On Wednesday, Matthew Ballensweig, managing director of cryptocurrency dealer Genesis, introduced by way of Linkedin that he was formally leaving his submit after over 5 years of tenure. Ballensweig can be the co-head of gross sales and buying and selling. As advised by Ballensweig, he has been transitioning his core tasks to a handful of trusted colleagues who might be taking the front-line position.
“I’m eternally grateful to each Digital Foreign money Group [Genesis’ parent company] and Genesis for giving me the chance to construct a capital markets enterprise from the bottom up. We constructed an eight-person firm huddled in a small workplace in New York Metropolis again in 2017 to a sell-side buying and selling behemoth doing billions in volumes in a number of nations at this time.”
Ballensweig will stick with the agency within the foreseeable future as an advisor and can “take a while to journey and benefit from the holidays with family and friends earlier than delving into my very own subsequent chapter.” Beforehand, Genesis’ CEO Michael Moro stepped down in August as the corporate started a transition interval.
It seems that Genesis’ bourgeoning enterprise took a tricky hit as a part of the general crypto winter. In July, Moro confirmed that Genesis had funding publicity within the now liquidated Singaporean crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC). In line with Moro, the agency had mitigated losses however nonetheless issued a margin name to 3AC that fell on deaf ears.
Regardless of difficult situations, Ballensweig says that he’ll “completely” be staying within the crypto ecosystem. “My mission might be to assist facilitate the following cycle of development and mainstream adoption by way of my experience in capital and data move, buying and selling and lending, yield, enterprise, and bridging institutional contributors with crypto-native alternatives,” he said.
9/ I’m excited to share extra about what I need to do subsequent with anybody who’s inquisitive about chatting. My line is all the time open and I can’t wait to proceed constructing and studying with all of you.
— Matt Ballensweig (@MattBallen4791) September 28, 2022
