▣About Virtu Financial, Inc.

Virtu Financial, Inc. is a New York–based electronic market‑making and trading firm founded in 2008 by Vincent Viola and Douglas A. Cifu with a focus on high‑speed execution and liquidity provision across global markets. The company combines proprietary trading technology and analytics to deliver market‑making, execution services and trading infrastructure for exchanges, institutions and clients worldwide. In recent years Virtu has significantly expanded into the cryptocurrency ecosystem—providing market‑making and execution across spot, perpetuals, futures and ETF venues, being named among firms expected to provide liquidity for spot Bitcoin ETFs, and holding Bitcoin on its balance sheet. Leadership has included founder/chair Vincent Viola and co‑founder Douglas A. Cifu (now listed as Co‑Founder and Advisor), and in July 2025 Virtu appointed long‑time technology executive Aaron Simons as CEO following Cifu’s retirement.