StoneX Digital LLC, a division of StoneX Group (“StoneX”), has hired Matthew Ardizzone as Managing Director, Digital Assets. Mr. Ardizzone is based in New York and will report to Brian Mulcahy, Chief Operating Officer, StoneX Digital.
Launched in June of 2022, StoneX Digital is dedicated to extending the strengths and breadth of the StoneX offering to the digital asset markets. StoneX Digital delivers flexible trading tools and market access to institutional clients to trade and custody cryptocurrencies and other digital assets.
Mr. Ardizzone has over 20 years of senior management experience in global markets sales and trading, and FinTech solutions, and joins StoneX from Atomyze LLC where he served as Chief Commercial Officer. Prior to joining Atomyze LLC, he founded Marlu Capital Partners LLC, an advisory and consulting firm specializing in digital assets and blockchain technology for the capital markets sector. He has built global sales and trading franchises at several Wall St firms, including Prudential Bache Commodities, Jefferies Group, and R.J. O’Brien.
Mr. Ardizzone commented: “StoneX’s broad product portfolio and geographic scale makes us well-placed to deliver a comprehensive digital assets solutions offering to financial institutions as the market looks more towards well-established and regulated entities for their needs. I am pleased to join StoneX at this time to build out the digital asset business within StoneX’s global multi-asset platform”.
Mr. Mulcahy commented: “Matthew brings strong institutional markets expertise to StoneX with a record of delivering growth and value for clients. This is another step towards StoneX becoming a leading solutions provider in digital assets and complements the growth of numerous established StoneX businesses.”