Protocols and projects are thirsty for talent who can bridge the two worlds of finance and digital assets.
Example: Morpho co-founder Paul Frambot told DL News that the future of decentralised finance is teaming up with fintech providers like Robinhood and Revolut on trading infrastructure.
People Moves
Crypto trading firm Wintermute just nabbed Mykola Garkusha, who was hedge fund ExodusPoint’s head of transaction technology, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Garkusha — with previous stints at JPMorgan and Bank of America — will become Wintertmute’s Trading Platform Developer.
Marinade, Solana’s native staking protocol, appointed Hadley Stern as its new chief commercial officer.
Stern had previously worked at Fidelity Investments, including a stint as the founding president of the firm’s digital assets unit.
He also spent time at BNY Mellon, where he led the launch of Bitcoin and Ethereum custody for institutional clients.
Market maker B2C2 appointed Cactus Raazi as its US CEO, reporting to group CEO Thomas Restout.
Cactus was US CEO and co-head for Americas at digital assets trading platform Amber Group.
Prior to Amber, Cactus held regional and global leadership roles at Goldman Sachs, Nomura and Tradeweb in the USA and Europe before founding and exiting a fintech startup.
Anne-Sophie Cissey joined crypto market data provider Kaiko as general counsel.
Cissey joins Kaiko from market maker Flowdesk, where she was head of legal and compliance.
During Cissey’s time at Flowdesk, the firm became the first market maker to gain a digital asset service provider registration in France, Cissey wrote in a LinkedIn post.
Help Wanted
Fancy a move to Wyoming to work on a stablecoin?
The Wyoming Stable Token Commission seeks people to fill senior roles, including a chief information security officer and a chief financial officer.
The largely rural state has passed a raft of legislation to turn itself into a crypto hot spot.
One of these laws created the commission, which is working to launch the first fiat-backed stablecoin issued by a public entity in the US.
Crypto market movers
Bitcoin is down 0.1% over the past 24 hours to trade at $58,934.
Ethereum is 0.1% lower to trade at $2,315.
What we are reading
Warren calls for mega rate cut to save the economy — here’s why it’s a bad idea — DL News
Donald Trump Reiterates Support for Crypto Industry During Debut of World Liberty Financial — Unchained
Do I owe UK tax on my crypto assets? — Financial Times
Higher Rate Cuts = Higher Risk? — Milk Road
Circle’s New York Move Signals Closer Ties With TradFi — Milk Road
