Pat LaVecchia

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Oasis Pro

Pat is CEO of Oasis Pro, Inc. and Oasis Pro Markets LLC, the first US-regulated alternative trading system (“ATS”) authorized to allow its Subscribers to trade digital (“blockchain”) securities and make payment for those digital securities in digital cash. Pat also had a global leadership role with the highly regarded decentralized finance platform, MakerDAO Foundation. He brings to Oasis Pro a deep track record of success in both traditional finance and DeFi/Blockchain and has the leadership, knowledge base, and deep industry experiences to bridge the Regulatory Compliance and Blockchain verticals.

Over his 25+ year career as a CEO and investment banker, he has successfully led a number of companies and spearheaded over $20 billion of financing, acquisitions and/or sale of well over 150 companies across a variety of industries including technology, fintech, and blockchain.

Pat is a recognized digital assets thought leader. He is a member of the Forbes Finance Council and a published and contributing author of Forbes. He is a frequent speaker/panelist at conferences and webcasts, and a television contributor on Bloomberg, CNBC Crypto, TD Ameritrade, Fintech TV, etc., and has been quoted in publications such as Bloomberg, WSJ, NY Times, Reuters, and Financial Times. He was highlighted in a fireside chat with Xapo Bank’s Maverick Series on crypto/digital assets.