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Nomura-backed crypto firm Komainu appoints Paul Frost-Smith as co-CEO

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Nomura’s crypto custody firm Komainu has appointed Corinthian Digital Asset Management’s chief executive Paul Frost-Smith as its co-CEO.

Frost-Smith, who will assume the role on 1 May, will share the responsibilities with Robert Johnson who was appointed as the crypto firm’s interim CEO in February when Nicolas Bertrand 

The hire follows the exit of the firm’s previous CEO in February

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