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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 107 (Hot), down 1.8 on the prior month; Americas hiring signal is running rising (+10.6pts).
Nine Blocks Capital Management: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Web3 & Blockchain median of 1 across 7 tracked companies.
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More signals across Web3 & Blockchain
Geographic Expansion · Americas
Digital Asset →Fintech firm Digital Asset has signed a 19,000-square-foot lease at 4 World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan for 10 years, returning to the same building it occupied from 2018–2025 after a brief relocation to 107 Greenwich Street in March 2025.
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.
Capital Raising · Americas
Zerohash →Zerohash pursuing new funding round at over $1.5B valuation after Mastercard dropped investment plans
Partnership · Asia
Animoca Brands →Animoca Brands completed a live pilot of AI agent-powered commerce with Visa, enabling AI agents on its Minds platform to identify rewards and complete purchases on behalf of users in Hong Kong.
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
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