Tanya Denisova, former COO of Robinhood Crypto, has joined stablecoin issuer Agora as chief operating officer, according to a Tuesday blog post by Agora CEO and co-founder Nick van Eck.
She will also serve as chief operating officer of Agora’s proposed National Trust Bank, subject to approval of the company’s national trust charter application with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the firm said.
Denisova spent the last six years at Robinhood, where she served as COO of Robinhood Crypto. CoinDesk first reported his departure from the brokerage’s cryptocurrency unit in May.
He led Robinhood Crypto’s daily operations across its US and European regulated entities, overseeing settlement, liquidity, trading, execution quality, custody and wallet operations.
Agora is a stablecoin infrastructure company that issues AUSD, a dollar-pegged stablecoin backed by reserves managed by institutional asset managers. The company aims to provide businesses with a way to move dollars globally, earn returns on dormant balances, and access programmable payments infrastructure across blockchain networks.
Founded by Nick van Eck and Drake Evans, the company focuses on creating regulated stablecoin products for fintechs, exchanges and other financial institutions.
