Daniel Kukan has been appointed head of Crypto Finance Asia. Prior to moving to Singapore, he was a senior trader at Crypto Finance AG in Zürich. He succeeds Alisher Tashpulatov. Crypto Finance, a FINMA-regulated financial institution and a member of Deutsche Börse Group, offers digital asset services, including brokerage, custody, infrastructure, and tokenisation solutions for…
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BISON hires heavy-hitter for bus dev role
Dr Sven Hildebrandt, one of the leading lights of the European crypto space, has agreed to join the digital and crypto business at BISON, a digital currency trading platform powered by Börse Stuttgart. He will become executive director of business development & strategic partnerships from 1 May 2022. Hildebrandt currently runs his own consultancy.
Copper hires prime services team
Copper, the UK-based provider of services for digital assets, has hired a team of managers for its prime services business. Michael Roberts will lead the new team, joining from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he was a managing director and head of the bank’s prime platform for EMEA. Roberts will be joined by former…
Komainu opens in Singapore
Komainu, the C.I.-based digital asset custody services provider, has opened an office in Singapore, its first in APAC. Komainu is actively expanding its headcount in Singapore to promote local growth, as well as its expansion into the wider APAC region. Working with Nomura, one of Komainu’s founding partners, Komainu Singapore will provide the governance framework…
Covario hires new co-head of sales
Covario, the Swiss-based cryptocurrency prime broker, has appointed Michael Baumgartner as co-head of institutional sales. He is responsible for global client management, new business development and the expansion of existing relationships. Prior to joining Covario, Baumgartner was head of sales for transaction banking & digital assets at InCore Bank. He will work alongside Andreas Thode,…
Bosonic hires Paddy Boyle as global head of clearing & derivatives
Bosonic, a decentralised financial market infrastructure (dFMI) business with a real-time clearing and settlement service for crypto and digital assets — the Bosonic Network – has hired Paddy Boyle as global head of clearing and derivatives. Boyle is based in London and reports into CEO Rosario Ingargiola. He is charged primarily with further building out…
State Street bolsters digital management team
State Street Digital has added three executives to its leadership team. Katie Richards joins as global head of operations and Marcus Grubb as global head of product. Both report to Nadine Chakar, head of State Street Digital. Additionally, Derren Selvarajah has joined as product PMO lead for the product strategy team. Selvarajah reports to Grubb.…
Copper hires COO
Copper, the UK-based provider of custody and prime services for digital assets, has appointed Sabrina Wilson as chief operating officer. She was previously at Citi, where she was the global co-head of the futures, OTC clearing and FX prime brokerage business.
Copper.co hires new BD director
Lucy Balicki has joined Copper.co, the UK-based provider of custody and prime services for digital assets, as a business development director. Balicki was previously at FundRock, part of the Apex Group. She is based in the UK.
Komainu hires new CEO
Komainu, a C.I.-based regulated institutional-grade digital asset custody services provider with >USD5bn AuC, has appointed Matthew Chamberlain as its CEO. For the past five years, Chamberlain has served as CEO of the London Metal Exchange, Komainu was founded in 2018 as a joint venture between Nomura, digital asset security firm Ledger, and digital asset investment…