Talos, a provider of institutional digital asset trading technology, has appointed Neal Pawar as the company’s latest strategic advisor. Pawar joins a group of capital markets veterans on Talos’s advisory board, including Jennifer Hill, who previously served as CFO of Merrill Lynch & Co, David Cushing, ex-director of global trading at Wellington, and Tim Grant,…
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Layla Amjadi joins Gemini as VP of product
Gemini, the U.S.-based crypto services provider, has hired Layla Amjadi as VP of product. She joins from Meta (Facebook), where she spent nine years, including seven at Instagram, where she was the founder and product director of Instagram Shopping.
Jackie Rose joins Cowen Digital
Jackie Rose has joined Cowen Digital as director, institutional sales. working with the PolySign and MG Stover teams to offer the full suite of execution, custody, fund administration and prime brokerage services, including research and cap intro. Rose was previously head of institutional business development at Blockchain.com. Launched in March 2022, Cowen Digital is the…
Patrick Clancy joins Polysign
Patrick Clancy has joined Polysign, the digital assets infrastructure provider, as head of digital asset strategy, based in San Francisco. He was most recently MD, digital assets at Armanino LLP. Polysign recently raised USD53m following tits agreement to acquire MG Stover, a fund services provider to the alternatives sector.
Bosonic adds to client-facing team
Bosonic, the infrastructure (dFMI) provider for real-time digital assets clearing and settlement, has appointed Julie Briand as head of client success and Sarthak Jain as regional manager of institutional sales. Both roles are based in London, UK. Briand was previously at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, whilst Jain joins from Binance.
METACO hires Zarah Estermann for senior BD role
Zarah Estermann has joined METACO as business development director for Switzerland and the Nordics. She was previously with Open Web Technology.
Digivault hires new CCO
Digivault, the UK-based custody business that is part of EQONEX Limited, has appointed Greg Vosper as chief commercial officer. Prior to joining Digivault, Vosper was director of strategic partnerships at Zodia Custody.
Hex Trust opens in Dubai
Hex Trust, the Asia-based digital asset servicer, has obtained a provisional approval from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) to receive a Virtual Asset MVP License. Hex Trust is opening an office in Dubai which will be its regional headquarters in the Middle East. The Dubai office will be run by Filippo Buzzi.
SDX appoints head of operations
SIX Digital Exchange has appointed Martin Vetsch as head of operations. He will join the SDX executive board. In his role, he will be responsible for client onboarding, client support and SDX’s day-to-day operations. Vetsch was previously at VP Bank.
Bosonic hires client solutions director
Bosonic, a decentralized Financial Market Infrastructure (dFMI) business, has appointed Yvo van Amerongen as client solutions director. Based in London, he will help to lead the recently announced Bosonic Cross-Custodian Net Settlement Working Group, partnering with digital asset custodians globally. He will also support collaboration between custodians and institutional clients such as hedge funds, family…