Brian Strugats, head of buying and selling at cryptocurrency prime dealer FalconX, has left the enterprise, in keeping with an inside memo seen by CoinDesk.
Strugats left the agency final week, the memo mentioned.
He had been employed by the crypto agency for greater than three years, and was based mostly in New York, in keeping with his LinkedIn profile.
Each Strugats and FalconX declined to remark.
Prime brokers are a vital a part of monetary markets, each crypto and TradFi. They’re answerable for offering buying and selling, financing and custody companies to giant establishments.
Previous to FalconX, Strugats beforehand labored at funding agency XN and Glenhill Capital. He began his profession as a fund accountant at GlobeOp.
FalconX was established in 2018 and was valued at $8 billion on the time of a mid-2022 funding spherical. It describes itself as the most important digital belongings prime brokerage for establishments.
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