Crypto Exchange Coinsquare Appoints Martin Piszel as CEO

Piszel succeeds Stacey Hoisak who becomes president and chief legal officer at the company.

By Tanzeel Akhtar

Jul 20, 2021 at 1:26 p.m. UTC

Updated Sep 14, 2021 at 1:27 p.m. UTC

Tanzeel Akhtar

Canada-based crypto trading platform Coinsquare named former Tradelogiq Markets executive Martin Piszel as its CEO.

Piszel succeeds Stacey Hoisak, who becomes president and chief legal officer at the company.
Prior to joining Coinsquare, Piszel was head of corporate development at Tradelogiq Markets. He co-founded Alpha ATS, which was later sold to the Toronto Stock Exchange.
In May, Mogo, a Canadian financial app provider listed on Nasdaq and the Toronto Stock Exchange, increased its ownership of Coinsquare to about 37%.
In March, Canada’s tax authority, the Canada Revenue Agency, won a court battle to access customer data held by Coinsquare.

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