He has founded and co-founded several companies, including the Swiss-based EthSuisse, contributing heavily to Ethereum, the decentralized cryptocurrency platform.

[3] In early 2014, Lubin was a co-founder of Ethereum[4] and served as chief operating officer of Ethereum Switzerland GmbH (EthSuisse), a company working to extend the capabilities of the type of blockchain technology first popularized by Bitcoin, and extend the capabilities of the blockchain to store programs in addition to data, as well as facilitate, verify, or enforce the negotiation or performance of smart contracts.

[5][6][needs update] The new generation of distributed crypto-secure databases with smart contract functionality has been referred to as "Blockchain 2.0".

[citation needed] Lubin has been personally involved in cross-industry groups attempting to advance solutions to governance issues in the blockchain industry.

[8] Lubin graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and worked with Goldman Sachs.