Make it understandable
Explain wallets, Bitcoin, stablecoins, and DePIN in language that real people can act on.
About NatiCrypto
Cincinnati roots. Crypto experience since 2014. Education before allocation.
NatiCrypto was built to make crypto understandable and useful for real people, local businesses, and leaders thinking about the future of money and infrastructure.
Jake Percy
Founder, NatiCrypto
Certified Cryptocurrency Expert
Blockchain Council · 2025
Crypto involved since 2014
Founder
Jake Percy
Jake Percy is a Cincinnati-based crypto educator and writer. He has been involved in crypto since 2014 and earned the Certified Cryptocurrency Expert credential from the Blockchain Council in 2025.
The CCE is the Blockchain Council's most advanced general credential, covering Bitcoin, Ethereum, consensus mechanisms, smart contracts, custody architecture, stablecoins, DeFi, sanctions and AML frameworks, and enterprise blockchain. It exists less as a license than as a baseline — the floor of what someone selling crypto analysis to executives should be able to answer cold.
His work sits between practical education and strategic analysis: helping beginners understand wallets and scams while writing long-form briefings on how Bitcoin, stablecoins, sanctions architecture, DePIN, and enterprise blockchain intersect with monetary power, defense resilience, and corporate strategy.
NatiCrypto exists because most people either hear crypto explained as hype or dismissed as noise. The truth is more useful and more demanding. Digital assets are changing how people think about money, coordination, trust, payments, and infrastructure. Cincinnati needs a clear, local voice that can translate those changes into practical understanding.
The core principle is simple: education before allocation. No pressure, no custody of client funds, no guaranteed returns, and no pretending risk does not exist.
- Cincinnati-based and locally focused
- Crypto involved since 2014
- Certified Cryptocurrency Expert (Blockchain Council, 2025)
- Published analysis on Bitcoin, stablecoins, DePIN, sanctions, and enterprise blockchain
- No custody of client funds, no guaranteed returns
Selected analysis
Recent writing.
Enterprise
The Verification Tax
Most of your best people are paid to distrust other people for a living. The business case for blockchain was always psychological.
Monetary powerIran, Bitcoin, and the Strait of Hormuz
Stablecoins are sanctions enforcement. Bitcoin is the pressure release. We're not watching the end of the dollar — we're watching its second act.
DefenseIntegrity Is the New Perimeter
NATO has named blockchain a 2030 priority. When adversaries blend in rather than break in, provable integrity may matter more than perimeter defense.
Corporate strategyFrom Pilots to Plumbing
JPMorgan settled a tokenized Treasury in production on a public chain. The interesting question stopped being "will banks use this" and became what instant settlement does to the float.
What guides the work
Grounded crypto, not crypto theater.
Keep it useful
Focus on practical education, responsible business adoption, and infrastructure that can be deployed.
Think strategically
Connect digital assets to money, public trust, geopolitical pressure, defense resilience, and local development.
Recent engagements
Where the work has shown up.
Engagements are listed in anonymized form. Specific clients and topics are confidential by default.
- Family-office strategic briefing Bitcoin allocation framing, custody trade-offs, and time-preference questions for a multi-generation portfolio.
- Regional manufacturing association workshop Stablecoins, vendor payments, and the practical risk of accepting digital assets without a treasury policy.
- Cincinnati civic education session Plain-English explainer on wallets, scams, and what crypto adoption looks like for households and local businesses.
- Small-business owner consult Readiness assessment, customer-fit analysis, and the operational risks of a first crypto-accepting transaction.
- Helium / DePIN host onboarding Site assessment, deployment, and revenue-share economics for a commercial location with no upfront cost to the business.
Next step
Ready to apply this to your situation?
Private 30-minute briefings run $1,500 and up. Business consulting, education sessions, and speaking engagements have their own pricing — start with whichever matches the decision in front of you.