A global flow of institutional debt through CLST.
WHY CLST
Our Mission
A functioning short-term debt market is the key pillar for the institutional adoption of stablecoins and cryptocurrencies. We are introducing the New Money Market.
CLST strives to develop a peer-to-peer marketplace and innovative products for institutional lenders and borrowers to increase the liquidity in the short-term debt market for stablecoins and cryptocurrencies.
Team
Money Market Veterans & Entrepreneurs


Hugh MacMillen has over 30 years of interest rate trading experience. He has worked for Banks and major interdealer brokers in various roles, ranging from Senior Forex Trader to Branch Manager before founding Instimatch Global in 2017. Having built an institutional money market venue with double digit billions in transaction volumes per month and over 200 institutional clients globally, Hugh is one of most recognized Entrepreneurs in the space.
Hugh is very passionate about the development of money markets in the crypto and stablecoin space, both in the defi and unsecured elements of this new business.
Together with the team, he is responsible for transferring his market knowledge to this exciting new market.


Robert Radek is Product Manager at CLST, as key person behind the CLST Markets product suite, he is driving the efforts to quickly adapt client needs and innovate CLST through reliable forward thinking applications.
Prior to joining CLST, Robert was a founder of the Netsprig Foundation in 2013, the first crypto foundation in Poland where he led product business models around Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. In 2018 he launched Geon Network, a Geomining patented mobile based game application, which was used by hundreds of thousands of users in a play-to-earn model.
Robert holds a Masters degree in Civil Law from University of Bialystok, Poland.


Hassan Al-Lawati is a veteran entrepreneur with over 22-years of experience in leading and supporting teams across the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and the US. His expertise includes deal structuring, customer acquisition, and fundraising. Hassan has co-founded several companies and served in various structured corporate environments.
Hassan currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Instimatch Global, an award-winning global provider of a cash management platform for institutions across industries and geographies to interconnect.
Prior to Instimatch Global, Hassan cofounded several companies and served in various structured corporate environments.


Thomas co-founded KORE and Phoenix Systems. He has been the software architect behind key blockchain-based projects for numerous years and was nominated as one of the brightest technology minds according to FORBES CTO Council, Washington Post and UBUNTU.
Thomas graduated from ZHAW with a degree in Computer Science and is the architect behind CLST.


Michael had multiple stations at leading blockchain based ventures with a focus on FinTech. After being appointed as the youngest Head of blockchain at PwC, he led Primary Markets at Lykke, advised the Swiss Stock Exchange on their “Digital Asset Exchange” infrastructure and was Partner at Blockchain Valley Ventures. Previously to founding CLST, Michael founded KORE Technologies, one of the leading infrastructure providers for Digital Assets.
Michael graduated from Imperial College London with a degree in Economics.


Alex von Mühlenen serves as Business Development Manager at CLST and is responsible for the overall expansion of the business trough strategic partnerships, sales, liquidity management and product innovation.
Prior to his engagement, Alex founded Resilient Studios, one of the leading tech hubs in Zurich, hosting enterprises such as the Cardano Foundation, B3i, Flovtec or Liquity.


With 8 years of experience in the software industry, Amit has been balancing between the roles of a business analyst and project manager. He works closely with development leads and acts as a bridge between internal teams and clients. Amit contributes broad knowledge from various industries, as he has been managing projects within sports, commodities trading, insurance and e-commerce.
Amit holds a Master Of Computer Applications from the Chandigarh Engineering College


Alexandru leads CLST’s DeFi efforts. After working as a researcher at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence and MeVis, focusing on mathematical modeling, software engineering and model evaluation, he completed his PhD in Matematics at ETH Zurich. As Head of Research and Development at Calfor Finance, Alexandru focused on new trading products and risk management before joining UBS as a Risk Modeling & Analytics Specialist focusing on risk models which concern the liquidity and funding position of the firm.
Testimonials
Testimonials

«As an institution with global footprint, access to broad networks of lenders and borrowers therefore are essential for Amber’s trading activities and liquidity management. Michael and the team behind CLST will make uncollateralized lending and borrowing more efficient through the agregation of dealflow and we are excited to be part of this global network from the very beginning.»