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Finextra
4 days ago
- Business
- Finextra
Digital Asset appoints Jonathan Isaac as chief marketing officer
Digital Asset, pioneers in institutional blockchain infrastructure and creators of the Canton Network, today named Jonathan Isaac as Chief Marketing Officer. 0 Isaac will lead global marketing efforts across brand, product marketing, and communications, with a focus on growing awareness and adoption of the Canton Network, an emerging infrastructure layer for financial markets. 'What drew me to Digital Asset is simple: they've built something real,' said Isaac. 'The Canton Network is already live, and I see it as a game-changer for global finance. My time at CoinMarketCap gave me a front-row seat to everything happening in crypto, and this feels like the next chapter. I'm excited to join a world-class team with exceptional technology, partners, and investors, and help bring this story to the right people.' 'Jonathan has developed a reputation as a bold, visionary leader with a proven ability to scale brands and develop communities,' said Yuval Rooz, Co-Founder and CEO of Digital Asset. 'He brings the expertise, energy, and creativity we need to take our story to the world and show why what we've built matters.'' Isaac brings over two decades of experience in brand transformation, product marketing, and creative leadership. Most recently, he served as CMO at CoinMarketCap, the world's most visited crypto website. He was previously Head of Marketing at the crypto exchange Gemini. Earlier in his career, Isaac held senior strategy and marketing roles at global agencies and media companies, including JWT, Anomaly, Digitas (LBi), Lagardère, Goodby Silverstein and Barbarian, transforming marketing for brands such as the BBC, Sony, HP, GE, Coca-Cola, Disney, J&J, and Metlife. He has also advised fintechs, biotech firms, and luxury brands as a fractional CMO focused on brand reinvention and growth.
Korea Herald
08-04-2025
- Business
- Korea Herald
Hydra X Partners with Canton Network to Launch First Structured Product on the Network: Sigma Value Token
SINGAPORE, April 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Hydra X, a leading provider of end-to-end market infrastructure for digital and traditional financial markets for financial institutions, has announced the successful launch of the Sigma Value Token on the Canton Network—marking the first tokenized structured product to go live on the institutional-grade blockchain. This milestone follows a strategic partnership between Hydra X and Canton Network, a purpose-built Layer 1 protocol designed to meet the compliance, privacy, and scalability needs of financial institutions. "These types of structured investment opportunities are a great addition to the Canton Network ecosystem. Investors are looking for innovative ways to optimize yield and diversify their portfolios at the same time," said Georg Schneider, Head of Financial Products at Digital Asset. "Hydra X's Sigma Value Token showcases how institutions can leverage the Canton Network to deliver compliant, scalable, and privacy-preserving financial innovations to the market." The Sigma Value Token, developed by Sigma Value in partnership with Hydra X, is a market-neutral, high-yield note designed for institutional and accredited investors, and offers steady returns independent of ETH price movements. "The Sigma Value Token is just the beginning," said Mark Tang, VP of Client Solutions at Hydra X. "We're excited to deepen our collaboration with the Canton Network and introduce more tokenized products that reshape how capital markets operate." About Hydra X Hydra X is a leading provider of end-to-end market infrastructure for both digital and traditional financial markets. It offers a fully compliant digital asset ecosystem, designed to ensure seamless integration with traditional financial systems. With a strong focus on the tokenization of real-world assets, Hydra X enables institutions to unlock liquidity and efficiency in capital markets through secure, scalable, and interoperable infrastructure. Regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and other jurisdictions, the Hydra X group operates as a licensed broker for the distribution of securities, an exchange for secondary trading, and a custodian for secure safekeeping and settlement. For more information, visit our website or LinkedIn. About the Canton Network The Canton Network is the financial industry's first and only public chain that can achieve on-chain privacy, control, and interoperability, making it the most suitable network for institutional assets. The Network launched for testing with the participation of a group of leading financial institutions, infrastructure providers, technology firms, and consultants in August 2023. Initially built upon Digital Asset's technology, the Network's controls, governance, and app development have been open-sourced and decentralized to be managed by all participants, with the goal of fostering greater innovation and Network utility. The Canton Network's design overcomes the shortfalls of existing blockchain networks by enabling previously siloed systems in finance to become interoperable and synchronized in ways that had been impossible before. Offering the privacy and controls required for highly regulated organizations, the Canton Network creates a safe environment in which assets, data, and cash can move freely across applications in real-time, unlocking new efficiencies and powering innovation.
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Hydra X Partners with Canton Network to Launch First Structured Product on the Network: Sigma Value Token
SINGAPORE, April 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Hydra X, a leading provider of end-to-end market infrastructure for digital and traditional financial markets for financial institutions, has announced the successful launch of the Sigma Value Token on the Canton Network—marking the first tokenized structured product to go live on the institutional-grade blockchain. This milestone follows a strategic partnership between Hydra X and Canton Network, a purpose-built Layer 1 protocol designed to meet the compliance, privacy, and scalability needs of financial institutions. "These types of structured investment opportunities are a great addition to the Canton Network ecosystem. Investors are looking for innovative ways to optimize yield and diversify their portfolios at the same time," said Georg Schneider, Head of Financial Products at Digital Asset. "Hydra X's Sigma Value Token showcases how institutions can leverage the Canton Network to deliver compliant, scalable, and privacy-preserving financial innovations to the market." The Sigma Value Token, developed by Sigma Value in partnership with Hydra X, is a market-neutral, high-yield note designed for institutional and accredited investors, and offers steady returns independent of ETH price movements. "The Sigma Value Token is just the beginning," said Mark Tang, VP of Client Solutions at Hydra X. "We're excited to deepen our collaboration with the Canton Network and introduce more tokenized products that reshape how capital markets operate." About Hydra X Hydra X is a leading provider of end-to-end market infrastructure for both digital and traditional financial markets. It offers a fully compliant digital asset ecosystem, designed to ensure seamless integration with traditional financial systems. With a strong focus on the tokenization of real-world assets, Hydra X enables institutions to unlock liquidity and efficiency in capital markets through secure, scalable, and interoperable infrastructure. Regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and other jurisdictions, the Hydra X group operates as a licensed broker for the distribution of securities, an exchange for secondary trading, and a custodian for secure safekeeping and settlement. For more information, visit our website or LinkedIn. About the Canton Network The Canton Network is the financial industry's first and only public chain that can achieve on-chain privacy, control, and interoperability, making it the most suitable network for institutional assets. The Network launched for testing with the participation of a group of leading financial institutions, infrastructure providers, technology firms, and consultants in August 2023. Initially built upon Digital Asset's technology, the Network's controls, governance, and app development have been open-sourced and decentralized to be managed by all participants, with the goal of fostering greater innovation and Network utility. The Canton Network's design overcomes the shortfalls of existing blockchain networks by enabling previously siloed systems in finance to become interoperable and synchronized in ways that had been impossible before. Offering the privacy and controls required for highly regulated organizations, the Canton Network creates a safe environment in which assets, data, and cash can move freely across applications in real-time, unlocking new efficiencies and powering innovation. Learn more at: View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Hydra X Sign in to access your portfolio
