Coinsetter Picks Up Finance Industry Vet as Chief Business Officer
In their continued steps to become the institutional platform for bitcoin traders and investors, New York City-based Coinsetter announced Thursday the hiring of a prominent financial industry veteran to work on business development. The company said Thursday they've brought aboard Mr. Jay Biancamano as Chief Business Officer, touting Mr. Biancamano's credentials: A premier senior executive at institutional financial technology firms on Wall Street, including Aritas, Liquidnet, ITG and J. P. Morgan, Biancamano is a well-connected expert on electronic trading systems and institutional sales.....
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