Crypto Finance Group
FINMA-regulated digital asset brokerage and custody under Deutsche Börse
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About Crypto Finance Group
Crypto Finance Group is an institutional digital asset services firm founded in 2017 in Zurich, part of Deutsche Börse Group, operating through two regulated entities: Crypto Finance AG in Switzerland with a FINMA securities-firm licence, and Crypto Finance (Deutschland) GmbH in Frankfurt with BaFin licences and MiCAR authorization passportable across the EU. It serves institutions only, offering 24/7 trading, custody and staking: the trading desk aggregates liquidity from more than 15 exchanges and OTC desks across roughly 100 assets and 400+ pairs, while custody generates and stores private keys exclusively in FIPS 140-2 Level 3 certified HSMs with segregated, bankruptcy-remote client assets.
Clients are private banks, cantonal banks, asset managers and insurers in Switzerland and the EU — more than 130 institutions, with $4.8 billion traded in 2025. Inside the group, it acts as sub-custodian for Clearstream's crypto custody and as DvP settlement agent for 3DX, the crypto venue of FX platform 360T, connecting to banks via FIX, REST and Swift with T+1 delivery. In 2024 the group sold its asset-management business to Matrixport, narrowing its scope to trading, custody and staking. Against US institutional infrastructure peers it divides labor by being B2B-only and never competing with its bank clients for end customers.
Jan Brzezek — Founder; established Crypto Finance AG in 2017, previously at UBS and SIX Swiss Exchange.
Stijn Vander Straeten — Group CEO; Swiss certified public accountant leading the firm within Deutsche Boerse Group.
Uwe Schweickert — Chairman of the Board; heads business analytics and strategy for trading and clearing at Deutsche Boerse Group.
Mike Schwitalla — Chief Commercial Officer; appointed in 2026, oversees product, sales, trading and custody.
Florian Lachenmeier — Chief Financial Officer; former group chief compliance officer, MA from University of St. Gallen.
Nathaniel Zollinger — Chief Technology Officer; responsible for technology and infrastructure.
Pascal Schmid — Chief Risk Officer; 30+ years in financial services, CFA charterholder.
Crypto Finance Group holds Swiss FINMA securities firm (2021) and manager of collective assets (2018) licences; its German subsidiary holds BaFin licences (2024) and an EU MiCAR licence (2025) for crypto brokerage， custody and fund management.