GSR, a leading global cryptocurrency trading firm, announced the hiring of former JPMorgan Chase executive Andreas Koukorinis.
Koukorinis, who previously served as global head of electronic trading for credit and bond ETFs at JPMorgan Chase, is joining GSR to strengthen its digital asset trading presence, the company said. press release On Wednesday. He becomes GSR’s new Head of Trading.
“The next few years will be foundational in defining the market infrastructure for digital assets, and we believe GSR is uniquely positioned to capitalize on the trading opportunities this presents,” Koukorinis said in a statement.
He told Bloomberg on Wednesday that his long-term goal is to make GSR an authorized participant and market maker in a Bitcoin spot ETF. New financial products acquired approval This is approximately the amount accumulated from the SEC in mid-January. $27 billion By total volume, products offered by Grayscale, BlackRock, and Fidelity dominate trading.
‘Retail business’
“I think it will give us an opportunity to build a retail business while trading retail flows,” Koukorinis told Bloomberg.
Before joining GSR, Koukorinis spent five years at JPMorgan. According to his past work experience, LinkedIn Profile, which also includes positions at Fortress, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley. He also founded his own machine learning startup, Stratagem Technologies, which was acquired by Blockchain.com in 2018.
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