BitMex Appoints Marc Robinson as Head of Custody

The next generation cryptocurrency trading platform BitMex announced on June 17 the appointment of Marc Robinson as Head of Custody.

The crypto derivatives exchange commented that following in the wake of a series of new hires, Marc’s appointment was an important step in delivering its “beyond derivatives” expansion strategy.

Marc joins BitMEX with more than 20 years experience, much of which was gained with traditional financial services firms in Japan. He started his career in IT and moved to ‘front office’ electronic trading with Lehman Brothers, then Nomura and then JP Morgan. 

In 2014, Marc swapped financial services for a role with ThreatSTOP, a Silicon Valley-based cybersecurity startup. This led to a role on the executive management board of SBI Japannext, a subsidiary of digital finance giant SBI Holdings. His success in this role produced an opportunity to build a Virtual Currencies exchange for Japan and then the creation of SBI Digital Asset Holdings.

Later as Chief Operations Officer of SBI, he was responsible for building the Custody, Prime Brokerage and Exchange Ecosystem, as well as Asset servicing including Tokenisation. Marc also drove the SBI Digital Asset Holdings Investment business. 

“Marc is another high calibre recruit, joining us at a time of significant expansion,” said Alex Höptner, Chief Executive Officer of 100x Group. “His background in traditional financial services combined with his experience in digital assets – particularly his knowledge of custody – are the perfect blend to help us deliver one of the big planks of our growth strategy.”