BlackRock-Backed Securitize Hires Crypto Veteran for Legal Chief

Securitize Inc., a tokenization platform that’s partnered with asset management giants like BlackRock Inc., Hamilton Lane Inc., and KKR & Co. Inc., announced Tuesday its hire of chief legal officer Georgia Quinn, the latest in a series of hires sweeping the cryptocurrency industry.

Quinn comes aboard a year after she switched to an advisory role at Anchorage Hold LLC, a cryptocurrency custodian backed by venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., and Visa Inc. Anchorage hired Quinn as its general counsel in 2020, and she subsequently played a key role in helping the company become the first ...