Position Summary:

Grayscale Investments is seeking a Digital Asset Trader to join a growing investment team. This role will be responsible for crypto trading across a broad range of instruments and investment vehicles, including ETFs, private placement trusts, and hedging Grayscale’s digital asset exposure through the use of derivatives. Successful candidates will have experience as a corporate derivatives trader (front office) and/or operations (middle office) role, with a strong risk management mindset. The Digital Asset Trader will have a unique opportunity to play a strong role in shaping the framework of managing Grayscale’s corporate crypto exposure, products, and P&L.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor digital asset price risk and execute the monetization of Grayscale's management fees (corporate crypto exposure) and related trading strategies with spot, forward/futures, and options.
• Recommend improvements to existing trading practices across the types of strategies, tools, and systems to utilized to manage risk.
• Execute cryptocurrency trades efficiently and consistently in a timely fashion in connection with the operations of Grayscale's products from inception of the trade through settlement.
• Collaborate with and support operations team members to track and post collateral / margin as needed.
• Operate trading systems, monitoring execution, and interacting with trading partners/counterparties.
• Communicate with other team members to inform risk and treasury management decisions.
• Work with colleagues in portfolio management, trading, operations, and engineering to improve trading operations and systems including automation.
• Contributing to pre- and post-trade analysis to inform the improvement of current strategies.
• Continuously educating yourself on the rapidly evolving cryptocurrency market to help drive the evolution of the trading function.

Prior Experience/Requirements:

• 4-8 years of experience at leading financial institutions trading and/or settling derivatives through exchanges, order-routing systems, and OTC desks.
• Experience trading cryptocurrency and/or corporate/treasury risk exposure strongly preferred.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree from top-tier university.
• Strong skills in Excel, Bloomberg, and investment analytical tools; working knowledge or familiarity with programming languages such as Python/SQL a plus.
• Working knowledge of ISDA agreements.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to be able to describe sophisticated problems and solutions in simple and digestible terms.
• Exceptional conceptual, quantitative, and analytical abilities with attention to detail.
• Ability to manage trading strategy, risk, and trading relationships.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• High degree of professional discretion, integrity, and judgement.
• Entrepreneurial drive and a team player.
• FINRA Series 7.
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