StablecoinX appoints Christopher Jensen as CEO and board member

StablecoinX Inc., one of a handful of Nasdaq-listed companies built directly around the digital asset sector, has named Christopher Jensen as its new Chief Executive Officer and a member of its board of directors. Jensen replaces Ted Chen, who steered the company through its SPAC merger and public listing earlier this year. Chen isn’t leaving, he’s sliding into the Chairman seat to focus on strategic oversight and capital markets. From Franklin Templeton to the ENA treasury Jensen’s resume reads like a bridge between traditional finance and crypto. He spent more than two decades in institutional investment, most notably at Franklin Templeton, where he served as Senior Vice President and Director of Digital Asset Research. He’s credited with helping launch Franklin Templeton’s digital asset group back in 2018, well before most legacy asset managers were willing to utter the word “blockchain” in a boardroom. Now Jensen inherits a company with a very specific identity: StablecoinX is, at its core, an infrastructure and distribution partner for the Ethena ecosystem and its synthetic dollar, USDe. The company operates across three business lines: infrastructure services, infrastructure ...