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Digital Assets / Lending / Payments / Growth

Building the future of digital assets.

Institutional digital asset growth, lending, payments, and transaction execution. I work with counterparties, liquidity partners, and fintech teams moving from early traction to serious volume.

01$100M+

annual payment volume scaled at xMoney / Utrust

02100+

global merchants onboarded into crypto payments

03$5.7M

token raise led through IVPAY market launch

04Exit

Utrust acquisition by Elrond / MultiversX

What I Do

Commercial execution for institutional crypto.

01 / Mandates

Institutional Lending & Trading

Client acquisition, loan book development, collateral frameworks, OTC relationships, and liquidity partnerships across digital asset markets.

02 / Commerce

Crypto Payments

Merchant onboarding, payment gateway growth, cross-border settlement strategy, and real-commerce use cases for crypto rails.

03 / Market

Growth & Partnerships

B2B pipelines, market entry, stakeholder alignment, fundraising support, and the operating rhythm needed to move from narrative to revenue.

Track Record

Built through cycles, exits, and real transaction volume.

01 / 2026 · Present

Secure Digital Markets

Growth and institutional digital assets

Institutional client acquisition, market expansion, and partnership mandates across digital asset services.

02 / 2025 · Present

Bit2Me

Advisor and B2B lending lead

Built lending operations from zero: loan book, collateral logic, and strategic counterparty partnerships.

03 / 2023 · 2025

IVPAY

COO, then CEO

Led restructuring, fundraising, liquidity operations, and exit-oriented execution after a $5.7M token launch.

04 / 2017 · 2022

xMoney / Utrust

Senior customer growth

Scaled merchant acquisition, payment volume beyond $100M per year, and the path into Elrond / MultiversX.

05 / Advisory

TEKCE, Peanut Protocol, Flashy Cash, GPTWars

Advisor and angel investor

Crypto payments, real-estate OTC, payment links, token launches, and commercial network access.

Frederico Pires portrait

Current

Secure Digital Markets

Institutional digital assets, growth strategy, client acquisition, and market expansion. Based in Portugal, working globally across fintech and Web3 markets.

Based in Portugal · Working globally

For institutional digital asset deals, lending, trading, payments, or growth partnerships.