Anton Katz Named to TabbFORUM 40 Innovators in Financial Markets 2025

We are proud to announce that Talos CEO and Co-Founder Anton Katz has been named the 2025 TabbFORUM 40 Innovators in Financial Markets.

The TabbFORUM 40 honors top innovators in capital markets, leaders whose blend of vision, strategy and execution sets them apart in applying technology for maximum advantage. This fourth annual list, researched by TabbFORUM Contributing Editor Jeffrey Kutler, recognizes the achievements and influence of 40 outstanding disruptors and difference-makers having the greatest impact at the intersection of finance and technology.

Read the full article on TabbFORUM, including the write-up on Anton excerpted below.

Anton Katz, Chief Executive Officer, Talos

With prestige venture capital backing (featuring Andreessen Horowitz) and co-founded in 2018 by past Broadway Technology colleagues Anton Katz (CEO) and Ethan Feldman (CTO), Talos has built out its vision of institutional-grade digital-asset trading lifecycle and connectivity with acquisitions. Notably and recently: crypto market data, blockchain analytics and benchmark index provider Coin Metrics, resulting in “a fully integrated, one-stop solution that benefits the clients of both firms,” Katz stated in July. “Institutions increasingly look to us to support the entire digital asset investment lifecycle, from trading and portfolio management to market data, on-chain analytics, and portfolio construction.”

Katz elaborated in an NYSE video interview, noting Talos’ and Coin Metrics’ shared customer orientation and focus: “At some point we said, data is going to be massive here, just like it is massive in capital markets.” The strategic question was, “Do we build versus do we buy? Coin Metrics has done a tremendous job over the past six years building this client delivery platform and building the derivative services on top of that.”

Katz also summarized the growth strategy: continuing to build in-house capabilities for the institutional crypto trading platform; targeted acquisitions furthering the “one-stop shop” vision for digital-asset data integration; and hiring globally to support innovation and client delivery.

In what Katz termed “a direct reflection of the state of institutional adoption of digital assets,” Talos announced in October the integration of its order and execution management system with the BlackRock Aladdin platform to “unlock operational improvements within crypto-asset order management, driving greater efficiency and resiliency across the investment management ecosystem.”

“Digital assets are a growing part of the investment landscape, and we’re building the infrastructure to keep pace with investor interest and demand,” Dan Veiner, BlackRock head of markets, said in the announcement. “Integrating Talos into Whole Portfolio applications on the Aladdin platform enables us to expand and further automate our crypto trading capabilities. Talos’s crypto-native technology strengthens our execution capabilities now, ensuring we’re ready to meet future client demand with greater efficiency, liquidity access, and execution quality.”