LOS ANGELES, CA, October 20, 2026 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Maria Cannizzo has been recognized for her leadership and contributions to financial technology, digital assets, and financial infrastructure.

Ms. Cannizzo is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Kelvon, a financial technology company specializing in infrastructure for prediction and event markets. Under her leadership, Kelvon developed technology to standardize fragmented market data, contract relationships, and settlement conditions across trading venues, enabling financial institutions and technology companies to build on this emerging asset class. In October 2026, Kelvon was acquired, marking a significant milestone in Ms. Cannizzo's entrepreneurial career.

Previously, Ms. Cannizzo served as Vice President of Product at zerohash, a digital asset infrastructure provider, from 2025 to 2026. During her tenure, she led product initiatives supporting the launch of cryptocurrency trading for Morgan Stanley's E*TRADE platform and zerohash's expansion into European markets, bringing institutional-grade digital asset infrastructure to financial institutions across the United States and Europe.

Ms. Cannizzo is also the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Outshine Ventures, a global angel investment syndicate focused on early-stage financial technology and digital asset companies. Through Outshine Ventures, she has invested in and advised emerging businesses, supporting founders in developing and scaling innovative financial technologies.

From 2022 to 2025, Ms. Cannizzo was a Co-Founder of Neolution, a digital asset trading firm, where she developed quantitative trading strategies, automated trading systems, and supporting technical infrastructure. She also served as a Principal Investor at Struck Crypto from 2022 to 2023, focusing on investments in early-stage cryptocurrency and Web3 companies.

Earlier, Ms. Cannizzo served as Head of Product at 21.co from 2021 to 2022, contributing to the development and expansion of cryptocurrency exchange-traded products across European markets. Her work helped broaden access to digital assets through traditional investment products.

Before entering the digital asset industry, Ms. Cannizzo held senior product and technical roles at BlackRock and Bank of America. From 2019 to 2021, she served as Director of Product Management at BlackRock, working on Aladdin, the firm's institutional investment management and risk technology platform. She began her career at Bank of America in 2011 and advanced to Senior Vice President, leading product initiatives in payments and digital banking. During her tenure, she also co-invented the patented "Collapsible and Deployable Interactive Structure and System of Use," a technology designed to enable fully digital financial centers and modernize the traditional banking experience.

Ms. Cannizzo holds a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering, with a minor in Mathematics, from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her professional accomplishments have been recognized through multiple leadership and performance awards at Bank of America, including the Platinum and Gold Global Recognition Awards.

Throughout her career, Ms. Cannizzo has worked at the intersection of institutional finance, emerging technologies, and entrepreneurship. Her experience spans global financial institutions, asset managers, financial technology infrastructure providers, and early-stage ventures. As an executive, founder, investor, and inventor, she has focused on developing the technology and infrastructure that enable financial markets to evolve.

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