David LaValle (C’99)

David LaValle is President of CoinDesk Indices and Data, a portfolio company of Bullish Group, a leading institutional digital asset trading platform. LaValle has over two decades of experience across both traditional financial services and digital assets, with a track record of leadership in executive roles and business expansion.

His expertise spans information services and the exchange-traded product ecosystem, including trading, indexing, data, regulation, distribution, capital markets, and exchanges.

Previously, LaValle served as Senior Managing Director, Global Head of ETFs at Grayscale Investments where he was responsible for leading the strategic development and management of Grayscale’s ETF business. In that role, he spearheaded the company’s efforts to uplist Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (ticker: GBTC) to the NYSE and commence trading of the first crypto ETP in the US, a groundbreaking milestone for the ETF and crypto markets.

Prior to joining Grayscale, LaValle was Chief Executive Officer of VettaFi (formerly Alerian), a global index, data and analytics firm. In that role, he was responsible for all facets of the business including leading the firm’s growth and business transformation strategy.

LaValle’s career also includes senior leadership roles at State Street Global Advisors as US Head of SPDR ETF Capital Markets, and at Nasdaq, where he built and led the Exchange Traded Product Marketplace.

A graduate of Georgetown University (BA), LaValle began his career in trading on the floors of the New York and American Stock Exchanges before moving into senior leadership roles across the financial industry. He served on the board of the Security Traders Association of New York (STANY) and currently sits on the advisory board of the Wall Street Rides FAR charity initiative.