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Zerohash: Geographic Expansion
Zerohash Europe secured first EMI license under MiCA regulation for stablecoin and brokerage services in Europe
Source: discovered:fintechfutures.com
The leadership read
Market entry of this kind typically deepens demand for web3 & blockchain leadership bench strength in the region over the following 12–18 months.
Market context: Backdrop: a 113.4 (Hot) Talent Market Index (up 13.7 on the month) with EMEA activity steady (-1.5pts).
Zerohash: 2 signals in the last 90 days — above the Web3 & Blockchain median of 1 across 8 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Americas signal flow; 2 tracked across 1 days.
Market entry — the MitchelLake playbook
When a company expands into a new market, the first leadership hires decide whether it lands. A selection of market entries we've run:
Market entry · Oceania
Square
Executive Search Fintech
Market entry
Dropbox
Executive Search for SaaS
Market entry · Asia
Deliveroo
Executive Search in ASEAN
Market entry · Oceania
SurveyMonkey
Managing Director APAC (first hire in region) / Country Manager
Market entry · Asia
LivePerson
Director ASEAN (first hire in region); also Head of Presales APAC
Market entry · Oceania
Etsy
Managing Director, Australia + Asia (MD APAC)
MitchelLake in this thematic
Also at Zerohash →
More signals across Web3 & Blockchain
Partnership · EMEA
Bridge →Bridge (Stripe-owned stablecoin platform) partnered with Banking Circle to enable fiat-to-stablecoin conversions across EUR, GBP, USD, and AUD, combining stablecoin infrastructure with regulated banking rails and correspondent banking networks.
Geographic Expansion · Americas
Digital Asset →Fintech firm Digital Asset has signed a 19,000-square-foot lease at 4 World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan for 10 years, returning to the same building it occupied from 2018–2025 after a brief relocation to 107 Greenwich Street in March 2025.
Geographic Expansion · Asia
Antier →Antier is strengthening its global Web3 consulting capabilities to support next-generation digital economies
Capital Raising · Asia
BlockchainWork →BlockchainWork raised approximately $142,000 in Seed 2 round from Japanese investors, with three repeat investors from Seed 1 round ($87,000 in 2024). Company planning expansion into AI-first product development, market consolidation in Vietnam, and geographic expansion to Japan and Singapore
Partnership · Americas
Stellar Development Foundation →Stellar announced a major partnership with the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) to become the first public blockchain linked to DTCC's tokenized securities settlement platform. CEO Denelle Dixon highlighted this as validating years of institutional blockchain infrastructure development.
Strategic Hiring · Americas
Nine Blocks Capital Management →Henri Arslanian, Co-Founder, identifies critical compliance gap in agentic payments and stablecoin infrastructure. Company is positioned at intersection of institutional crypto adoption and regulatory compliance needs.
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