IG and tastytrade Digital Assets Executive Moves On After Seven Years

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Laurence Willows hasleft IG Group and tastytrade after nearly seven years with the companies,according to a LinkedIn post published today.Willows wrote that hehad “moved on from IG / tastytrade this summer” after “7 amazing years” withthe businesses. “It’s been a pleasure working alongside so many talentedpeople,” he added.His departure comes astastytrade continues to develop its crypto business. The platform added Bitcoinand XRP through infrastructureprovider Zero Hash last year and broadened its range of availablecryptocurrencies.IG Group laterreported its first spot crypto revenue, withtastytrade accounting for most of the US activity. The platform hadincreased its offering from four to 23 cryptocurrencies and recorded 9,700active monthly crypto traders.IG Digital Assets Head Leaves tastytradeWillows’ most recentrole was Head of Business Development, Digital Assets, US, which he held forjust over three years. He focused on tastytrade’s US crypto business and thedevelopment of tastycrypto, a self-custody wallet.Willows said his workincluded “tastytrade’s crypto offering, and the build of tastycrypto.”From Internal Auditto Digital AssetsWillows joined IGGroup as an Internal Audit Associate in Greater London and spent nearly twoyears in the role before becoming an Internal Audit Senior Associate, aposition he held for about a year and a half.Read More: InstitutionalCrypto Adoption: “The Lack of Regulatory Clarity Is a Pain Point”He then moved into thegroup’s digital assets business as Business Manager, Digital Assets, spendingseven months in the role.Willows subsequentlybecame Head of Business Development, Digital Assets, US, where he spent justover three years. His LinkedIn profile lists the role at both IG Group andtastytrade. Willows has not disclosed his next role or professional plans.This article was written by Tareq Sikder at www.financemagnates.com.