Quote.Trade Adds Three Industry Veterans as Strategic Advisors to Accelerate Institutional Adoption

Following $4M funding round & XDC Network partnership, Quote.Trade appoints John Divine, William P. Evans, & Michael Terpin as Advisors

Cheyenne, WY, Sept. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Quote.Trade, the AI-native crypto dark pool DEX built for humans, bots, and AI agents, today announced the addition of three strategic advisors — John Divine, William P. Evans, and Michael Terpin — as the platform moves from infrastructure build-out to institutional market development.

The appointments follow Quote.Trade’s $4 million funding round and its recently announced native integration with the XDC Network and Circle-issued USDC on XDC, and reflect the company’s focus on converting advanced trading technology into adoption among professional and institutional market participants.

Michael Terpin, Strategic Advisor

Widely recognized as the “Godfather of Crypto” by CNBC, Michael Terpin is Founder and CEO of Transform Ventures, a leading blockchain advisory firm and venture studio, and Transform Studios, a Bermuda-based blockchain incubator. Terpin also founded and remains chairman of the largest advisory/marketing firm in the cryptocurrency sector, Transform Group, representing more than half the market capitalization of the cryptocurrency sector, excluding Bitcoin. An early and enthusiastic believer in blockchain, Michael’s recently released book “Bitcoin Supercycle: How the Crypto Calendar Can Make You Rich,” was the best-selling new release in Amazon’s Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency section.

John Divine, Strategic Advisor

John Divine brings the rare combination of professional trading experience and institutional partnerships that Quote.Trade’s next phase requires. A three-time author best known for Bitcoin Options, his experience spans designated market making on the world’s largest commodities exchanges to bilateral swaps and products with leading digital asset participants. Mr. Divine merges traditional risk management and yield techniques with blockchain-native technology, turning deep market-structure expertise into productive collaboration.

William P. Evans, Strategic Advisor

William P. Evans leads institutional strategy for Quote.Trade, bringing more than 20 years across derivatives exchanges, fintech, and digital assets. As President and Managing Director of the Americas at CEX.IO, Evans led the exchange’s regional business and its engagement with institutional and professional clients. His expertise spans exchange strategy, product development, market structure, regulation, and global expansion — the full range of what a trading venue needs to earn institutional trust at scale.

"Building a platform serious traders trust requires more than technology — it requires the people who have already earned that trust. John brings rare depth as both a professional trader and institutional business builder,” said Chris Mack, CTO of Quote.Trade. “Will has spent his career on the inside of how exchanges and institutional markets actually operate. And Michael has been connecting serious capital with serious projects since before most of this industry existed. Together they represent exactly the network, market structure expertise, and institutional credibility Quote.Trade needs for this next phase." 

Quote.Trade’s dark pool DEX supports more than 1,500 assets, zero platform trading fees, up to 5x leverage, stablecoin settlement, and private order flow across supported EVM-compatible networks. The platform is designed for human traders, automated strategies, and AI agents to trade through a shared private execution layer.

About Quote Trade

Quote Trade is an AI-native crypto dark pool DEX built for humans, bots, and AI agents to trade side by side. The platform enables private, wallet-based trading with stablecoin settlement, long and short positions, and cross-chain access across Ethereum and other EVM networks. 

Media contact: QuoteTrade(at)transformgroup.com

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