Xin Song
Co-CEO at GSR · Team at BlackRock
Xin is the Co-CEO at GSR. He has been in crypto since , and before that was in traditional finance for over years, initially as an Portfolio Manager in the Scientific Active Equities team at BlackRock in London, developing quantitative investment strategies for a $bn European long-only fund. Xin relocated to Shanghai to become the Head of Product for Fintech startup DealGlobe, subsequently setting up his own crypto derivatives hedge fund Magpie Capital as Co-Founder and CEO, before joining GSR in to build out the Asia franchise. Xin graduated from the London School of Economics with a BSc in Business Mathematics and Statistics, and London Business School with an MBA, specializing in Entrepreneurial Management. He is also a CFA charterholder.
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BlackRock Dumps $192M Bitcoin To Coinbase, What’s The Reason?
BlackRock backs large-scale mining M&A to attract investors and boost supply
Big news: GSR is joining a group of market makers, venture funds, exchanges, and other crypto firms to launch @Blockworks' Transparency Alliance. The Alliance is built around the Token Transparency Framework, the open-source disclosure standard Blockworks launched last year for digital assets. One
Bitcoin Slides Below $76K After $1.3B BlackRock ETF Dark Pool Trade Shakes Market
Machine learning needs 3 core resources. Gensyn’s @benfielding broke down each of them with me on GSR’s podcast, The Crypto Tape — and why decentralized infrastructure could reshape how AI gets built. Listen here:
Blockworks Launches Transparency Alliance with Major Crypto Firms for Token Disclosure Standards
ICYMI: Nik Kunkel on the BlackRock BUIDL Deal, the Resolv Exploit, and the Next RWA Wave https://open.spotify.com/episode/5iygEIgY98HYYMvBiC24id?si=XEI20fHNRf-knGB7SQpxbA
Big problem with current tokenized asset vaults? Run risk. Chronicle's Nik Kunkel (@nomos_paradox) broke down how protocols can reduce that risk on GSR’s podcast, The Crypto Tape.
RT @WhaleInsider: JUST IN: BlackRock clients sell $192.34 million worth of $BTC. https://t.co/Fcv16QQABX