About this episode
Uphold is a leading digital asset platform, empowering individuals and enterprises to engage with a wide range of assets—from cryptocurrencies to precious metals. Serving over 10 million users across 150+ countries, Uphold delivers a seamless experience with deep liquidity across 300+ assets, plus a robust suite of products that includes innovative storage solutions, interest-bearing accounts, diversification tools, and more.
Simon McLoughlin is Chief Executive Officer of Uphold, a digital finance platform. He recently joined the Bitcoin.com News Podcast to talk about the market.
Appointed CEO in January 2022, Simon McLoughlin previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer, overseeing Uphold’s operational and strategic initiatives and helped secure Uphold’s FCA CryptoAsset registration in the UK. Simon has a background at US broker dealers, holds a Series 7 license and founded a well known cap-intro platform for pension and sovereign wealth funds. Before Uphold, Simon was a Managing Director at Euromoney Institutional Investor and Head of Business Development at LexisNexis.
Launched in 2014 as Bitreserve, Uphold began as a Bitcoin storage platform with a developing API. Even after significant growth, Uphold hasn’t lost sight of its roots. With recent innovations, like the native integration of the Stacks blockchain—a leading Bitcoin L2 solution—and Vault, the first ever assisted-self custody solution to be integrated with a major exchange platform, Uphold understands the power of Bitcoin, and is determined to continue supporting the development, growth, and usage of blockchain’s flagship product.
To learn more about the platform visit Uphold.com, and follow the team on X.
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Nov 12, 2024