Elad Gafni
Director Institutional Sales at BIT Exchange- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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BIT Exchange
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Seychelles
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director Institutional Sales
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Jun 2023 - Present
Portugal Crypto Trading platform for Options, Spot, Futures with Unified Portfolio Margin functionality supporting Institutions for Capital efficiency. Low latency, High API order throughput for Institutions with deep liquidity and low fees
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CIO, Advisor, Entrepreneur
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Mar 2022 - Present
Lisbon, Portugal -Equity investments in Fintech teams both in digital assets and traditional markets. -Advisory to hedge funds CIO in portfolio allocation.
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YRD Diversified Alpha Fund
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Investment Management
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Co-Founder, CIO
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Dec 2017 - Mar 2022
Shanghai City, China I co-founded YRD Capital, one of the first institutional grade fund of hedge funds in the crypto asset space, registered in Cayman. -I Managed the Portfolio with over 400 interviews of portfolio funds and over all investments in dozens of quant teams - Set up the overall organization, including trading platform connectivity and crypto custody and treasury for portfolio funds. - Created the authorization model at trading platforms, custodian and Fund Admin for portfolio funds. -… Show more I co-founded YRD Capital, one of the first institutional grade fund of hedge funds in the crypto asset space, registered in Cayman. -I Managed the Portfolio with over 400 interviews of portfolio funds and over all investments in dozens of quant teams - Set up the overall organization, including trading platform connectivity and crypto custody and treasury for portfolio funds. - Created the authorization model at trading platforms, custodian and Fund Admin for portfolio funds. - Build a crypto native due diligence process for quantitative funds. - Coached fund administrators and auditors on how to monitor and value crypto assets - Handled key relationships with custodian, cyber-security providers and trading platforms Show less
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Eagle Labs - Enabling Tomorrow's Trading Strategies
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Capital Markets
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General Manager
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Sep 2015 - Dec 2018
Asia Pacific General Manager of Eagle Labs across the Asia Pacific region, operating from Shanghai where I developed strategic alliances with financial players as well as managing Eagle Labs daily regional trading activities. As a part of Eagle labs global investments activity, I was in charge of locating innovative quant trading start-ups and entrepreneurs specializing in the region’s markets. Responsibilities include Fund raising, broker relationship, compliance to local regulation, daily management of… Show more General Manager of Eagle Labs across the Asia Pacific region, operating from Shanghai where I developed strategic alliances with financial players as well as managing Eagle Labs daily regional trading activities. As a part of Eagle labs global investments activity, I was in charge of locating innovative quant trading start-ups and entrepreneurs specializing in the region’s markets. Responsibilities include Fund raising, broker relationship, compliance to local regulation, daily management of trading team, cooperation with our global teams. Show less
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Consul for Economic Affairs
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Sep 2012 - Jul 2015
Shanghai, China
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Economic Consul
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2010 - Sep 2012
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Foreign Trade Administration - Ministry of Economy & Industry
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Israel
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International Trade and Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Head of Branch - China - India Div.
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2008 - 2010
Providing assistance to Israeli companies in the promotion of their export and joint R&D ventures in China and India
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רשות התחרות Israel Competition Authority
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Israel
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Government Administration
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1 - 100 Employee
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Legal Intern
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2007 - 2008
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Israel Airport Authority
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Airlines and Aviation
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300 - 400 Employee
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Budget & Finance Manager
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2006 - 2007
Balancing and monitoring annual budgets, commercial contracts evaluations and services pricing for IAA
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Education
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Tel Aviv University
M.A., Diplomacy and Security Studies -
Tel Aviv University
LLB, Law -
Tel Aviv University
B.A., Accountancy