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Crypto broker Bitcoin Suisse snaps up Barclays exec for CEO role

Current CEO, Arthur Vayloyan, will step down from the role on 31 March, having held the leadership position since November 2017

Dirk Klee
Dirk Klee Photo: Reuters

Barclays’ UK boss of the wealth management and investment unit, Dirk Klee, will take on the chief executive role at crypto trading and prime broker Bitcoin Suisse in April.

Current CEO Arthur Vayloyan will step down from the role on 31 March, having held the leadership position since November 2017. In that time the Bitcoin Suisse has grown from a startup with 20 people to a firm that now employs more than 300.

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