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Jack McDonald

CEO at Standard Custody and Trust Co and 1 other company
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Jack is the CEO of digital asset infrastructure company PolySign. PolySign is the parent company of Standard Custody, a qualified custodian for digital assets licensed by the state of New York. Prior to joining PolySign, Jack McDonald was CEO of Conifer Financial Services for a decade, where he grew AUA from $5B to $125B, culminating in a successful exit in 2016. Before Conifer, Jack was the Managing Director and Head of West Coast Equities at UBS. Jack was named one of the ‘20 Rising Stars of Hedge Funds’ by Institutional Investor Magazine and inducted into Global Custodian's 'Legends of The Industry’.

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  • There’s more correlation than some people might like between the crypto sector and the more traditional markets. - Reuters

  • Ethereum will always have a prominent place in terms of market cap thanks to its first-mover advantage and significant network effects. Ethereum needs to get its transition to a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism right and do it smoothly and in a timely manner, as that will fix their gas fee issue. - Cointelegraph

  • On the technical side, exchanges have improved their infrastructure over the past several years and would be able to implement these sanctions if required. It’s going to prove to be hard for Russia to evade sanctions using bitcoin. - The Wall Street Journal

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