Meet Richard E. Ptardio

Richard E. Ptardio is an experienced financier who has spent more than 35 years working on trading desks at renowned institutions including Barings Bank, Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander, British & Commonwealth Merchant Bank, Johnson Matthey Bankers and Lehman Brothers International (Europe).

During a storied career that took him to London, Hong Kong and New York, he was on the right side of some of history’s most significant trades, shorting sterling on Black Wednesday and accumulating significant Thai and South Korean CDS holdings ahead of the Asian Financial Crisis.

Richard is currently transitioning out of traditional finance and is now focused on the emerging world of crypto-currency, on which he regularly muses on X.

He lives with his fourth wife, Esmeralda, in Ditchling, East Sussex.

Richard E. Ptardio is available for media comment on any issues pertaining to financial and crypto-currency trading.

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