Key Takeaways
- • Wincent, a Gibraltar-based crypto market maker, is preparing a US expansion and studying a move into traditional financial markets, according to CEO Tom Mazur speaking to Finance Magnates after a September 30 rebrand.
- • Headcount has grown to 173 employees, up from 96 in 2024 and 150 in 2025, an increase of roughly 80% since 2024.
- • Wincent reports more than $5 billion in average daily notional volume across over 15 exchanges and venues, more than 300 digital assets traded, and over $750 million in deployed capital.
- • Shawn Egger, formerly of Citadel Securities and Crypto.com, has joined to lead the US push with a mandate covering institutional relationships, market making, liquidity, tokenization and financial infrastructure.
- • The firm trades through Wincent Investment Fund PCC Limited, an Experienced Investor Fund regulated by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission, which is closed to new investments; no US timeline has been set.
Summary
Wincent, a crypto market maker based in Gibraltar, is preparing to expand into the United States and is studying a move into traditional financial markets, according to an exclusive interview with Chief Executive Tom Mazur published by Finance Magnates. Mazur outlined the plans after the firm's rebrand on September 30, saying, "We have become a much larger and more institutional business." He described the firm as a high-frequency trading firm first, with its fund serving mainly as a vehicle for organizing its capital. "Market making and trading are what we do," he said.
The firm's over-the-counter desk already serves retail brokers, CFD providers, banks and exchange-traded fund issuers. In March, Wincent opened its crypto pricing to CFD platforms through a deal with Wyden, and it reports more than $5 billion in average daily notional volume across over 15 exchanges and venues. The firm says it trades more than 300 digital assets, executes over a million trades a day and has more than $750 million in deployed capital. Its counterparties now include asset managers, hedge funds, token issuers, miners and fintechs alongside exchanges.
Shawn Egger has joined to lead the US expansion. He previously worked in FX sales at Citadel Securities from 2014, moved to Jefferies as a senior vice president in 2018, and later ran execution services at crypto prime broker SFOX, according to Hedgeweek. Egger described his mandate on LinkedIn as building and expanding Wincent's presence across the United States, with a focus on institutional relationships, market making, liquidity, tokenization and financial infrastructure. Mazur said new offices will follow only where there is a clear commercial case, and gave no timeline for the US expansion.
Wincent employs 173 people, up from 96 in 2024 and 150 in 2025, according to Mazur. Co-founders Matus and Michal Kopf, who started the firm in 2017 as a manual trading operation, remain on the leadership team, and Mazur said he became chief executive in July. Wincent's only named regulator is the GFSC, and Mazur said it has no further licensing announcements. Wintermute, by contrast, registered its subsidiary Wintermute USA LLC as a broker-dealer with the SEC in August, and Citadel Securities took a $400 million stake in Crypto.com in July.
The firm's over-the-counter desk already serves retail brokers, CFD providers, banks and exchange-traded fund issuers. In March, Wincent opened its crypto pricing to CFD platforms through a deal with Wyden, and it reports more than $5 billion in average daily notional volume across over 15 exchanges and venues. The firm says it trades more than 300 digital assets, executes over a million trades a day and has more than $750 million in deployed capital. Its counterparties now include asset managers, hedge funds, token issuers, miners and fintechs alongside exchanges.
Shawn Egger has joined to lead the US expansion. He previously worked in FX sales at Citadel Securities from 2014, moved to Jefferies as a senior vice president in 2018, and later ran execution services at crypto prime broker SFOX, according to Hedgeweek. Egger described his mandate on LinkedIn as building and expanding Wincent's presence across the United States, with a focus on institutional relationships, market making, liquidity, tokenization and financial infrastructure. Mazur said new offices will follow only where there is a clear commercial case, and gave no timeline for the US expansion.
Wincent employs 173 people, up from 96 in 2024 and 150 in 2025, according to Mazur. Co-founders Matus and Michal Kopf, who started the firm in 2017 as a manual trading operation, remain on the leadership team, and Mazur said he became chief executive in July. Wincent's only named regulator is the GFSC, and Mazur said it has no further licensing announcements. Wintermute, by contrast, registered its subsidiary Wintermute USA LLC as a broker-dealer with the SEC in August, and Citadel Securities took a $400 million stake in Crypto.com in July.
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