Jake Claver

Jake Claver is an American entrepreneur and investor in the digital assets and blockchain industry.^[3] He is the Chairman and founder of Digital Ascension Group, a multi-family office focused on integrating digital assets into traditional wealth structures, and the founder of Digital Wealth Partners, a digital-asset-focused SEC-registered investment advisor.^[14]​^[16]​^[15] He serves as the CEO of Syndicately, a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) investment management platform that tokenizes assets.^[1]​^[3]​^[14] He also co-authored the book "Wealth in Numbers," a guide to Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs).^[3]​

Early Life

Born and raised in the Dallas, Texas metropolitan area, Jake Claver spent his early years attending public school and engaging in sports. As a teenager, he was a participant in the North Texas PGA Junior (NTPGA Junior) Tour.^[2]​

Education

In 2009, Jake graduated from high school. He attended Dallas College, earning an Associate of Arts and Sciences in Business Administration and Management, and later attended the University of North Texas (UNT), where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance.^[3] Alongside his formal education, Jake dedicated time to independent studies in blockchain technology and wealth management. He also obtained the Qualified Family Office Professional (QFOP) certification.^[3]​^[4]​

Career

Claver's firm established a partnership with Standard Custody & Trust, a partnership that the firm describes as making it one of the first family office and wealth management platforms to offer digital asset custody solutions.^[5]​^[14] This collaboration utilized technology developed by Ripple CTO David Schwartz and Polysign founder Arthur Britto. Digital Ascension Group continues to partner with Standard Custody & Trust. Jake has also been involved in advisory roles for various blockchain-related initiatives.

As of 2026, sources describe Digital Ascension Group as operating as a multi-family office that helps high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth families integrate digital assets into broader wealth, governance, estate, tax, and succession planning, and as managing approximately $1 billion in digital assets for more than 5,000 client families.^[14]​^[16] Digital Wealth Partners is described as a digital-asset-focused, SEC-registered registered investment advisor that partnered with Standard Custody & Trust to provide digital asset custody solutions.^[14]​^[16]​

Public Engagements and Memberships

Jake Claver has been a speaker at several blockchain and digital asset conferences, including the XRP Las Vegas Conference in 2023,^[6] the onXDC conference in Austin, Texas in 2023,^[7] and the USA-UAE Alliance Blockchain Summit in Dubai in 2024.^[8] His contributions to the blockchain community are further recognized through his membership in the Arkansas Blockchain Council.^[9] He has continued to appear as a speaker at major industry events, including Consensus Institutional 2026 and conferences such as SALT Wyoming Blockchain Symposium and Blockchain Futurist 2025.^[15] By 2025–2026, speaker profiles describe him as a frequent presenter at conferences such as ETHDenver and as a regularly featured commentator on blockchain and digital wealth topics in industry events and media.^[15]​^[17]​

In April 2025, Digital Ascension Group hosted the Digital Fusion Summit in Dallas, an event designed to connect family offices and institutional investors with leaders in the digital asset industry.^[10]​

Investment Philosophy

Claver's stated investment philosophy centers on proactive and comprehensive digital wealth management. He has publicly advised investors, particularly those holding assets like XRP, to establish legal, tax, and security structures before realizing significant profits, stating that waiting can create complexities.^[11]​^[12]​

Bridging Traditional and Digital Finance

His firms, including Digital Wealth Partners and Digital Ascension Group, provide services tailored for digital asset portfolios, such as entity formations, asset protection trusts, and tax strategies. A key part of his stated strategy involves integrating traditional financial instruments with digital assets, such as facilitating the investment of digital assets into insurance products for tax-advantaged growth.^[11]​

Asset Protection and Risk Mitigation

Claver's approach to risk management includes the use of institutional custody solutions, secure storage, and insurance to protect assets. He recommends using digital asset-specific trusts, LLCs, and custody solutions. Claver has described strategies that target annual returns between 10% and 20% within institutional custody while seeking to mitigate counterparty risks.^[11]​^[12]​

Accessibility and Generational Wealth

Claver's stated long-term vision is to safeguard and transition wealth for future generations. Through his Digital Family Office-branded platform, operated under Digital Ascension Group, he provides wealth structuring, estate planning, and tax mitigation for digital assets. His firm charges fees between 20 and 40 basis points, which he presents as lower than typical fees charged by conventional fund managers.^[11] He has also highlighted digital asset succession planning, focusing on how heirs can locate, access, and legally manage inherited cryptocurrency holdings and other tokenized assets.^[16]​

Market Analysis

Claver provides public commentary on cryptocurrency market dynamics, focusing on both short-term volatility and long-term adoption trends.^[13] His past forecasts have included a public prediction that XRP would reach $100 by the end of 2025, a target that was not met, as the token closed the year near $1.87, implying a miss of roughly 98% and an unrealized market capitalization that would have exceeded $6 trillion at the forecasted price.^[14]​

Macroeconomic Outlook

He has commented on potential short-term volatility for Bitcoin, driven by macroeconomic factors such as the unwinding of the reverse carry trade, where borrowing from low-interest regions could impact global markets. He suggested that while Bitcoin could fall, such events would present strategic buying opportunities. He also highlighted the role of stablecoin regulation, predicting potential implications for leading stablecoins like Tether that could affect market liquidity. Despite these short-term risks, he has expressed confidence in long-term crypto adoption driven by utility, particularly in networks that facilitate international transactions.^[11]​^[13]​

Real-Time Settlement Adoption

A significant part of his forecast involves the adoption of digital assets for real-time settlements in traditional financial markets. He specifically pointed to Project Ion, a collaboration between the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and R3, as a development that could impact financial settlements and market efficiency by using digital assets like XRP.^[11]​^[13]​

XRP Price Prediction

In a past public forecast, Claver stated that XRP could reach a price of two thousand dollars by early 2026; however, this price level was not reached by that timeframe. This forecast was based on a convergence of factors, including the aforementioned macroeconomic trends, regulatory pressure on stablecoins like Tether, and XRP's utility as a bridge asset for real-time, cross-platform financial settlements.^[13] In a separate prediction, he stated that XRP could reach $100 by the end of 2025, but the token closed that year near $1.87, a shortfall of roughly 98%, and reaching $100 would have required a market capitalization exceeding $6 trillion, more than three times the overall cryptocurrency market’s peak valuation at that time.^[14]​