Scott Casto is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of the CMT Group. Scott has over 30 years of experience trading equity and fixed income derivatives, and investing across private equity, venture capital and hedge funds. The first decade of his career was spent trading and market making on both U.S. and European exchanges with Chicago Research and Trading Group (CRT). While at CRT, Scott was instrumental in the construction of the electronic European trading business. In 1997, Scott and Jan-Dirk Lueders established the CMT Group, a global electronic trading firm focused on developing cutting edge, low-latency electronic trading technologies. In addition to the trading business, the CMT Group has evolved into a diversified investment firm, with a portfolio that spans public and private equity, debt, real estate, technology, and digital assets. In 2015, Scott and Jan-Dirk founded CMT Digital, a division of the CMT group that focuses on crypto asset trading, blockchain technology investments, and legal/policy engagement in the crypto asset and blockchain ecosystem. Scott’s experience as a trader, investor, entrepreneur, and leader has resulted in the success of numerous businesses.