Latest Crypto Hire: 21Shares Grabs State Street Exec

Latest Crypto Hire: 21Shares Grabs State Street Exec

ETP issuer21 sharesrentedKarl Hagerupto lead the company's presence in Scandinavia and the Netherlands.

Hagerup comes to 21Shares from State Street Global Advisors, where he began working for the asset manager's SPDR ETF business in July 2018. He was responsible for institutional and large clients across the Nordic region, including asset managers, pension funds, insurance companies, hedge funds and more family offices.

The executive was previously Head of Nordics at Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and also held sales roles in the region for the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and Bloomberg.

The Association for Digital Asset Markets(ADAM) appointedMike Castiglioneas chairman of the new National Security Working Group.

ADAM created the entity as a bridge between the public and private sectors by acting as a resource for the executive and legislative branches to discuss blockchain national security issues with industry experts.

Castiglione is the director of regulatory affairs for digital assets at Eventus, a provider of trade surveillance and market risk solutions across multiple asset classes, and a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) official.

NFT based protocolUnlockrentedPatrick Workmanas Vice President of Business Development and Partnerships.

Workman will seek to expand collaboration with media channels, content creators and crypto natives to drive the transformation of online business models for creators.

He was previously part of Google's partnerships team and has also worked at Facebook, Instagram, Experian and Pinterest.

Trey Zeluffis now Director of Strategy and Innovation atLevelField Financiala company that offers digital assets and traditional banking services on one platform.

He comes from Fertitta Entertainment, where he drove digital assets strategy and helped broker relationships with the Houston Rockets, Golden Nugget and luxury brands.

Zeluff is tasked with building partnerships in the crypto community and will seek opportunities with “next generation customers” for digital asset trading companies.

Hansong Zhanga former chief scientist for Pokemon GO creator Niantic, has joined the blockchain technology providerAnChain.AIas an investor, whileRex NgPresident and co-founder of mobile game publisher 6waves, is now a consultant for the company.

Zhang and Ng want to help AnChain.AI bring Web3 innovation to the masses, including the upcoming launch of the Tenzing Web3 NFT platform. The company reported web3 activation revenue growth of approximately 400% in the first quarter.

Subsidiary of BIGG Digital AssetsNetcoinswhich develops brokerage and exchange software for buying crypto, calledFraser Matthewsas President, effective January 7th.

Matthews comes to Netcoins from Banque Saudi Fransi (BSF), where he was their Digital Strategy Lead. In this role, he led the company's Digital Ventures unit, which introduced strategic initiatives such as Bank as a Service, Open Banking and Challenger Banking.

Canadian-Swiss companySpirit blockchain capitalrevealed the latest hires ofGavin Nathanas head of fundraising etcBernd Bergas a portfolio manager.

Berg held similar roles at Credit Suisse, Société Générale, Bank J. SafraSarasin and Woodman Asset Management. At Spirit, he will manage the company's treasury investments in equities and cryptoassets and lead the company's research and advisory division.

Nathan began his career in global security and intelligence for the UK Government. He was appointed last August to lead Canam Private Equity's global business development and fundraising

In case you missed it, fund group Global X has poached an executive from Switzerland-based ETP issuer 21Shares to head its digital assets product.

Prior to 21Shares, Sze spent 12 years in senior product team roles at New York Life Investment Management, where she covered traditional and alternative assets.

CoinShares companyXBT providernamedJean Charles Dudekas managing director after the departure of Dennis Engström.

Dudek has 16 years of experience in derivatives, fund structuring and alternative portfolio management. He co-founded the first quantitative crypto-focused asset manager regulated in France with an AIFM license.

The Sweden-based XBT provider is the issuer of Bitcoin Tracker One, which became the first Bitcoin-related security available on a regulated exchange when it was listed on Nasdaq Stockholm in 2015.

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