Every active internet user, has come to terms with the existence of the blockchain industry.
Although not all knows what it entails, but none can deny not to have caught wind of the word: cryptocurrency
In recent times, the blockchain industry has experienced super-normal growth, owing the massive exchange-trading in all crypto assets, coupled with the never-ending zeal of traditional trading houses to bring to fore the importance and benefits of blockchain assets and why everyone should get involved.
Since, the advent of Bitcoin and Ethereum, crypto-investors have flocked the blockchain industry en masse, some out of curiosity, some out fear of losing out on a trend and some out of a sheer desire to do business.
Whatever the case is, it has led to the exponential growth of digital assets and the increased market capital of the blockchain industry.
Although compared to traditional assets, digital assets weigh a little, however it boasts bragging rights in large figure exchanges and returns.
Since inception, the number of crypto-coins issued cannot be accounted for, this is not due to lack of records but due to enormous issuing to different investors. For the records:
The top four of all crypto-coins boasts a daily trading volume of 1 billion USD equivalent.
THE PROBLEM
Crypto-investors lack important tools such as risk management, professional-grade trade execution and compliance (just to mention a few) that would enable trading large number of assets and enable digital assets achieve full potential.
Owing to the large number of crypto-coins on the blockchain, diversity of platforms is an issue, when trading a single portfolio, with varying interfaces and functionality, crypto-investors are forced to choose among the many exchanges, when executing various trades.
In order to tackle these problem and many more, did Tora trading sources limited and Kenetic trading systems limited build Caspian.
What is CASPIAN
Caspian is an ecosystem, which adopts a single and user friendly interface, with the aim of solving problems plaguing crypto-investors and traders.
Caspian is a product of the joint venture between Tora trading services limited and kenetic trading systems: two competent firms renowned for their competence in cryptocurrency investments and assets management.
Caspian would encourage the involvement of everyone on the blockchain, by employing it's special features which would curb the problems of trade-analysis and enhance better connectivity across various digital assets exchanges.
Caspian is designed to add liquidity and dynamism to the blockchain. Caspian is not in competition with other exchanges, neither does it have a plan of distorting the operations of the digital assets space, rather it equips the blockchain with its unique features:
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
Caspian boasts of a 24/7 customer support structure, which anyone would agree is a big relief. The Caspian team is always on hand to give tips, market data and explanations when Investors or traders run into a block road.
SECURITY
Caspian would ensure concrete security against hackers and market liquidity leading to loss of most or all or investors input. It's structural protocols are designed to ensure maximum security of crypto-assets.
REPORTING AND ANALYSIS
Caspian ensures a detailed report (Full Audit and Book of Records) for stakeholders and investors. Making it easy to keep track of gains and losses in multiple accounts and highlight possible risks before investing.
SINGLE INTERFACE
This unique feature of Caspian affords investors and traders the window to transact across the blockchain irrespective of the fragmention, diversity of coins and difference in User Interface of platforms.
ACCESSIBILITY
Caspian is accessible by all: economists, non-economist, investors and traders. Its buildup also accommodates other developers to exploit and build on its platform.
For additional info on Caspian please watch this introduction video:
Caspian TEAM:
Michael Lerch
Chairman
Founder and CIO of Evolution Capital Management and founder of Tora. Prior to founding Evolution and Tora, Mike worked in a number of senior management and trading positions at bulge bracket investment banks. Mike holds a B.A. in Politics from Princeton University.
Robert Dykes
CEO & Co-founder
Has served as TORA CEO for the past 14 years. Prior to that Robert spent 11 years in the enterprise software and high-tech industry in Europe, North America, and Asia at such companies as WebPartner and Audiosoft. Robert holds a B.A. in Economics from Princeton University
David Wills
COO & Co-founder
Has served as Kenetic COO since inception. Prior to that David spent 10 years as Managing Director and Head of Asia Trading at Och-Ziff Capital and was the former chairperson of HKeX Hedge Fund market council. David holds a B.A. in Psychology and B.Comm. in Finance & Economics from the University of Sydney
Gerrit Van Wingerden
CTO & Co-founder
Has served as Managing Director at TORA for the past 12 years. Prior to that Gerrit managed the development of high volume trading applications and analytical tools for various hedge funds and bulge bracket investment banks. Gerrit holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University
Paul Catuna
Chief Finance Officer
Has served as TORA's CFO for the past 10 years. Prior to that Paul held senior financial positions at WAGIC, Intertop, and Isonics. Paul spent the first 9 years of his career in public accounting, last serving as Senior Manager at Deloitte. Paul holds a B.S. in Business - Accounting from California State University, Fresno and is a certified public accountant.
Jehan Chu
Chief Strategy Officer
Co-founder and Managing Partner at Kenetic. A former frontend developer with over 10 years' experience in web and enterprise application development. Jehan founded the Ethereum HK community (2014), and co-Founded the Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong (2014). Jehan holds a B.A. from John Hopkins University.
Advisors
Michael Oved
Co-Founder AirSwap
Oved is a co-founder of AirSwap, a decentralized, peer-to-peer token trading platform for erc20 tokenson the Ethereum blockchain. He is passionate about a future where people fearlessly trade digital value without third-party intervention. Prior to AirSwap, he spent his career as an algo trader at VirtuFinancial.
IVAN DAMGÅRD
Chief Cryptographer, Partner Partasia
Ivan is professor and head of the research group in cryptography at Aarhus University. Ivan is co-founder of Cryptomathic, Partisia and Sepior. He is one of the top cited and publishing researchers in cryptography, is a fellow of the IACR (International Association for Cryptologic Research), and received the 2015 RSA Award for Excellence in the Field of Mathematics.
Mona El Isa
CEO & Co-founder, Melonport
Former star-trader at Goldman Sachs, promoted to Vice President by the age of 26 and made the “top 30 under 30” list in Trader Magazine in 2008 and Forbes Magazine in 2011 after profitably trading the 2008 and 2011 crashes. Moved to Geneva-based macro fund Jabre Capital in 2011, before deciding in 2014 that the future of finance lay in blockchain technology. She studied Economics & Statistics at the University College London.
Galaxy Digital
Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital has joined Caspian as an Advisor to help shape and evolve the technology platform for the Institutional crypto asset managers and traders.
Caspian will be able to benefit from Galaxy’s expertise in the crypto space and help guide the software development for the benefit of the crypto community and Caspian clients.
Galaxy Digital is a diversified, multi-service merchant bank dedicated to the digital assets and blockchain technology industry. Galaxy Digital was founded by Mike Novogratz in late 2017. Previously, Mike Novogratz was the Chief Investment Officer of the Fortress Macro Funds, and a Principal and Board Member at Fortress Investment Group. Together with Bloomberg, Galaxy also recently created and co-branded the Bloomberg Galaxy Crypto Index, which is administered and calculated by Bloomberg, to assist institutional managers in tracking the performance of the most liquid cryptocurrencies.
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