New Market Trading Names Ajdin Kahrović Chief Technology Officer
Miami, FL, USA, August 4th, 2026
The engineer behind defi.app’s $40B+ in volume joins NMT on launch day to own the platform’s technical foundation
New Market Trading (NMT), the first wealth management firm to move the investment account itself onto the blockchain, today announced the appointment of Ajdin Kahrović as Chief Technology Officer.
Kahrović joins on the same day NMT opens publicly to new clients, placing the architect of the platform’s security in the seat from day one.
Kahrović brings 11+ years of engineering leadership across fintech, Web3, and DeFi. He previously architected defi.app from zero to $40B+ in cumulative trading volume, 10,000 daily active users, and a $500M valuation, leading an eleven-person engineering team throughout.
His expertise spans blockchain architecture, smart contracts, DeFi protocols, backend systems, and cloud infrastructure.
“The CTO seat at New Market Trading carries real weight. Our clients hold their own assets, but the smart contracts the platform introduces need to be secure and audited. Ajdin has already built and scaled this kind of infrastructure at defi.app, past $40 billion in cumulative volume, and he leads engineers as well as he designs architecture. I hired him to own our technology completely. That is why he is here,” said Frank Hepworth, Founder & CEO, New Market Trading.
Security Is the Product
NMT clients own their investment account directly on the blockchain via ERC-4337 smart account technology. The NMT team holds a scoped, delegated permission to execute strategies but cannot withdraw or redirect funds. The security and integrity of that architecture is not a feature, it is the entire basis of the client relationship.
As CTO, Kahrović will lead all engineering, set the technical roadmap, and own the security and reliability of the platform as it scales.
“I’m excited to join Frank and the New Market Trading team as we build a platform that enables onchain wealth to be managed securely, in a truly self-custodial and censorship-resistant way.
“Our mission is to help investors own the highest-performing, fully managed crypto portfolios, whilst preserving the original benefits of crypto: sovereignty and independence. Exciting times lie ahead, and I’m looking forward to what’s next.” said Ajdin Kahrović, CTO, New Market Trading.
Kahrović’s appointment ensures that as NMT scales, the engineering foundation beneath that model is designed and maintained by someone who has already carried this responsibility in production, at volume, under real market conditions.
His technical philosophy aligns directly with NMT’s founding principles: infrastructure that is censorship-resistant, open-source, privacy-preserving, and secure.
About New Market Trading
New Market Trading is the first wealth management firm to move the investment account itself onto the blockchain. NMT clients own their account via ERC-4337 smart account technology, delegate trading management to the NMT team, who can execute strategies but never withdraw or redirect funds, and gain immediate access to 10,000+ onchain assets, yield products, and active strategies that no legacy provider can offer. Account minimum USD $100,000.
Website: https://newmarkettrading.com/