Legal & Compliance Intern, D2X
4-6 Months
4+ days a week in office
The pan-European digital derivatives exchange
Job no longer available
The pan-European digital derivatives exchange
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
4+ days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
To bridge the gap between digital assets and traditional finance for institutions, by providing the safest regulated infrastructure to accelerate the development of the asset class.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree, Master is preferred in Law
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, Dutch is a plus
- Previous internships and/or paralegal experience are a plus
- Pragmatic, attentive to details, eager to learn. You show responsiveness, organization, analytical spirit. You have great social skills that will promote your integration
- A positive attitude with a can-do approach
- A strong interest in cryptocurrency and digital assets
- Eligible to work in the Netherlands
- Available for 40 hours per week
What the job involves
- Structuring our onboarding and review process of clients (Members)
- Reviewing and processing of all KYC/AML related information of new Members in the onboarding phase
- Ensuring that all Member related information of the existing and future Members is up to date, including periodic checks and risk assessments
- Assist with drafting and reviewing contracts and engagement letters
- Contract management and keeping out cooperate governance files up to date
- Assist with implementation of regulation (e.g. (market) conduct rules)
Otta's take
Xav Kearney
CTO of Otta
D2X is hoping to become Europe’s first regulated derivatives exchange for the digital asset industry. This is no mean feat in a tightly regulated market. Binance dropped its EU version of this back in 2021 due to regulatory pressures, with around a dozen countries (including the US and the UK) warning of the need to get stricter authorisation to be permitted to operate.
To try and dodge Coinbase’s fate, D2X will be listing cash-settled derivatives denominated in Euros, which makes it less operationally risky and more regulation-compliant. Assisting D2X in this regard will also be their partnership with surveillance, risk & anti-money laundering technology provider, Scila.
We’ve reached a point where derivatives regularly account for the majority of trades in the crypto market. The problem is, they’re mostly traded on offshore and unregulated platforms like Binance, and tempting users off these platforms is no easy task. CME Group in the US, for example, is the only regulated marketplace to have gained any real traction - and its trading volume is dwarfed by Binance.
D2X proposes an ambitious and groundbreaking project, however, and it could truly revolutionise the European crypto trading scene, aided by recent funding that will facilitate expanding internationally and to new asset classes
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Mar 2024
$10m
SERIES A
Jan 2022
$5.5m
SEED
Total funding: $15.8m
Company benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Stock option plan
- Commuting allowance
- Free bike
- Gym membership & wellness incentives
- Monthly team outings
- Wellbeing initiatives
- Learning experience in financial markets and digital assets
- Dynamic, international, innovative, and respectful work environment
- Energetic, collaborative, and fun culture
Company values
- Reliable
- Transparent
- Innovative
- Driven
Company HQ
Stadionbuurt, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Founders
Don van der Krogt
(CTO)Previously co-founded crypto trading platform CryptooZ, before moving on to work as an Equity Derivatives Trader at All Options.
Laetitia Grimaud
(General Counsel)Worked as a Linklaters solicitor covering England and Wales, before moving on to serve as Senior Legal Counsel for capital markets and blockchain at Natixis.
Théodore Rozencwajg
(CEO)Worked in equity derivatives sales at Natixis, before moving on to work as a trader in the same field at All Options.
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