Crypto Operations Senior Specialist - Trading
Charles Peterson is Crypto Operations Lead - Trading at Robinhood, a position he has held since March 2026. Based in Menlo Park, California, his role sits within the Operations department at the head level, focused on crypto trading operations.
Peterson has been with Robinhood since September 2020, progressing through three prior roles at the firm: CXR (March–August 2020), Crypto Operations Specialist (September 2020–September 2021), and Crypto Operations Senior Specialist - Trading (October 2021–February 2026), the latter held within the Finance & Accounting department for over four years. Before joining Robinhood, he worked in Global Operations at Invesco US from October 2018 to September 2019, and prior to that on the Trade Desk at TD Ameritrade from July 2017 to September 2018. He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he studied from 2013 to 2017. Peterson holds FINRA certifications including the Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) examination, issued July 2018, and the Series 63.
Vice President of Institutional Crypto & General Manager
Nicola White is Vice President, Institutional Crypto, and General Manager, Bitstamp at Robinhood, a position she has held since joining the firm in 2025. In this role, she oversees institutional client relations and Bitstamp products. She has been publicly active on Robinhood's crypto initiatives, including the launch of the Robinhood Chain public testnet — a financial-grade Layer 2 network designed for real-world assets, lending, and perpetuals — and the expansion of Bitstamp's global regulatory footprint, including a VASP registration in the British Virgin Islands. Bitstamp by Robinhood ranked second out of 44 global exchanges in Kaiko's Q1 2026 Exchange Ranking, achieving a fifth consecutive AA rating and an overall score of 81.10. White is also scheduled to speak at the Digital Asset Summit in New York in March 2026 on the Institutional Track for Neo-Finance and the Evolution of Markets.
Prior to Robinhood, White served as Chief Executive Officer of B2C2, a crypto market-making firm, and as Global Chief Operating Officer of Fixed Income at Citadel Securities, where she built a top-ranked market-making business. Before that, she spent nearly 15 years at Morgan Stanley, where she became Global Head of Electronic Markets in fixed income. She holds a BMath in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo.
Global COE Leader, Digital Strategy BlockChain
Tony An is an entrepreneur, product manager, and full-stack engineer focused on leveraging technology to improve lives and create meaningful impact.
Crypto Partnerships Lead, Robinhood
Will McCormick is Crypto Partnerships Lead at Robinhood, a position he has held since April 2022. In this role, he works to grow Robinhood's presence in the crypto economy, focused on Robinhood Crypto, Robinhood Chain, and Robinhood Wallet partnerships. His mandate covers onboarding new partners, product integrations, liquidity providers, and infrastructure partners. He also works closely with product and leadership teams on Robinhood Connect, which introduced the company's B2B crypto infrastructure. Prior to his current role, he served as Crypto Communications Lead at Robinhood from September 2021 to April 2022.
Before joining Robinhood, McCormick founded Pure Knot, a boutique blockchain PR and GTM agency, in 2017, through which he assisted companies in raising over $500 million in funding and securing media coverage in publications including Forbes, CNBC, Bloomberg, and CNN. He has also held roles as Communications Lead at OKCoin and Media Advisor and Strategist at Edison Trends. He currently serves as an advisor to Floor and Defy Trends, an analytics platform for digital assets. Originally from Ireland, he has been based in the San Francisco Bay Area for 16 years and has worked full-time in crypto since 2017. He holds a Master's Degree in International Business and Emerging Markets from the University of Edinburgh and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Management from Technological University Dublin.
Global Head of BD for Institutional Crypto @ Robinhood
Zeke Vince is Global Head of Business Development for Institutional Crypto at Robinhood, a role he assumed in January 2026. He is responsible for building out Robinhood's institutional crypto business development capabilities, covering professional trading firms, liquidity providers, and institutional counterparties as the firm expands beyond its retail-focused crypto business. He is based in New York and reports into Robinhood's senior leadership team.
Vince joined Robinhood from B2C2, a crypto liquidity provider, where he spent more than three years as Managing Director and Head of Sales, overseeing institutional client coverage and sales strategy. Prior to B2C2, he spent over five years at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, holding the roles of Global Head of eFX and Algo Sales and, earlier, Head of Americas eFX and Algo Sales, Director. Before that, he spent just over five years at J.P. Morgan in New York, progressing from Associate in eFX Sales to Vice President of eFX Sales. He began his career at Credit Suisse as an Associate in eFX, based in the Greater New York City area, and also held FX electronic trading and sales roles at Bloomberg. Vince was educated at The Johns Hopkins University.








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