DeFi Development Corp. has appointed Hadley Stern to its Board of Directors. Hadley Stern brings more than a decade of leadership experience across digital assets, blockchain infrastructure, custody, compliance, and institutional adoption.
He has worked in cryptoassets since 2014, where, as Senior Vice President at Fidelity Labs he launched the firm?s blockchain-specific incubator and digital currency group and later founded Fidelity Digital Asset Services in 2016. In 2018, he was named Chief Operating Officer of blockchain infrastructure company Bloq, before leading the AWS Innovation Lab focused on enterprise applications of emerging technologies, including blockchain, artificial intelligence, and quantum computing. Most recently, Mr. Stern served as Chief Compliance Officer at Marinade Labs, liaising with global institutions exploring Solana staking and onchain yield strategies, and now continues to support Marinade as an advisor.
Prior to Marinade, he served as Head of Global Digital Asset Custody at The Bank of New York Mellon, where he launched the industry?s first bank-grade digital asset custody platform for bitcoin and ethereum.
