Before founding the Bitcoin Policy Institute, Grant served as the Executive Director of the Bitcoin Advocacy Project and the Co-Director of Policy and Public Affairs at Bitcoin Magazine.

Prior to those roles, Grant was running his own marketing consulting firm and digital marketing agency. He also founded an education startup dedicated to reducing inequity in college admissions, he worked as the CMO for a fintech startup in Silicon Valley, and he was the COO and co-founder of a nonprofit focused on developing an online learning platform for young students.

He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Alabama and his MBA from Johns Hopkins University.