With Dan Held joining as an adviser to Trust Machines, a startup developing the biggest ecosystem of Bitcoin apps, Trust Machines hopes to help expand the company’s Bitcoin blockchain-based built applications.
Held is best known for his work as Director of Growth Marketing at Kraken, Director of Product at Blockchain.com, and co-founder of Zeroblock, which was eventually purchased by Blockchain.com in the second-ever all-Bitcoin acquisition. Held will serve as an advisor to the business and play a key role in its growth. With more than 750,000 followers on social media, Held is a well-known Bitcoin educator.
CEO of Trust Machines, Muneeb Ali, said:
“Dan has an amazing ability to simplify complex concepts and reach large audiences. We’re seeing a revival of Bitcoin builders culture and Dan’s work with us on growth marketing can help accelerate the adoption of Bitcoin layers and unlock productive capital through Bitcoin apps.”
Among Dan’s responsibilities will be the development of Trust Machines’ product strategies and consulting services to CEO Muneeb Ali, as well as the expansion of the marketing department. Kraken, Blockchain.com, and Uber have all employed him in product and marketing roles. This new position is a natural progression for him.
Trust Machines Growth Marketing Advisor Dan Held, said:
“I’m thrilled to announce my role at Trust Machines as an advisor. I believe Trust Machines and its team is uniquely positioned to bring DeFi applications to the Bitcoin protocol, inevitably unlocking trillions in value.”
The squad made a number of major announcements in the second quarter of 2022, including:
- Asiff Hirji: Advisor. President of Figure and former President & COO of Coinbase
- Manas Mohapatra: General Counsel. Formerly BNY Mellon and Twitter
- Rena Shah: Head of Strategy and former Head of Exchange at Binance.US
- Aubrey Strobel: Communications Advisor and former Head of Comms at Lolli
With a $150 million investment raise in February from Breyer Capital, Digital Currency Group, GoldenTree and HiveMind, Trust Machines plans to extend Bitcoin’s role as a DeFi platform and build new innovations on Bitcoin.
