Key Facts

• Tanya Denisova, the former COO of Robinhood Crypto, has joined stablecoin issuer Agora as head of operations and will also serve as COO of Agora's proposed National Trust Bank, subject to approval of the company's national trust charter application with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).
• Denisova spent the last six years at Robinhood, where she served as COO of Robinhood Crypto and led the company's day-to-day operations across its regulated U.S. and European entities, overseeing settlement, liquidity, trading, execution quality, custody, and wallet operations.
• Agora's AUSD stablecoin processed more than $20 billion in transfer volume during the first quarter of 2026, a 355% increase from a year earlier, as the company expands its product offerings and regulatory licenses.
• Agora is a stablecoin infrastructure company that issues AUSD, a dollar-pegged stablecoin backed by reserves managed by institutional asset managers, and aims to provide businesses with a way to move dollars globally, earn yield on idle balances, and access programmable payments infrastructure through blockchain networks.
• Denisova's experience scaling regulated crypto operations will be critical as Agora continues to grow, with CEO Nick van Eck noting that she scaled Robinhood Crypto's operations from a three-person team to a multi-billion dollar business unit during her tenure.