Silvergate Capital Corporation, the provider of financial infrastructure solutions to the digital asset industry, has promoted Ben Reynolds to president, and appointed Kate Fraher as chief risk officer, of both the company and its subsidiary, Silvergate Bank. In their new roles, they continue to report to Alan Lane, CEO of Silvergate and the bank. Reynolds…

Craig Perrin has been appointed as chief sales officer at METACO. He joined METACO in 2021 from Standard Chartered Bank.

Lukka, the U.S.-based institutional crypto asset software and data provider, has appointed Brian Whitehurst as head of regulatory affairs. Prior to joining Lukka, Whitehurst served as assistant attorney general for the State of New York, where he co-led the crypto economic working group.

Standard Custody & Trust Co., the digital asset custodian owned by PolySign, has appointed Matthew Homer to its board of directors. Homer was the inaugural executive deputy superintendent for the research and innovation division at the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), where his responsibilities included cryptocurrency and digital assets.

Talos, a provider of institutional digital asset trading technology, has made three key hires. Frank van Zegveld joins as head of sales EMEA, Matt Houston as client success director, and Hillary Conley as business development director. These appointments continue the global expansion of the Talos team on the heels of the company’s USD105m Series B…

Komainu, the C.I.-based digital asset custodian, has appointed Nicolas Bertrand as its CEO. His appointment follows the February 2022 announcement that Matt Chamberlain was to become CEO, which never happened. Bertrand brings over 20 years of experience in market infrastructure and digital assets, including more than a decade at Borsa Italiana and the London Stock…

Protego Trust Bank N.A., a federally chartered trust bank (in formation) serving the digital asset needs of institutional investors, has appointed Ron Totaro as CEO. Most recently, he served as CEO of Tassat Group, where he led the company to become a provider of blockchain-based, real-time payment solutions enabling banks to tokenise U.S. Dollar deposits…

Ray Kamrath has joined PolySign as chief revenue officer. PolySign owns Standard Custody & Trust Company and acquired MG Stover earlier this year.

Henri Arslanian has joined the Hex Trust advisory board. Arslanian is the former PwC crypto leader and partner, the former chairman of the FinTech Association of Hong Kong and an adjunct professor at the University of Hong Kong where he teaches the first fintech university course globally. He advises many crypto exchanges, investors, financial institutions…

Copper, the UK-based digital assets custodian, has appointed Tim Neill as chief risk officer. Reporting to Copper’s COO, Sabrina Wilson, he joins from Mastercard, where he was CRO for its new payments platforms division and head of risk for product and engineering, covering new payments platforms, digital banking and CBDCs.