Data and transparency: building trust in the crypto ecosystem
CEO
Oliver Yates is CEO and co-founder of Aplo, a Paris-based, EU-licensed prime broker for digital assets serving institutional investors. He is responsible for all aspects of the business's growth and strategy. Aplo offers institutional clients access to liquidity across digital assets, with capabilities spanning trading, borrowing, hedging, staking, and custody, delivered through a single platform. The firm was acquired by Coincheck.
Yates has been active in blockchain and digital assets since 2016. At Allianz Trade, he built the first blockchain-enabled insurance contract for a major French insurer. He subsequently led a research project on Ethereum security exploits at the DISC department of ISAE-SUPAERO, with a focus on 51% and GHOST attacks. He then contributed to the design of risk and trading signals for cryptocurrency funds at Merkle Data, a blockchain data firm later acquired by Anchorage. He founded Aplo in November 2019. He holds an MSc in Applied Mathematics from ISAE-SUPAERO and a joint MSc in Technology Entrepreneurship from École Polytechnique and HEC Paris, and studied at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Strategic Partnerships & Private Events
Noé Giglio leads Strategic Partnerships and Private Events at The Big Whale, a market intelligence platform on digital assets founded in 2022 and headquartered in Paris. He is based in London and has been active in the digital assets sector since 2019, building expertise across onchain finance and investment strategies and a network spanning financial institutions, corporates, and digital asset companies across Europe.
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Head of Institutional Research
Max Coniglio is Head of Institutional Research at The Big Whale, an independent market intelligence platform on digital assets founded in 2022 and headquartered in Paris. In this role he sits within the firm's research and analyst team, which produces editorial coverage, briefings, and research serving the platform's institutional client base.
MD, Head of EMEA Fintech at J.P. Morgan
Manuel Costescu is a Managing Director at J.P. Morgan, where he co-heads the EMEA Innovation Economy team and serves as a Global Fintech Champion. In this role he advises the region's fastest-growing fintech, SaaS and e-commerce companies across a range of corporate and investment banking solutions.
Costescu began his career as a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company in New York, and earlier worked as a banker at J.P. Morgan covering European public sector clients before returning to the firm. He is a regular speaker at industry events on innovation, fintech and digital finance.
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