Crypto Venue EDX Names Acuña-Rohter CEO as Nazarali Steps Aside

EDX Markets, the crypto-trading venue backed by Citadel Securities and Fidelity Digital Assets, named Tony Acuña-Rohter as its next next chief executive officer.

Acuña-Rohter, chief technology officer at EDX, is taking over from the company’s first and only CEO Jamil Nazarali, who will step into an executive chair role, according to a memo seen by Bloomberg Monday.

As executive chair, Nazarali will work with the company’s board and management team, “offering guidance and strategic direction as we stand at the precipice of an important year for digital assets,” he said in the memo, which an EDX representative confirmed. ...