According to Mars Finance, John Kim has joined the Singapore office of Chicago proprietary trading firm DV Trading to lead its newly established crypto discretionary trading team, which will operate through its crypto business unit, DV Chain. Kim previously served as head of derivatives trading at Laser Digital, Nomura’s digital assets division, which he joined in October 2025. Before that, he spent three years as head of derivatives trading at crypto investment bank Galaxy Digital. Founded in 2016, DV Chain previously focused primarily on market making. DV Trading now has more than 600 employees.