John Kim Named Head of DV Chain’s Crypto Discretionary Trading Team
According to ChainCatcher, John Kim has joined Chicago-based proprietary trading firm DV Trading’s Singapore office to lead its newly established crypto discretionary trading team, which will operate through crypto division DV Chain. Kim previously led derivatives trading at Nomura’s digital assets arm, Laser Digital, which he joined in October 2025. Before that, he spent three years as head of derivatives trading at Galaxy Digital. Founded in 2016, DV Chain previously focused mainly on market making. DV Trading now has more than 600 employees.