AstraBit Adds Institutional Markets and Digital-Asset Leaders Lisa Wade and Josh Hawes to its Advisory Board
Key Highlights
- ➤AstraBit appoints Lisa Wade, Josh Hawes to its Strategic Advisory Board.
- ➤Wade brings three decades of digital asset and institutional banking experience.
- ➤Hawes offers two decades in systematic trading, quantitative risk architecture.
Expert Statements
Lisa Wade, Managing Director of Change Investment Management
“AstraBit is building the infrastructure that can make digital asset markets more accessible and usable for institutional participants—not only for crypto-native users. I look forward to supporting the team as it continues to scale.”
Josh Hawes, Founder and CEO of Aegis Guild Capital
“Every maturing asset class follows the same trajectory: fragmentation eventually gives way to institutional demand for transparent execution, robust risk architecture, and enterprise-grade infrastructure. Digital assets have crossed that threshold. AstraBit is building the deterministic trading rails and controls that institutional capital actually requires to scale.”
Dover, DE, Sept. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AstraBit, a Veteran-owned and operated U.S. broker-dealer registered with the SEC and a FINRA member firm, announced today the appointment of Lisa Wade and Josh Hawes to its Strategic Advisory Board. Wade and Hawes join John Buckley, the former Co-Chief Operating Officer and Head of Exchange Operations at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
AstraBit’s Strategic Advisory Board members bring distinct vantage points: Buckley from exchange operations and Asia-Pacific market structure, Wade from digital asset markets and central bank infrastructure, and Hawes from systematic trading, capital formation, and public-company governance.
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