Crypto.com taps Iskandar Vanblarcum as MD for its exchange

Crypto.com tapped Iskandar Vanblarcum (LinkedIn) as managing director of the Crypto.com Exchange, the firm said in a statement. Vanblarcum will be charged with expanding the exchange’s client base, introducing new services for partners, and spearheading upcoming plans for real-world asset and event-based derivatives offerings.

The new hire: Vanblarcum brings over 20 years of investment banking and finance infrastructure experience, including tenures at Barclays and London Stock Exchange Group. Furthermore, he previously coordinated with Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (Vara), and most recently, he was vice president of business development at OKX.