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Ex-Pimco, Millennium execs set up crypto advisory business

After leaving crypto liquidity firm GSR in 2023, former Millennium and Pimco executives are coming back to crypto by launching a dedicated advisory firm.

Two former executives at major American investment management firms, Millennium Management and Pacific Investment Management Co (Pimco), are reentering the cryptocurrency space amid a major market rally.

Millennium’s ex-portfolio manager Benoit Bosc and Pimco’s former executive vice president Michael Bressler left their posts to set up a new crypto consultancy firm, x2B, Bloomberg reported on Nov. 11.

Expected to launch in November 2024, x2B will advise crypto projects on sectors like fundraising, tokenomics and market-maker strategy, exchange listing and treasury management.

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