GTN Hires a Gemini and Kraken Alum to Put Wall Street on the Blockchain
Dubai-based fintech infrastructure provider GTN has appointed Mark Jennings as global head of digital assets. The company announced the new role on 10 November 2026. Jennings will lead GTN’s strategy to support tokenised securities through its global market access. London's trading industry is coming home! Jennings joins from Gemini, where he was CEO of Gemini Europe and led the exchange’s expansion in the region. Before that, he held senior roles at Kraken, including CEO of Crypto Facilities, its FCA-regulated derivatives venue for institutional clients. GTN co-founder and group CEO Manjula Jayasinghe said the company sees growing demand for tokenised securities, which allow investors to trade traditional assets on-chain around the clock with real-time settlement. He said GTN expects the trend to accelerate in the coming years. Jennings called tokenisation “one of the most significant shifts in market infrastructure in decades” and said he saw user demand for traditional assets alongside crypto at both Gemini and Kraken. From Kraken to Gemini Jennings joined Kraken in January 2022 as its operations lead for Europe. He later became CEO of Crypto Facilities, a Kraken subsidiary authorised by the FCA that operates a multilateral trading facility for crypto derivatives. Gemini named him head of Europe in a January 2025 statement. Finance Magnates later reported on Gemini’s decision to make Malta its hub for MiCA, the EU’s crypto regulatory framework. Jennings, then Gemini’s head of Europe, described MiCA as a much-needed regulatory development for the European crypto community. GTN’s Recent Hiring Jennings’ appointment follows GTN’s hire of Daniel Endler as its first group chief product officer in October. Endler joined after 13 years at Saxo Bank, most recently as Head of Institutional Product and Solutions, and leads product development across all GTN markets and asset classes. Earlier this year, Finance Magnates reported that Salim Sebbata left Capital.com to join GTN as chief commercial office r for its European operations. GTN said the two senior appointments strengthen its leadership as it expands its offering for financial institutions and digital asset platforms.
This article was written by Arnab Shome at www.financemagnates.com.