Of course the answer comes to me after I get sleep. Default App selection.
So once I cleared those I was able to select Tasker as the default application to use with the Spark 2. This doesn’t affect my ability to verify in the Vivokey App. If I want access to the profile link I can most likely reconfigure this in Tasker but I think I will leave it alone for now since I could program my phone to do other things with it.
Since my NFC ring still worked without selecting a default app, I assume this is restricted to the Spark 2 and most likely the Apex but I will have to wait to test that.