Ex-Goldman Quant MD Joins Crypto Firm That Sponsors Messi’s Team

Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. managing director Javier Rodriguez-Alarcon is joining XBTO, the crypto investment firm that’s the jersey sponsor for football superstar Lionel Messi’s new team Inter Miami.

As chief commercial officer, Rodriguez-Alarcon’s role will include overseeing XBTO’s expansion into new products and asset management strategies, the company said on Thursday. He starts at XBTO at the end of the month.

Rodriguez-Alarcon, who left Goldman during the summer after more than a decade at the Wall Street firm, was most recently London-based global head of client portfolio management for public equities at its asset management unit. He ...