VNX Exchange’s recap of 2018

One man mission to full team

The VNX operation has grown from one man’s vision – that of Founder and CEO Alexander Tkachenko – to a full team. Vladimir Khanumyan (Chairman) and Anton Abashkin (COO) joined early in 2018, while Dominique Valschaerts (Member of the Board), Frances Lintag (Finance Director), and Zing Yang (Senior Vice President, Head of Asia) jumped onboard over the course of last year.

Key partnerships forged

We are not in this alone. VNX is working together with big players in the fintech industry like the University of Luxembourg’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability, and Trust (SnT) – we signed a partnership during a ceremony at Le Freeport in November to develop a new standard of security for the digital assets ecosystem. VNX also teamed up with peer-to-peer cryptocurrency/blockchain platform NEM. And on top of this we’re now a member of the Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT), Infrachain, and APSI (L’Association des Professionnelle de la Société de l’Information), working closely with key European capital market institutions and advisors to develop an industry-leading platform that will open the VC market to new investors.

Legal and financial side of things building up steam

Rest assured – we’re working with the “Big 4” accounting firms and Elvinger Hoss – Luxembourg’s former finance minister Luc Frieden led the VNX team on these matters.

Spreading the word at big global events

We’ve had a globetrotting year and travelled around the world, from Beijing to San Francisco, to speak at major industry events. Alexander and Zing spoke at big events in Singapore including the United Conference of Internet.

Money (UCIM) and Asia Blockshow Week. VNX also won the “Emerging Cryptocurrency Exchange” prize at UCIM’s Golden Block Awards.

VNX jetted of to New York for the World Blockchain Forum. Our Chairman Vladimir Khanumyan and Member of the Board Dominique Valschaerts few over to Ireland to attend the world’s fastest growing fintech event, MoneyConf 2018 in Dublin.

VNX’s Finance Director Frances Lintag also spoke in San Francisco at the True Global Ventures. We also rubbed shoulders with the likes of bitFlyer and NEM at MOEX in the Russian capital, where ex-Finance Minister Luc Friedan was a guest speaker.

Watch out for us at the biggest fintech events in 2019!

Making the headlines

Major news outlets picked up on our activity in 2018. The likes of Forbes, Luxembourg Times, and Venture Beat, to name but a few, reported on our story and milestones – VNX Exchange is causing quite a stir globally and we expect to continue making the news this year.