer
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General Counsel
Academic History
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J.D., With Honors, Law
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B.A., Psychology, Criminal Justice
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
CRYPTO COMMENTARY
Chervinsky became the go-to name for crypto legal commentary after his thread on a rejected Bitcoin ETF went viral.
Since then, he has become a fixture on crypto Twitter, where he weighs in on legal issues about crypto regulations and many more.
He has become a voice on crypto regulatory issues involving U.S. securities laws, such as the SEC vs. Kik case, SEC penalizing Block.one, Ripple, stablecoins, no-action letters, Blockstack and more.
EARLY LEGAL CAREER
Chervinsky started his legal career with Baker McKenzie LLP, where he focused on anti-corruption and anti-money laundering compliance and investigations.
He later represented individual and corporate clients in cryptocurrency-related securities litigation and government enforcement defense matters at Kobre & Kim LLP.
He also clerked for the Honorable Fernando M. Olguin of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Chervinsky has been featured or quoted in various leading financial media outlets and publications, including Fortune, Yahoo! Finance,
Cointelegraph, CoinDesk, and more.
He has also appeared as a guest on Real Vision.