David Olsson

David Olsson is the Chief Commercial Officer at EDX Markets, a digital asset exchange, where he is charge of the business expansion efforts of the company. EDX Markets was founded by a consortium of blue chip financial services companies including Fidelity, Charles Schwab, Citadel and Virtu.

David started his career in proprietary trading at a hedge fund, and went on to manage structured financing and structured products initiatives at banks and financial institutions. He has launched several lines of business including an innovative managed account platform for fund-linked derivatives that raised in excess of $1 billion in AUM at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He later ran an Equity Derivatives desk at Credit Suisse, and spearheaded UHNW sophisticated private client coverage. As the Global Head of Institutional Sales at Kraken, he managed the introduction of new products and services to their institutional and UHNW clients. He was the Global Head of Distribution at BlockFi prior to his role at Kraken.

David is excited to bring the rigour of traditional finance to digital assets and introduce best-in-class solutions to discerning Institutional and UHNW clients who are looking to deepen their exposure to crypto or make their first transaction. He is a graduate of Duke University (BA, Philosophy) and holds an MBA from Columbia University.