Alexander Höptner

Native to Germany, Alex Höptner is the CEO of 100x Group, the holding structure for the BitMEX platform.  Alex Höptner embodies the integration of the traditional finance world and crypto, He joined 100x Group from Börse Stuttgart GmbH and Euwax AG, where he was Chief Executive Officer since 2018. The Börse Stuttgart exchange became a pioneer of digital asset trading under Alex’s leadership as the European Union’s first traditional exchange operator to offer crypto markets.

He previously held executive committee roles for Deutsche Börse AG, operator of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, where he worked for 15 years before leaving in 2016 to found two start-ups for the trading of virtual assets.

• BitMEX CEO