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21Shares Crypto ETP Director Laurent Kssis Departs
Laurent Kssis oversaw the firm’s rapid expansion into crypto-linked investment products.
21Shares Managing Director Laurent Kssis has left the crypto exchange-traded product (ETP) issuer after two years on the job.
- Since joining the firm in July 2019 (when it was still called Amun), Kssis helped to launch a number of crypto ETPs across several European stock exchanges.
- The products provide exposure to BTC, ETH, BCH, ADA, XLM, DOT and S, allowing investors to ride the market without holding the underlying crypto asset.
- According to a person with knowledge of the situation who wished to remain anonymous, when Kssis joined the company, assets under management (AUM) were at $30 million. The firm’s AUM surpassed $100 million last year, and have since skyrocketed to more than $1.85 billion.
- The source said the whopping growth can be attributed to the range of products offered and bitcoin’s price rally.
- Kssis has held a number of roles across the exchange-traded fund (ETF) sector in his 18-year career. He has worked at Standard & Poor’s, State Street and XBT Provider, a CoinShares subsidiary.
- A request for comment sent to 21Shares wasn’t returned by press time. Kssis declined to comment.
Read more: 21Shares Launching First Polkadot ETP on SIX Exchange
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Tanzeel Akhtar
Tanzeel Akhtar has contributed to The Wall Street Journal, BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, Forbes Africa, Financial Times, The Street, Citywire, Investing.com, Euromoney, Yahoo! Finance, Benzinga, Kitco News, African Business Magazine, Hedge Week, Campden Family Office, Modern Investor, Spear's Wealth Management Magazine, Global Investor, ETF.com, ETF Stream, CIO UK, Funds Global Asia, Portfolio Institutional, Interactive Investor, Bitcoin Magazine, CryptoNews.com, Bitcoin.com, The Local, The Next Web, Mining Journal, Money Marketing, Marketing Week and more. Tanzeel trained as a foreign correspondent at the University of Helsinki, Finland and newspaper journalist at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. She holds a BA (Honours) in English Literature from the Manchester Metropolitan University, UK and completed a semester abroad as an ERASMUS student at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. She is NCTJ Qualified - Media Law, Public Administration and passed the Shorthand 100WPM with distinction. She does not currently hold value in any digital currencies or projects.
