Indian CoinDCX appoints new CEO for its UAE operation
UAE regulated BitOasis, a CoinDCX crypto brokerage platform with operations in Bahrain has appointed Jonathan Rigg as Chief Executive Officer, replacing the founder of BitOasis Ola Doudin.
As per the announcement, this is part of BitOasis’s upcoming next stages as it seeks to deepen its presence across the MENA region.
Already BitOasis carries out $8.5 billion in spot trading volumes with more than a million customers across the region.
Ola Doudin noted that she is confident that Jonathan will be the right person to lead BitOasis through its next phase of growth.
Sumit Gupta, Co-Founder of CoinDCX noted, “I am delighted to welcome Jonathan to the BitOasis family. He joins us as Chief Executive Officer at an important moment for the business, and I am confident his experience will help take the platform into its next chapter. I am deeply grateful to Ola for building an exceptional brand and an equally exceptional team, one that has been instrumental in enabling access to crypto across the region.”
Mr. Rigg is a senior financial services commercial leader with an extensive track record spanning global banking, digital assets and fintech platforms. He has direct P&L ownership experience scaling businesses from pre-revenue to profitability, including the monetisation of crypto infrastructure; OTC trading, stablecoin payments and Banking as a Service. A hands-on operator, he has launched regulated platforms, built high-performing commercial teams, and is well connected across the region’s regulators, financial institutions and enterprise clients.
Mr. Rigg brings close to a decade of experience in global banking and markets, with previous roles at HSBC and Deutsche Bank, predominantly in prime brokerage and capital advisory. Most recently he spent three years at Fuze Finance as Vice President, Commercial, where he was part of the founding team and helped scale the business from inception.
“It’s an honour to join BitOasis at such an important point in its journey. Together, we will continue strengthening our products, expanding our capabilities, and delivering the high standards our customers, partners and regulators expect. Trust and safety will continue to remain a central lever in everything we do, ensuring customers can engage with confidence as the platform grows. BitOasis has played a defining role in shaping the digital asset ecosystem across the MENA region, and I’m excited to lead the company into its next chapter,” said Jonathan Rigg, incoming Chief Executive Officer of BitOasis.
