Leah Wald, former CEO of Valkyrie Investments, has been tapped to lead publicly traded crypto investment firm Cypherpunk Holdings, the firm announced Tuesday. 

Wald, is joining the Toronto-based company as chief executive officer and president after serving on its board of directors for three years. Wald confirmed to The Block in an interview that she will remain a director of Valkyrie. 

As the former CEO of Valkyrie, Wald helped launch several novel investment products — including the first-ever Nasdaq-listed bitcoin futures exchange-traded funds. CoinShares International exercised an option to acquire Valkyrie in January, taking over the firm’s $530 million in assets under management.

“I stayed behind to oversee the private funds,” Wald said. “As soon as those were …