Fintech Startup Crypto.com Scores $400M Strategic Investment from Citadel Securities

The company will use the funding to expand its products across global asset classes, support the development of tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), and build next-generation on-chain derivatives infrastructure.

Citadel Securities' investment comes as the crypto industry continues to gain wider institutional adoption, with digital assets becoming an important part of the global financial markets.

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"We are thrilled to work with Citadel Securities to continue driving the crypto industry into a new era of institutionalization," said Kris Marszalek, Co-Founder and CEO of Crypto.com. "The size of the opportunity in front of us is staggering, as crypto increasingly becomes the rails for finance. Having built the right regulatory and tech infrastructure over the last decade, Crypto.com is now perfectly positioned to capture this new wave of growth across all asset classes."

"The convergence of traditional financial markets and digital asset infrastructure is an exciting evolution with the potential to further improve market efficiency," said Jim Esposito, President of Citadel Securities. "Crypto.com has built a foundation to support the continued institutionalization of the digital asset market, and we are pleased to collaborate with the Crypto.com team as we help create the capital markets of the future."

About Crypto.com

Founded in 2016 by Kris Marszalek and Rafael Melo, Crypto.com is a leading cryptocurrency platform trusted by millions of users worldwide. The company focuses on security, compliance and privacy while working to make cryptocurrency more accessible. With its vision of bringing cryptocurrency to everyone, Crypto.com continues to develop new use cases, including prediction markets and tokenized real world assets (RWAs).

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