Crypto Exchange ErisX Appoints Three New Execs From Barclays, YouTube, CBOE

Crypto exchange ErisX has appointed three veterans from Barclays, Youtube and the Chicago Board Options Exchange to fill executive roles at the company.

As reported, ErisX is a reboot of traditional futures market Eris Exchange, and is expected to begin support for spot trading in major cryptos.

The exchange will support spot trading in Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin, as well as futures contracts starting in the second half of 2019, pending United States regulators' approval.

The new appointments will see Robert Thrash serving as chief operating officer, Arnold Connell as head of infrastructure and John Denza as ErisX's business development executive.

Connell joins ErisX from YouTube, where he reportedly worked as a creator of YouTubeTV. He is also a veteran of Google, where he worked 9 years in various roles.

He will serve as head of infrastructure under Tony Acuña-Rohter, ErisX head of technology.

Denza has experience in the fintech and exchange sector, recently working as head of U.S. Sales at Pico Quantitative Trading.

ErisX - which aims to establish a compliant exchange and clearing house for digital assets - has accordingly drawn talent from both traditional finance and crypto.

In December, veteran exchange founder Matt Trudeau joined ErisX as chief strategy officer.

Fidelity, which administers over $7.2 trillion in client assets, notably announced its own bid to enter the crypto space with the launch of a new firm, Fidelity Digital Asset Services, in October.