Ron Hammond

Ron Hammond is the Head of Policy and Advocacy at Wintermute, a UK-based proprietary trading firm. Ron is leading Wintermute's US expansion in New York and brings nearly a decade of regulatory experience to his new role, having previously served as the Senior Director of Government Relations and Institutional Engagement at the Blockchain Association, a DC-based crypto trade association. His background also includes positions at Ripple as their in-house lobbyist and as Financial Services Policy Lead for Congressman Warren Davidson of Ohio, where he crafted the first bipartisan market structure bill known as the Token Taxonomy Act.