Anchorage Digital

Member of Global Markets, OTC Trader

Job Description

Posted on: 
March 9, 2025

At Anchorage Digital, we are building the world’s most advanced digital asset platform for institutions to participate in crypto.

Anchorage Digital is a crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through custody, staking, trading, governance, settlement, and the industry's leading security infrastructure. Home to Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the only federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., Anchorage Digital also serves institutions through Anchorage Digital Singapore, Porto by Anchorage Digital, and other offerings.

The company is funded by leading institutions including Andreessen Horowitz, GIC, Goldman Sachs, KKR, and Visa, with its Series D valuation over $3 billion. Founded in 2017 in San Francisco, California, Anchorage Digital has offices in New York, New York; Porto, Portugal; Singapore; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Learn more at anchorage.com, on X @Anchorage, and on LinkedIn. 

Anchorage Digital’s trading desk is rapidly growing and seeking an OTC Trader to cover the desk and drive new business. As an OTC Trader, you will work closely with experienced traders and quantitative researchers to manage the OTC portfolio. You will utilize sound risk management and research to identify trading opportunities and execute hedging trading strategies.

We have created the Factors of Growth & Impact to help Villagers better measure impact and articulate coaching, feedback, and the rich and rewarding learning that happens while exploring, developing, and mastering the capabilities and contributions within and outside of the Member of Global Markets role:

Technical Skills:

  • Deep crypto market knowledge and passion for the space.
  • Provide quotes to and execute trades with OTC counterparties.
  • Operate automated trading systems including adjusting strategy parameters.
  • Complexity and Impact of Work:

  • Manage the desk’s open positions including manually reducing risk when necessary.
  • Stay up to date with the underlying themes driving market prices and liquidity to deepen client interactions and execution strategies.
  • Have "executive presence," i.e. confidence and composure interfacing with institutional clients, prospects, and C-level executives.
  • Organizational Knowledge:

  • Stay updated with the evolving cryptocurrency industry trends, regulatory guidelines, and best practices related to trading and settlements.
  • Possess a comprehensive understanding of different cryptocurrencies and their underlying technologies, and the operational processes involved in settlement.
  • Act as a brand ambassador for Anchorage Digital, participating in industry events, building a network of clients and industry peers.
  • Communication and Influence:

  • Communicate effectively cross-functionally with our global 24/7 team.
  • Act as a mentor for more junior members of the team, ensuring they achieve expertise across processes and empowering them to identify and implement enhancements to the trading desk.
  • You may be a fit for this role if you have:

  • 1+ years experience as an OTC trader in the cryptocurrency space.
  • Demonstrated ability to convert institutional prospects into trading clients.
  • Although not a requirement, bonus points if:

  • You’re proud of your crypto Twitter feed and ability to uncover narratives driving crypto markets and specific coins.
  • You enjoy using memes as a method of communication.
  • You were emotionally moved by the soundtrack to Hamilton, which chronicles the founding of a new financial system. :)