Stefano M. Di Geronimo-Zingg

Summary

Institutional digital-asset operator with nine years building commercial relationships, executing OTC flow, and navigating regulated payment rails. Founded the operating entity in October 2017 (EIN 82-3043846), obtained FinCEN MSB principal registration in November 2022, and built a verifiable book of $302M+ in principal volume across 2,769 institutional transactions serving 250+ corporate, fintech, and HNW clients in US ↔ LATAM and EU corridors.

Owned end-to-end the client coverage lifecycle: origination, KYC/EDD onboarding, OTC execution, liquidity-provider coordination, settlement, and post-trade reconciliation — all under federal MSB compliance with documented legal opinions (Perkins Coie, Nelson Mullins). Operating record fully verifiable on public block-explorers and via FinCEN registry.

Experience

• Originated and developed 293 institutional and corporate client relationships from 543 CIP applications processed, reflecting rigorous KYC/EDD selectivity across import/export corporates, fintechs, payment companies, and HNW individuals across US, LATAM, and EU corridors.
• Executed $302M+ in principal digital-asset volume across 2,769 transactions (2023-2026, fully audited) with upfront settlement discipline and zero client-fund losses, coordinating client communication, LP pricing, settlement, reconciliation, and exception handling across TRX, ETH, SOL, MATIC, and BTC rails.
• Owned end-to-end commercialization across discovery, structuring, onboarding, transaction execution, settlement, post-trade reconciliation, and ongoing servicing; expanded institutional client footprint by cross-selling adjacent products and services.
• Led client solutioning for institutional clients, translating requirements into configured trading, settlement, and platform solutions across counterparty integrations, compliance automation, and cross-border settlement corridor design.
• Partnered with 10 institutional liquidity providers (Circle, Wintermute, Binance, Stillman, Falconx, 1Konto, Kraken, Conduit, OpenFX, OSL) and US banking infrastructure (Lead Bank, Truist, PNC, Aion Bank).
• Drove product improvements with counterparty platforms by surfacing pain points and feature gaps from live trading, custody, settlement, and compliance workflows; built internal automation tooling to address remaining operational gaps.
• Led a desk of 30+ operators including a senior trading team and a designated Chief Compliance Officer plus Compliance Analyst.
• Established a BSA/AML/CTF and OFAC compliance pathway in partnership with external counsel (Perkins Coie, Nelson Mullins), with legal opinions on operational permissibility in Delaware, Wyoming, and Florida; oversaw ongoing program operation through a designated CCO and compliance analyst, with zero regulatory enforcement actions across the registration period.
• Owned client contracting and commercial negotiations across counterparty agreements, transaction frameworks, and platform integrations.

Education

Universidad Metropolitana, Caracas, Venezuela · February 2019

Bachelor of Science in Business Economics

Quantitative economics curriculum: microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics, mathematical finance, and project evaluation.

Licenses & Certifications

FinCEN MSB Registration — Principal OTC Operator

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), US Treasury

Initial registration: 31000233931040 · Current: 31000288665858 (November 2022, renewed January 2026)