
technology lawyer. nyc-er. human. current: @clifford_chance, prev.: @interop_labs, @accenture, @inside_r3 (never legal advice)
New York, NY
Joined November 2018
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The first real consensus mechanism that society created is the social contract. It's enforcement mechanism? The legal system. Everything else is built within (including blocks, chains and NFTs).
Jason Rozovsky retweeted
CLARITY is stalled exactly where the arithmetic puts it, and attention was never the problem.
5 of 8 steps are done: House passed it 294-134, Senate Banking advanced it 15-9, calendar-eligible since June 1. The last three (60 votes in Senate, House passage, POTUS signature) are the hard part, with no cloture motion filed and about three usable Senate weeks before the August recess.
Three disputes are doing the blocking: ethics/insider-trading, Section 604 developer liability, stablecoin yield. And unlike GENIUS, CLARITY has no bank-and-payments constituency forcing them shut. The real risk is inertia.
Polymarket has been the live whip count: ~59% in June, sub-40% after the July 4 miss, ~43% now. It's tracking the same disputes staffers are negotiating.
This isn't dead, and it's nowhere near guaranteed. The next three weeks are the closing act.
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Absolutely not true. I am the former SVP of legal and people at Bolt and I left on my own @Polymarket
The new Project Guardian white paper includes contributions from @Axelar, @Citi, @Fidelity, @FTI_Global, @swiftcommunity & more.
@NYcryptolawyer & I are cited, talking protocol-level compliance in non-custodial connectors. Thanks @MAS_sg!
Read: mas.gov.sg/-/media/mas-media…
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.@interop_labs General Counsel & Head of Policy @JasonRozovsky joined @JillMalandrino to discuss why blockchain technology will have to prove its resilience to regulators.
Watch the full video: spr.ly/6016Ax3Ow
Excited to be speaking tomorrow alongside Jane Khodarkovsky and @NYcryptolawyer on the "DeFi: Strategy and Expectations for Regulatory Developments" panel as part of PLI's "Developments in Decentralized Finance 2025."
Looking forward to hearing perspectives from other panels and learn what’s happening across the space!
Register for the event here: lnkd.in/eAHU4tiH
Congratulations @abbasali and the rest of the team!
JUST ANNOUNCED: JPMorgan Product Head Joins GSR Trading MD to Build Institutional Staking Markets
“It’s only a matter of time before asset managers are benchmarked against indices like CESR, the Composite Ethereum Staking Rate, and we intend to provide the market infrastructure that enables this," said Abbas Ali and Ruchir Gupta, Co-Founders of @GyldFinance.
CESR, by @coinfund, in collaboration with @CoinDesk Indices, is a daily benchmark rate that represents the mean, annualized staking yield of the Ethereum validator population.
Read the full press release: chainwire.org/2025/09/09/jpm…
I was quoted in the latest piece from @c_degen725 at @pensionsnews on crypto in 401(k)s. A step toward regulatory clarity would usher in a new chapter for digital assets.
pionline.com/rules-regulatio…
The Tornado Cash verdict could reshape DeFi’s future, especially for privacy-focused developers. @JonaJaupi in @defiantnews explains why:
thedefiant.io/news/regulatio…
I told The Defiant the ruling exposes a gap between how decentralized software is seen and how it works. Bridging that gap is critical for innovation. 💡 #Axelar #DeFi
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"You could have a stablecoin of an issuer on some other chain that you bridged it to. Unless you can actually redeem it there, you have to question, what's the actual value of that stablecoin? Because I don't think it's a dollar." 🤔
Jason Rozovsky retweeted
Decentralized blockchains are no longer a crypto experiment.
They’re becoming institutional infrastructure.
At Point Zero Forum @axelar nailed it:
- Banks are outsourcing to public L1s
- Regulation is adapting
- Interoperability is the new compliance
The shift is happening and it’s unstoppable.
Axelar is ahead of the curve.
This is why I'm bullish on $AXL
Jason Rozovsky retweeted
The players who will be live in 12 to 18 months are lining up infrastructure, now.
@interop_labs head of legal + policy @jasonrozovsky at Harvard Blockchain Conference 2025 🔗 👇
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Axelar has a unique perspective on why institutions are moving to tap into public blockchains—on display at @pointzeroforum 🔗👇
"These back-office systems at 10 disparate banks have become redundant, because they can outsource a lot of that to public infrastructure."
Institutions need to balance their objectives with the features of decentralized blockchain networks - interoperability is key to advancing this work.
Great to see the cutting edge work @DeutscheBank and @Memento_Bc are doing and the role that @axelar is playing in distribution.
As stablecoins boom, Axelar + @DeutscheBank are building compliant rails for tokenized finance. Introducing the Project DAMA 2 litepaper:
1️⃣ Ethereum Layer-1 settlement
2️⃣ A unique L2 built by @Memento_Bc on @zksync Prividium
3️⃣ An app store for fund smart contracts 🧵 👇
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ERC-7786, architected by @OpenZeppelin and @axelar, will be a catalyst for enabling next-gen multichain applications on the EVM.
Learn more -> erc7786.org
ERC-7786 is a new way to unify how apps communicate crosschain + unlock improved UX / devx across Ethereum
Recently emerged from the l2 interop working group as a developing standard
Would love to speak with / learn from / onboard app builders interested in creating the next gen of crosschain applications 🤝
Please reach out, DMs open
Learn more -> erc7786.org
Jason Rozovsky retweeted
💡 The one and only @JoelKatz and Ripple’s @jazzicoop announced the XRPL EVM is going live Q2 at Apex featuring some DeFi apps like @StrobeFinance @vertex_protocol, @SecurdLabs and @squidrouter building on it 👏🏻
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1/ Today, 30+ Blockchain Association members are on Capitol Hill meeting with Congressional offices to showcase the powerful economic and social potential of blockchain technology.
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Interop Labs CEO @sergey_nog, head of legal/policy @JasonRozovsky + head of institutional Chris Robins met w/ @SECGov today. Topics:
1⃣ Benefits of decentralized interoperability
2⃣ Security guarantees of permissionless networks
3⃣ How interop connects compliant systems
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💧🟠 Infinite interop is now live on @SuiNetwork mainnet! 🦾 🌊
Axelar unlocks Sui's limitless scalability for every crypto asset and application.
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One of the highest Nakamoto efficiency records.
Fully permissionless.
Open validator set.
Smart contract programmability.
Say more?
Jason Rozovsky retweeted
Why decentralization matters, if you’re in the blockchain space? Let's remind ourselves...
Decentralized infrastructure, not marketing, governance theater, or selective openness, gives blockchain its true power. Without it, a blockchain becomes just another fragile empire waiting to fall.
Without decentralization, the essence of blockchain, distributed trust, is compromised. 1/4




















