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OpenTrade appoints former SWIFT CEO Lázaro Campos as Chair to scale stablecoin yield

Cryptopolitan · Fri, 30 Oct 2026 08:29:26 GMT

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Tags: STABLECOIN

OpenTrade, a stablecoin yield infrastructure platform, has appointed former SWIFT CEO Lázaro Campos as chair of its board. The appointment follows a $17 million strategic raise in May 2026 led by Mercury Fund and Notion Capital, with a16z crypto, AlbionVC and CMCC Global participating. OpenTrade reports more than $1 billion in transaction volume over the past 12 months, $300 million in total value locked and $32 million raised to date; clients use it to offer dollar- and euro-denominated yield backed by real-world assets. Campos spent 35 years in financial infrastructure and led SWIFT through a restructuring that cut costs 30%, with SWIFT reporting €600 million in revenue and 10,000 financial institutions across 210 countries. He chairs Payoneer Europe.

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