---
type: entity
entity_type: person
name: "Ben Hawkins"
domain: internet-finance
status: active
tracked_by: rio
created: 2026-03-11
---

# Ben Hawkins

## Overview
Ben Hawkins is a participant in the Solana DeFi ecosystem who proposed an OTC trade with MetaDAO in February 2024. Limited public information available beyond this governance interaction.

## Timeline
- **2024-02-13** — Proposed $50,000 OTC trade with MetaDAO to mint 1,500 META tokens at $33.33 per token; proposal failed

## Relationship to KB
- [[metadao]] - proposed OTC trade
- [[metadao-otc-trade-ben-hawkins]] - governance proposal