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Crypto Firm CoinFund Hires Citi’s Perkins as Managing Partner

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CoinFund, a blockchain-focused investment firm, hired Christopher Perkins from Citigroup Inc. as managing partner and president to help bridge the gap to the traditional finance sector.

At Citigroup, Perkins was global co-head of the futures, clearing and foreign-exchange prime brokerage businesses. At CoinFund, he’ll work with employees and institutional investors to help narrow the divide between crypto investing and traditional equities, the company said in a statement Thursday.