Image via BeInCrypto
Nine Blocks Capital Management: Strategic Hiring
Henri Arslanian, Co-Founder, identifies critical compliance gap in agentic payments and stablecoin infrastructure. Company is positioned at intersection of institutional crypto adoption and regulatory compliance needs.
Source: BeInCrypto
The leadership read
A hiring build-out like this points to deepening web3 & blockchain executive bench strength over the coming quarters.
Market context: MitchelLake's Talent Market Index sits at 98.6 (Neutral), down 1.4 on the prior month; Americas hiring signal is running easing (-2.6pts).
Nine Blocks Capital Management: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Web3 & Blockchain median of 1 across 6 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Americas signal flow.
MitchelLake in this thematic
More signals across Web3 & Blockchain
Partnership · Americas
Stellar Development Foundation →Stellar announced a major partnership with the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) to become the first public blockchain linked to DTCC's tokenized securities settlement platform. CEO Denelle Dixon highlighted this as validating years of institutional blockchain infrastructure development.
Partnership · EMEA
Bridge →Bridge (Stripe-owned stablecoin platform) partnered with Banking Circle to enable fiat-to-stablecoin conversions across EUR, GBP, USD, and AUD, combining stablecoin infrastructure with regulated banking rails and correspondent banking networks.
Capital Raising · Asia
BlockchainWork →BlockchainWork raised approximately $142,000 in Seed 2 round from Japanese investors, with three repeat investors from Seed 1 round ($87,000 in 2024). Company planning expansion into AI-first product development, market consolidation in Vietnam, and geographic expansion to Japan and Singapore
Geographic Expansion · Asia
Antier →Antier is strengthening its global Web3 consulting capabilities to support next-generation digital economies
Capital Raising · Asia
Uniblock →Uniblock raised $5.2M funding round for blockchain infrastructure operations
Strategic Hiring · Americas
First Horizon Bank →First Horizon Bank announced expansion of its Atlanta leadership team with additions of two Commercial Banking Leaders, a Private Client Leader, a Trust Services Regional Manager, and a Retail Market Manager.
Intelligence powered by Autonodal ↗