Building the future
of investing

Firm believers of the value of crypto for investors since 2013, we enable and power investment in the digital economy. We built Europe’s leading digital assets investment products and have expanded our activities to the US, providing straightforward, multi-faceted means of exposure to crypto over the world.

2013

CoinShares is created to focus on cryptocurrencies by high profiles from leading financial institutions

2014

Launches world’s first regulated bitcoin fund

2016

CoinShares acquires XBT Provider, issuer of the first Bitcoin-based security available on a regulated exchange

2018

Creation of Komainu, the first hybrid institutional-grade digital asset custodian, with Nomura & Ledger

2020

Former ETF Securities & WisdomTree executives join CoinShares

2021

CoinShares Physical ETPs are launched.

2022

CoinShares is uplisted to Nasdaq Stockholm. CoinShares Staked ETPs are launched.

2024

CoinShares acquires Valkyrie and develops an ETF for US investors.

Our hands-on management team has decades of combined industry-leading experience in institutional asset management, trading, technology and regulation. With a proven track record across the digital asset ecosystem, they keep us at the forefront of financial and tech innovation.

Our Team

Daniel Masters

Daniel Masters

Chairman

Jean-Marie Mognetti

Jean-Marie Mognetti

Chief Executive Officer

Richard Nash

Richard Nash

Chief Financial Officer

Lisa Avellini

Lisa Avellini

Group General Counsel

Pierre Porthaux

Pierre Porthaux

Head of Quantitative Research & Development

Benoît Pellevoizin

Benoît Pellevoizin

Head of Marketing & Communications

Annabel Giles

Annabel Giles

Head of People

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