Lazaro Campos, the former CEO of the financial messaging network Swift, has been appointed as the chairman of the London-based stablecoin yield firm OpenTrade. The company, founded in 2023, provides infrastructure that allows fintech firms, neobanks, and exchanges to offer returns on stablecoins backed by real-world assets.
OpenTrade partners with institutional entities such as JPMorgan, BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, and Fidelity to provide these yields. The startup currently reports over $300 million in total value locked and has processed more than $600 million in cumulative transaction volume.
The appointment follows a $17 million funding round that closed in May 2026, bringing the company's total capital raised to $32 million. Investors in the firm include a16z Crypto, Circle, Mercury Fund, Notion Capital, AlbionVC, and CMCC Global.
