Gabriel Shapiro

The California attorney register records his admission on April 25, 2011. As of October 2026, it listed active status and MetaLeX Labs as his firm.⁠[2]

His personal website lists mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, governance design, equity or token financing, securities compliance, startup formation and blockchain commercial agreements among his practice areas.⁠[3]

His current X biography lists earlier technology M&A work at Weil and Hogan Lovells and service as Delphi Labs’ general counsel.⁠[4]

His works directory describes qualified deference to code, combining natural-language agreements with smart contracts. It lists the MetaCartel Ventures whitepaper, a DAO charter and the Simple Code Deference Agreement, while arguing for legal mechanisms to address exceptions and governance procedures.⁠[5]

On May 24, CoinDeskCoinDeskCoinDesk is a cryptocurrency media, events, index, and data company founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York. Its businesses include the CoinDesk news website, the annual crypto industry conference Consensus, and the CoinDesk Indices index business. In November 2023, the digital asset exchange Bullish acquired CoinDesk from Digital Currency Group, and CoinDesk has since operated as an independent subsidiary of Bullish.Open the full entry reported a $2.75 million seed round led by Cyber Fund; Shapiro put the valuation at $27.5 million. The brand covered a technology company and a law practice led with Alex Golubitsky, targeting DAO grants, emergency controls and investment workflows.⁠[6]

The SEC’s June 9 roundtable, “DeFi and the American Spirit,” listed Gabe Shapiro of MetaLeX among its discussion participants.⁠[7]

In its October 2026 vision-paper revision, MetaLeX described three phases: BORGs, deal technology, and autonomous law. Autonomous law remained a proposal.⁠[8]

MetaLeX Labs: Official website: https://metalex.tech/ (opens in a new window)⁠[1]

MetaLeX Pro: Official website: https://metalex.tech/team (opens in a new window)⁠[1]

X: Public account: https://x.com/lex_node (opens in a new window)⁠[4]

LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry: Public profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriel-shapiro-984083249/ (opens in a new window)⁠[9]