About Bitfinex

The World's Leading Cryptocurrency Trading Platform

Bitfinex is a digital asset trading platform offering state-of-the-art services for digital currency traders and global liquidity providers.
Founded in 2012, Bitfinex was one of the first professional platforms set up to accomodate for the booming interest in cryptocurrency trading. Since then, the team has gained invaluable experience whilst cementing their spot as the go-to platform for digital asset traders and institutions.
In addition to a suite of advanced trading features and charting tools, Bitfinex provides access to peer-to-peer financing, an OTC market and margin trading for a wide selection of digital assets. Bitfinex’s strategy focuses on providing unparalleled support, tools, and innovation for professional traders and liquidity providers around the world.

Bitfinex Senior Team

JL van der Velde
JL joined Bitfinex as CEO in 2013. A technologist at heart, his focus has been on developing a strict compliance system & collaborating with banking, regulatory & law enforcement to pioneer innovation within the space.

JL van der Velde

Chief Executive Officer

Giancarlo Devasini
Giancarlo is the serving CFO of Bitfinex. Giancarlo has, since 2012, been instrumental in the development of Bitfinex, establishing banking relationships, attracting key personnel & re-domiciling the exchange.

Giancarlo Devasini

Chief Financial Officer

Stuart Hoegner
Stuart is an international cryptocurrency lawyer & accountant acting for leading businesses within this dynamic space. Stu obtained his law degree from University of Toronto in 1996 & spent 8 years at EY prior to joining Bitfinex.

Stuart Hoegner

General Counsel

Peter Warrack
Peter specialises in intelligence-led criminal and terrorist financing investigations, compliance and understanding the link between banking and virtual currency environments.

Peter Warrack

Chief Compliance Officer

Paolo Ardoino
Paolo joined Bitfinex early 2015 and now serves as CTO, developing & managing core parts of the Bitfinex backend. Paolo has been building valuable tools & infrastructure for financial innovation for the past 15 years.

Paolo Ardoino

Chief Technology Officer

Business Development

Robert J de Jong
Having represented variety of groups across multiple sectors Robert Jan will be joining Bitfinex as Chief Business Development; focussing on trust & communication between new and existing clients.

Robert J de Jong

Business Development & Key Account Manager
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