Mikkel Mørch, a member of an all-Danish founding team that launched crypto hedge fund ARK36 out of Cyprus, has been appointed as strategic advisor at Maxwell Partners, a London-based algorithmic trading, blockchain and digital asset investment firm.

Mørch is the founder and Chairman of Cyprus-based digital asset investment fund ARK36, one of the first licensed funds in Europe investing exclusively in bitcoin and other leading crypto-assets. ARK36 was founded by an all-Danish team of four in October 2020.

Mikkel Mørch’s role as strategic advisor at Maxwell Partners will focus on business development and helping the London-based firm strengthen and expand its algo trading business for investors in the cryptocurrency markets. Maxwell Partners offers a long-short algorithm that uses technical analysis to identify the trading range of an asset and automatically produce buy and sell signals. The firm has grown its assets under management from $10 million to $194 million over the past one and a half years, according to a press release.

“I am delighted to be joining the firm as a Strategic Advisor to help management face these challenges head-on and ensure Maxwell can continue to scale without sacrificing the quality of its services.”

“Such a rapid pace of growth shows the strength of Maxwell’s offering but also entails significant challenges,” comments Mørch, the newly-appointed strategic advisor at Maxwell Partners. “I am delighted to be joining the firm as a Strategic Advisor to help management face these challenges head-on and ensure Maxwell can continue to scale without sacrificing the quality of its services.”