Alex Kriete leaves Citi bank to launch own company. (Reporting via Ornella_Hdz)
his resignation from the banking giant after 11 years at the firm on March 10 via LinkedIn. He stated in his post that he intends to devote himself full-time to developing a new cryptocurrency company but provided no additional details at the time.
Kriete co-led the Digital Assets Group with Greg Girasole for less than a year since the unit launched in June, 2021. Girasole alsohis departure via LinkedIn and, together him and Kriete plan to start their own blockchain-related venture. The two said they will share more details about it in the coming weeks.
Kriete's excitement for his new undertaking stemmed from the belief that digital assets will"continue to grow in importance to global capital markets and the formation of new business models." He added that a personal interest in blockchain enabled digital assets started over five years ago and has now led him to want to"assist in the maturation of this market" on his own terms.
Whereas Kriete and Girasole oversaw the digital assets group within Citi's wealth management division, the bank has another digital assets unit within its Institutional Clients Group that is
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