Crypto

Jay Clayton joins Fireblocks, which allows institutional investors to transfer and issue digital assets across jurisdictions, an advisory board member.

Crypto exchange Coinbase has partnered with MUFG to roll out its offering in Japan, starting with retail and progressing on to institutional clients.

Christopher Perkins departs Citi after almost 13 years to join CoinFund as president and managing partner.  

SDX has received a draft financial market infrastructure licence from FINMA, and it expects to receive formalisation of its licences soon.

CrossTower has hired former State Street and Goldman Sachs hedge fund administration veteran as its new chief financial officer. 

The synthetic crossing functionality allows users to trade or get prices on pairs in any non-USD currency and cryptocurrency with Talos.

The deal follows continued support from Jump Trading for decentralised finance initiatives including becoming a member of the Pyth Network in April earlier this year.

New USA president at B2C2 brings 16 years of experience to the role working at Morgan Stanley and Citadel Securities.

A $300 million minority investment from JC Flowers values FX and crypto trading venue operator LMAX at $1 billion.