Nicolas Bertrand, chief executive of Komainu, the C.I.-based crypto asset custodian, has stepped down with immediate effect. Robert Johnson, who joined Komainu as CTO in 2023, has taken charge as interim CEO. Bertrand joined Komainu in September 2022, following a botched attempt to hire Matthew Chamberlain, then CEO of the London Metal Exchange.
Category: Digital Assets
Cit completes PA tokenisation PoC
Citi has completed a proof of concept on tokenisation of private funds along with Wellington Management and WisdomTree. With ABN AMRO simulating the role of a traditional investor, the PoC tested the tokenisation of a Wellington-issued private equity fund by bringing it on to a DLT network. The underlying fund distribution rules were encoded into…
Komainu hires EMEA sales lead
Komainu, the C.I.-based digital asset custodian backed by Nomura, has hired Chad Walls as EMEA sales lead, based in London. He joins from Nickel Digital Asset Management.
Gemini hires APAC head
Gemini, the crypto service provider, has appointed Saad Ahmed as head of Asia Pacific. He joins from Grab, where he held executive leadership positions as the regional head of commercial and managing director, merchants.
Ripple hires from BNY Mellon
Maxime de Guillebon has joined Ripple, the crypto payments service, after just six months at BNY Mellon. He is based in Switzerland, the home base of Metaco, which Ripple acquired in 2023. He was CEO of Zodia Custody before joining BNY Mellon as head of digital asset product.
Montis hires Bosquet in Lux
Montis, the dFMI fintech owned by Archax, has hired Mark Bosquet as chief risk & compliance officer, based in Luxembourg. Subject to regulatory approval, Bosquet will take on the role of conducting officer at Montis Digital SA. Bosquet has held senior positions in product development, risk and compliance at Clearstream and Deutsche Börse in Luxembourg…
VanEck selects Gemini
VanEck, the U.S.-based fund manager with USD76.4bn AuM, has named Gemini as BTC custodian for its recently approved bitcoin ETF under the ticker HODL, which is listed on the Cboe BZX Exchange. State Street is the custodian of cash, fund accountant, transfer agent, ETF basket servicer and order-taker.
Apex invests in Tokeny
Apex Group has become the strategic lead investor in Tokeny, the Luxembourg-based enterprise-grade tokenisation solutions provider. By leveraging Tokeny’s expertise, Apex says it is positioned to provide its single-source solution in the tokenisation era. At the beginning of 2023 Tokeny announced a partnership with Inveniam Capital Partners, Inc., a SaaS company delivering trust, transparency and…
DTCC completes Securrency deal
DTCC has completed its acquisition of Securrency, the digital assets fintech. DTCC has rebranded Securrency as DTCC Digital Assets, reporting into Lynn Bishop, chief information officer. The former CEO of Securrency, Nadine Chakar, has been appointed global head of DTCC Digital Assets.
SimCorp allies with Alloy
SimCorp, the investment management fintech owned by Deutsche Börse, and Alloy, a provider of institutional infrastructure and technology for digital assets investments, have formed a partnership to support SimCorp clients with managing digital asset investments. The partnership aims to enable mutual clients to manage digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, tokenized securities, and institutional decentralised finance within…