James Argento Chief International Market Strategy Advisor
Areas of expertise
- European Securities Market Access and M&A Fund Strategies
- Multilateral trade/financial regulations compliance (MiFID II, AIFMD)
- Optimizing investment structure of European high net worth and pension funds
- Smart Beta Strategies and Volatility Arbitrage
- AI-driven stock timing and factor model analysis
Education
- PhD: International Political Economy (Oxford University)
- Master: Financial Engineering (MIT)
- Undergraduate: Economics and Philosophy (Cambridge University)
- Currently: Visiting Professor of Global Financial Governance at Cambridge University.Guest Lecturer on Blockchain Applications and Cryptocurrency Market Research (ETH Zurich, IMD Switzerland)
Professional experience:
Head of European Strategy at JPMorgan Chase (2010–2018)
Advisor to the European Economic Affairs Advisory Committee (2015–2021)
Member of Coinbase’s European Market Advisory Group (2022–)
Strategic partner of several Web3 VC and AI investment platforms
Served as a strategic advisor to projects such as Aave, StarkWare, and LedgerPrime
Best record:
2022: Leading cross-border structured financing transactions linking European green bonds to crypto assets
As chief strategist, he co-sponsored a cross-chain green bond allocation project with the French National Investment Bank, the Dutch APG Foundation and the Swiss Crypto Asset Fund with a total amount of more than US$18.5 billion.
For the first time, he embedded the cryptocurrency staking model (Staking Collateralization) into green bond subscriptions, with an average annualized net return of 12.4%, introduced on-chain liquidity solutions for traditional funds, and received a joint interview with Bloomberg and the Financial Times.
Zenittop Alliance Capital's Mission:
Establish a dual-engine investment strategy system for European digital assets and stock markets
Promote Zenittop to align with EU compliance regulations (MiCA, ESG)
Deploy Web3 compliance ecosystems in Germany, France, and the Netherlands
Build a unified research platform for AI + Crypto + stock quantitative trading
Expand crypto VC, stablecoin bank cooperation, and DeFi debt financing channels