George Popescu is the current Chairman of the Board of Advisors for Gatecoin, the regulated cryptocurrency exchange based in Hong Kong that also partners with banks to develop blockchain remittance solutions . At the same time, he is also the founder, CEO and Editor in Chief of Lending Times, a media and affiliate marketing company. And a partner in LunaCap Ventures, an early venture-debt fund.
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Popescu has a long history as a serial entrepreneur creating ventures in diverse fields from craft beer brewery to exotic sports car rental. However, he will be most familiar to our readers from the online trading industry as the founder of Boston Technologies (BT) group. BT was a technology, market maker, high-frequency trading and inter-broker broker-dealer in the FX Spot, precious metals and CFDs space which he sold in 2014.
Finance Magnates interviewed Popescu to learn about Gatecoin and blockchain innovation as well as the cross-sections of forex and cryptocurrencies from his unique vantage point. How did you first hear about Gatecoin?
Gatecoin’s co-founder is a friend of one of my old colleagues at Boston Technologies, Simon Leger (Simon runs eComm at FXCM now). He introduced me to Aurelien, CEO and co-founder last year when I was working with Techstars to help them find companies for their Fintech Accelerator in New York. (The Techstars NY accelerator is going on again this year ) . What does your role as Chairman of the Board of Advisors entail?
As often as necessary, help the CEO and the executive team with tasks like strategy: which direction to go towards, what products to launch, what metrics matter etc.
Tactics: how to deal with particular situation, tricks […]
