Dan Held
Team at Kraken · Team at Trust Machines
Dan Held is a General Partner at Asymmetric and was previously Head of Business Development at Kraken. His former company Interchange, a portfolio reconciliation tool for crypto institutional traders, was acquired by Kraken in /. Prior to that, he was at Uber on Rider Growth/Global Data. Before Uber, Dan built some of the most popular early crypto products including ChangeTip (acquired by AirBnB), and ZeroBlock (acquired by Blockchain.com in the second ever all Bitcoin acquisition). He was part of the original crypto meetup group in SF which was comprised with the founders of Coinbase, Ripple, Kraken, and others.
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The 2026 World Cup’s real impact on Premier League clubs, and the crypto market riding its coattails
La Liga president calls for FIFA chief’s resignation, and crypto’s football empire could feel the tremors
Trust isn't just insurance and licenses. It's whether the system prevents a single point of failure. With Kraken institutional, qualified custody means: 🔐 No single key holds your assets (HSM + MPC) 🔐No single pool absorbs a failure (segregated, unencumbered) 🔐No single approver moves funds (qu
Crypto scored its first World Cup sponsorship, and the fan token market wants more
Tottenham makes World Cup history, and its crypto partnerships are watching closely
World Cup final brings crypto spotlight to New York as Kraken makes history with FIFA deal
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Citadel backs two rival crypto exchanges with $600 million as both chase the same Wall Street prize