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Blockfills: Fast Facts

Our co-founders began to trade cryptocurrencies on various exchanges in 2016 and 2017 but were not impressed. They found the trading software to be inferior to what they were used to using as seasoned professional traders. In addition, the major exchanges posed several other problems. These included poor customer support, fragmented liquidity, poor execution, high fees and considerable latency issues.

Thus, they concluded that professionals would never adapt to trading on these retail exchanges. They founded Blockfills in 2018 to service experienced traders that needed professional access to the cryptocurrency markets.

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Growing Problem

Blockfills realized that traditional cryptocurrency exchanges did a fantastic job at servicing and meeting the needs of retail consumers.

However, they did not provide:

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One-of-a-Kind Solution

Blockfills solves the problems of cryptocurrency exchanges by leveraging our proprietary technologies to provide a superior online trading platform to professional clients globally.

We do this at a lower cost, offer better executions and less counterparty risk than most traditional cryptocurrency exchanges.

The Blockfills software suite of products includes:

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Why We’ll Lead

We own our software – it is a proprietary build

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Traction & Accomplishments

We have 275 business clients onboarded to our platform and we own the IP to our software.

We have also formed partnerships with Tradair, Binance, LMAX, Crypto.com, Celsius Network, PowerBlock, FTX, Tassat and Signature Bank.

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Meet The Team

Nick Hammer
CO-FOUNDER AND CEO

• Began his financial career in 2001, working in Fixed Income at ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
• Owner and principal of Lotus Brokerage, a Chicago based futures and FX Broker responsible for raising over 20,000 FX accounts on a global level from 2008-2012
• He also served as a Director and Board member for Direct FX Trading, a Sydney, Australian-based FX dealer
• Strong background in the derivatives and eFX marketplace, with experience servicing a wide variety of clientele including institutional, algorithmic, high frequency and retail traders
• Has held FINRA Series 3, 7, 30, 34, and 63 licenses. He also holds an RG146 license with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and serves as a Board Member of two e-commerce companies 

Adam Krauszer
CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER

• 15-year veteran of the securities industry and is a founding member of Harmonic
• Has held a number of roles in research, trading, software development, operations, and oversight at various firms, including Citadel Investment Group and BNP Paribas
• Early member of Citadel’s High Frequency Trading group and held various positions within it
• Was responsible for Citadel’s European proprietary trading business, as well as the founder and head of its institutional Algorithmic and Principal Flow business worldwide
• Master’s degree in Computer Science from Cornell University

Gordon Wallace
CO-FOUNDER

• Exceptional track record and experience in trading Foreign Exchange, developed over his 25-year career in FX markets
• Previously served as Global Head of FX Trading at Deutsche Bank (EUR 1.2bn revenues), where he was responsible for a global team of 175 including trading, sales, structuring, risk and IT/infrastructure
• Also ran Global FX Derivatives and Proprietary Trading at Credit Suisse
• Additionally, his experience includes prominent roles on the buy-side, including Head of Macro FX Trading at Citadel, Infinium Capital Management and Meadowvale Asset Management