Custodia Bank (formerly Avanti) co-founder Zev Shimko has been named president and chief operating officer. In this role, Shimko will lead the executive team to ensure a unified strategy across functions, align product with market demand, and oversee execution across the bank. He will continue to report directly to founder and CEO, Caitlin Long. Wyoming-based…
Year: 2022
Accelerate selects Tetra for NFT custody
Accelerate Financial Technologies Inc., a Calgary-based provider of alternative investment solutions, has selected Tetra Trust Company as custodian for Accelerate’s digital assets. Initially, the Accelerate NFT Fund LP, the first Web3 investment vehicle in Canada, will deploy Tetra’s custody solution which enables clients to store and settle their digital assets within a secure environment. Accelerate…
CM-Equity joins SDX’s CSD
CM-Equity has become a member of SDX’s CSD. Switzerland’s SIX Digital Exchange (SDX) is licensed by Switzerland’s financial market regulator, FINMA, to operate an exchange and a central securities depository (CSD). SDX offers issuance, listing, trading, settlement, servicing, and custody of digital securities. Munich-based CM-Equity is a fully licensed financial services institution providing asset management…
Cowen Digital to deploy SS&C Eze’s OEMS
Cowen Digital, Cowen Inc.‘s digital asset division, will deploy SS&C Eze‘s institutional OEMS platform to support its clients’ digital asset trading requirements. SS&C Eze’s institutional digital asset trading platform provides broker-agnostic access to institutional liquidity across the market. It also provides market data covering 100+ tokens and 500+ pairs from more than 35 sources, enabling…
Zodia links to Fireblocks
Zodia Custody, the UK-based crypto asset servicing provider for institutional investors, has established a deal with Fireblocks, the U.S.-based provider of digital asset and crypto technology, to enhance Zodia’s’s connectivity offering and give institutional investors direct access to the Fireblocks network, a global crypto capital markets gateway. The integration will allow Zodia’s institutional clients to…
Talos hires quartet of senior managers
Talos, the U.S.-based institutional digital asset trading technology provider, has announced four new hires: Pamela Lee as head of APAC sales, Karan Dalwani as director of customer success for APAC, Phillip Beasley-Harling as VP of engineering for EMEA, and Conor Shea as head of marketing and communications. These appointments come on the heels of the…
State Street Digital adds two senior tech managers
State Street Digital has appointed Rob Otter as head of blockchain engineering and Nitin Gaur as digital technology strategy lead. Otter, based in London reports to Aman Thind, chief technology officer of State Street Digital. Gaur, based in Austin, Texas, will report to Otter. Otter joins State Street from JPMorgan Chase, where he served as…
Zodia adds to coverage
Zodia Custody, the UK-based digital asset custodian that is a joint venture between Standard Chartered and Northern Trust, now offers custody support for Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash.
BlockFi hires GM of institutions
BlockFi, a U.S.-based crypto financial services company, has hired Brian Oliver as general manager of institutions. Oliver will manage BlockFi’s institutional business globally, which includes prime brokerage services, mining equipment-backed and crypto loans, and asset management services to clients across the traditional finance and crypto ecosystem. Oliver joins BlockFi from the Depository Trust & Clearing…
Stonegate Global hires MD for digital assets group
Stonegate Global has hired Skyler Steinke as managing director – digital assets group. Stonegate Global is a U.S.-based provider of fund administration, global advisory and fund structuring services for crypto funds, hedge funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds and private equity funds. Stonegate Global specialises in servicing DeFi crypto funds involved in staking, yield…