John D'Agostino

Head of Strategy at Coinbase Institutional

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John D’Agostino is Head of Strategy for Coinbase Institutional. John serves as a Board Member for several of the largest Hedge and Venture Capital funds, public companies, and the Alternative Investment Management Association. In 2019, John co-founded the AIMA Digital Asset Working group. In 2021 John was named Chair of His Majesty’s Asset Management Working Group by the UK Consulate of New York. In 2022 John was named Financial Innovation Fellow of the AIF Global pension network, and in 2024, John was named a Research Affiliate at MIT’s CSAIL lab.

As the former Head of Strategy for the New York Mercantile Exchange, John led the effort to develop the first Middle East energy derivatives exchange in partnership with the Dubai Government which led him being the subject of two NY Times bestselling books (Rigged by Ben Mezrich and the Start Up Of You by Reid Hoffman). Since then, John has helped dozens of funds and companies with setting up entities in the UAE.

A cum laude graduate of Williams College, John received a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Harvard Business School, and studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford University. He has lectured at INSEAD University and guests lectures at MIT Sloan and Columbia Business Schools.