Jenna Wright

Jenna Wright is the Managing Director of digital assets at LMAX Group, responsible for all strategic digital initiatives across the business. Prior to this, Jenna led LMAX Digital from its inception in 2018 and grew it into the world's leading institutional spot cryptocurrency exchange. Jenna has been recognised through multiple industry awards, having been named one of the top 25 Women Leaders in Financial Technology of Europe by The Financial Technology Report and listed in the Twenty Most Influential Women in Crypto ranking by Financial News. Jenna joined LMAX Group in January 2009 and has held a number of senior managerial roles including Head of Client Services and Broker Operations Director. Previously, Jenna worked at Cantor and UBS. Jenna holds a B.A. in Economics & Politics from the University of Manchester.


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Crypto Long & Short: When capital can't move fast enough, markets pay the price

In this week's Crypto Long & Short, LMAX Group's Jenna Wright argues that markets break down not from too little capital but from capital stuck in the wrong place, trapped by settlement cycles while risk reprices by the minute. She makes the case that stablecoins and tokenization are quietly becoming the plumbing that lets money move as fast as the risk it supports.

Ground airplane. Kalshi flight cancellations market. (Bao Menglong /Unsplash)

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