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Blockdaemon, the institutional-grade crypto infrastructure company headquartered in the United States, has announced the appointment of Alex Zinder as Chief Product Officer (CPO). In his new role, Zinder will oversee product development, refine product vision, and enhance the execution of Blockdaemon’s platform offerings, which include staking, DeFi, MPC wallets and vaults, nodes, and APIs.
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With more than twenty years of experience at the intersection of finance and emerging technology, Zinder brings a background in scaling global teams and delivering innovative products. He most recently served as Chief Product Officer at Layer-2 blockchain network Reya Labs. Prior to this, he led product strategy and enterprise security initiatives for digital assets at Ledger, gaining significant insight into the infrastructure and software underpinning the crypto economy. Earlier in his career, Zinder spent over a decade at Nasdaq in various technology leadership roles, including work on trading platforms, market data systems, and emerging technologies.
His appointment follows a period of rapid expansion for Blockdaemon, highlighted by the launch of Earn Stack earlier this month and the acquisition of DeFi API firm expand.network in March 2025. Blockdaemon currently secures $110 billion of digital assets for more than 400 institutional clients.
Konstantin Richter, CEO and Founder of Blockdaemon
“We’re entering a phase where the infrastructure decisions made today will define the next decade of web3. Alex has a track record of building with that kind of horizon in mind,” said Konstantin Richter, CEO and Founder of Blockdaemon. “His arrival signals our intent to set the pace, not follow it, when it comes to what institutional blockchain platforms can deliver.”
“I’ve spent most of my career building software solutions at the frontier of innovation. One of the most important lessons I’ve learned is that achieving impact at an institutional scale is impossible without the right tools. With vision, conviction, and world-class execution, Konstantin and the team at Blockdaemon have helped propel distributed finance to an inflection point where technical maturity meets regulatory clarity. I’m both humbled and exhilarated to join this team as we execute on the next critical chapters of that original vision and position Blockdaemon for long-term, sustainable growth,” said Alex Zinder, Chief Product Officer at Blockdaemon.
Blockdaemon is the institutional gateway to Web3, securing over $110 billion in digital assets for more than 400 institutions, including exchanges, custodians, crypto platforms, and financial enterprises. Since 2017, Blockdaemon’s globally distributed infrastructure has focused on compliance and scalability.
Comments by both Richter and Zinder emphasise the company’s ambition to lead in institutional blockchain infrastructure and the significance of strategic leadership at this stage of market evolution.
