Jake Chervinsky is a crypto lawyer and DeFi policy advocate who founded the Hyperliquid Policy Center in Washington, D.C. in February 2026 and serves as its CEO. Jake Chervinsky's Twitter Score is 668 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026.
Jake Chervinsky launched the Hyperliquid Policy Center with backing from the Hyper Foundation, which committed 1 million HYPE tokens, valued at approximately $29 million at launch, to fund the organization. The center's primary policy focus includes developing regulatory frameworks for perpetual derivatives and decentralized exchange infrastructure, a scope informed by the network's scale: Hyperliquid processed over $250 billion in perpetual futures trading volume in the month preceding the center's launch. Jake Chervinsky also serves as a board member of the DeFi Education Fund.
Jake Chervinsky previously served as General Counsel at Compound Labs from May 2019 to October 2021, where he was a key architect of the progressive decentralization framework, an influential regulatory strategy for DeFi protocols transitioning to community governance. He subsequently joined the Blockchain Association as Chief Policy Officer, departing in October 2023 to join Variant, initially as a strategic advisor and later as Chief Legal Officer; he currently serves as an advisor to the firm. Earlier in his career, he previously worked at Kobre & Kim LLP and Baker McKenzie LLP.
Jake Chervinsky has 150,465 followers as of July 2026 on X and has published 13,033 posts. He has been mentioned by 519 accounts, with 1,291 total mentions. His disclosed holdings include TESSERA, Syndicate and Turnkey. He holds rank #139 (top 0.1%) out of 389,587 accounts tracked on this platform.
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