Hex Trust appoints Apte as Head of Markets
22 July 2025 Hong Kong
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Hex Trust, a digital asset financial institution specialising in custody, staking, and markets services, has announced the appointment of Rohit Apte as head of Markets.
Apte will lead Hex Trust’s expanding Markets and OTC business, which supports institutional clients executing complex digital asset strategies.
Apte began his career in New York as a US dollar interest rate trader, before relocating to Hong Kong in 2008 to establish HSBC’s APAC USD rates business.
In 2021, Rohit founded Coinalytix, a software-as-a-service platform, offering crypto analytics and risk management tools for institutional clients.
He later joined Matrixport as head of trading, where he led the OTC desk and proprietary trading book, scaling OTC volumes tenfold.
Apte says: “Hex Trust is one of the few players combining licensed, institutional-grade infrastructure with deep expertise across custody, staking, and markets. I’m excited to join at a time when institutional demand for sophisticated digital asset execution is growing rapidly.”
Alessio Quaglini, CEO and co-founder of Hex Trust, adds: “Rohit’s appointment marks a significant step forward in the growth of our Markets services — a core area of our business where we see substantial momentum and long-term opportunity.
“His deep understanding of institutional requirements, combined with his ability to build and scale high-performance teams, will accelerate our mission to deliver secure, seamless, and sophisticated market access to digital assets.”
Apte will lead Hex Trust’s expanding Markets and OTC business, which supports institutional clients executing complex digital asset strategies.
Apte began his career in New York as a US dollar interest rate trader, before relocating to Hong Kong in 2008 to establish HSBC’s APAC USD rates business.
In 2021, Rohit founded Coinalytix, a software-as-a-service platform, offering crypto analytics and risk management tools for institutional clients.
He later joined Matrixport as head of trading, where he led the OTC desk and proprietary trading book, scaling OTC volumes tenfold.
Apte says: “Hex Trust is one of the few players combining licensed, institutional-grade infrastructure with deep expertise across custody, staking, and markets. I’m excited to join at a time when institutional demand for sophisticated digital asset execution is growing rapidly.”
Alessio Quaglini, CEO and co-founder of Hex Trust, adds: “Rohit’s appointment marks a significant step forward in the growth of our Markets services — a core area of our business where we see substantial momentum and long-term opportunity.
“His deep understanding of institutional requirements, combined with his ability to build and scale high-performance teams, will accelerate our mission to deliver secure, seamless, and sophisticated market access to digital assets.”
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