Providing an edge to institutional investors
Uphold offers the building blocks
for institutions to succeed in the
new digital asset economy
Token discovery
Superior coverage
Trading expertise
Deeper liquidity
Optimal execution
20+
blockchains fully integrated
9Y
in the digital asset industry
280+
digital assets offered
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Optimal execution
The Uphold Ascent platform connects to more
liquidity partners than any traditional exchange,
with more than 30+ CeFi, DeFi, and Layer2
blockchain venues. This allows us to smart route orders to deliver
competitive pricing and enable clients to place
and liquidate large positions with minimal
impact.
Token discovery and research
01
We conduct due diligence on the projects that
matter.
02
Our team, led by Dr. Martin Hiesboeck, provides
first-hand knowledge that keeps investors on top
of the market.
03
We do not only look at tokenomics and
technology, but also the foundation's team, vision,
real world use case, and community value
04
We focus on fundamental value and the assets
that are disrupting various traditional industries.
We offer more crypto-assets than
comparable trading desks and try to identify
the winners before they go mainstream.
btc
eth
link
op
sol
tao
xdc
xrp
Request a sample research report to see
the value we can bring to your portfolio
Personalized support for
your investment goals
Our trading team comprises CeFi, DeFi, and
High-Frequency specialists who can
structure complex trades using multiple
paths to execution.
Dr. Martin Hiesboeck
Head of Research
10+ Years in Blockchain Research and Consulting - Various governmental bodies and NGO. University Lecturer in data science, marketing & economics, blockchain & complexity theory. 13+ years with Austrian foreign service international consulting network. Responsible for European technology promotion including DLT and blockchain. Geber Technology marketing founder. Degrees in economics, computational linguistics, data science and machine learning.
Avi Misra
Chief Technology Officer, Uphold H.Q.
10+ years of professional software engineering experience ranging from building embedded software, firmware, and hardware for NASA spacecraft to critical real-time trading applications.Led numerous efforts for integrating Blockchains and DeFi protocols into the Uphold Platform. Currently leads our team in building, integrating, and scaling both CeFi and DeFi trading applications. MS Electrical and Computer Engineering - Johns Hopkins University.
Austin Sigsworth
Institutional Coverage Manager
Crypto researcher & trader for 5+ years, spending the last 2+ at Uphold Institutional. B.S. in Finance & Marketing from Winona State University. Austin currently oversees Institutional Coverage for Uphold's U.S. trading partners.
Garret Trucksess
Marketing Manager
Garret has 4+ years of Marketing & Partnerships experience at global crypto exchanges. Prior to Uphold, Garret worked at Binance.US, managing listings partners & large marketing launches. With a B.A in Political Science from Haverford College, Garret wrote his graduating thesis on blockchain based voting protocols for U.S political elections. He currently oversees Institutional Marketing.
Ashley Senior
Head of Trading
Ashley has 10+ years in institutional financial services. He spent over 8 years at Goldman Sachs, starting in the asset management division before moving to the broker-dealer entity where he traded listed derivatives with a focus on fixed income and interest rate options. Ashley joined crypto-native liquidity provider Genesis in September 2021, before joining Uphold in September 2023.
Matthew Murray
Head of Sales
Matt joined Uphold in April and currently serves as Head of Sales for the institutional business. Prior to joining Uphold Matt worked at FalconX as part of the Institutional Sales team based in New York. Before joining Falconx, Matt spent 15 years in traditional finance in various institutional equity sales and trading capacities at Bank of America, and Liquidnet among other firms. Matt graduated from Yale University in 2007 with a degree in Political Science and he resides in New York.
Cameron Horner
Institutional Coverage
Cameron joined Uphold in July to lead institutional sales & trading for our EMEA clients, bringing with him 3+ years experience servicing an international client base across both private and crypto markets. Cameron has spent 5+ years in the industry. Prior to joining Uphold, he helped run the institutional trading desk at Archax. Cameron graduated from the University of Strathclyde in 2021, with an LLB in Scots & English Law alongside an MSC in Investment & Finance.
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