
Charles Cascarilla
New York, United States
CEO and Co-Founder at Paxos | CEO and Co-Founder at Paxos
Summary
Charles Cascarilla is the CEO and co-founder of Paxos, a regulated financial institution building infrastructure to enable movement between physical and digital assets. By building infrastructure to enable the movement between physical and digital assets, Paxos is creating a future where all assets—from money to commodities to securities—are digitized and can move instantaneously, 24/7. Today, as the first regulated Trust company for digital assets, Paxos technology makes it possible to tokenize, custody, trade and settle assets. Paxos products include: Post-Trade Confirmation Service, which has been used to confirm over $1.5 trillion commodities and FX trades; Paxos Standard (PAX), the world's most liquid regulated stablecoin and more. Charles co-founded institutional asset management complex Cedar Hill Capital Partners in 2005 and its venture capital subsidiary, Liberty City Ventures, in 2012. Earlier in his career, Charles was a portfolio manager at Claiborne Capital and worked at both Bank of America Securities and Goldman Sachs. Charles is a founding member of the Association of Digital Asset Markets (ADAM), a private organization of member firms seeking to build a safer, stronger and more efficient digital assets marketplace. He also serves on the board of several charities and private companies including ALS Biopharma, Project ALS and The Centurion Foundation. He also sits on the Governing Board of the Hyperledger Project. Charles holds a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Notre Dame and is a CFA charterholder.
CEO and Co-Founder
Paxos
1 Jun 2014 - Present
12yrs 2mos
Greater New York City Area
Paxos is a New York-regulated financial institution on a mission to create a global, frictionless economy. By building infrastructure to enable the movement between physical and digital assets, Paxos is creating a future where all assets—from money to commodities to securities—are digitized and can move instantaneously, 24/7. Today, as the first regulated Trust company for digital assets, Paxos technology makes it possible to tokenize, custody, trade and settle assets. Paxos products include: Post-Trade Confirmation Service, which has been used to confirm over $1 trillion commodities and FX trades; Paxos Standard (PAX), the world's most liquid regulated stablecoin; Paxos Settlement Service, a private, permissioned blockchain designed to settle securities between two parties bilaterally and more. With offices in New York, London and Singapore, Paxos takes a global view of modernizing the financial system. Learn more at www.paxos.com.
Founding Board Member
Association for Digital Asset Markets (ADAM)
1 Nov 2018 - Present
7yrs 9mos
Greater New York City Area
Partner
Liberty City Ventures
1 Jul 2012 - Present
14yrs 1mo
Liberty City Ventures is an early stage growth fund. We are interested in working with visionary entrepreneurs leading disruptive internet/mobile startups that are looking to change media, ecommerce, payments, financial services, brand engagement and other areas. We also have a fund solely dedicated to Bitcoin and digital currency-related startups.
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