About
Josh Bubar is Managing Partner at Velox Trading Group, a quantitative investment and trading firm specializing in low-latency arbitrage and market-making for digital asset issuers and token projects. At Velox, he designed, launched, and scaled one of the largest delta-neutral crypto hedge funds in digital assets — raising over $200 million in institutional capital and earning top-decile industry rankings for quantitative market-neutral performance across a 4+ year track record. He also created the firm's Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) vertical serving Bitcoin treasury companies and launched a top-decile Bitcoin Yield fund.
Previously, he was Vice President, Product and Head of Digital Assets at Purpose Investments, where he led the launch of the world's first Bitcoin ETF (TSX: BTCC) — the third-largest ETF debut in history at the time — and the world's first Ether ETF, scaling the digital assets franchise to over $5 billion in AUM across ETF, mutual fund, and active hedge fund structures.
Across 12+ years in financial services, including 6+ in digital asset management, he has built and launched more than 40 ETFs, hedge funds, and crypto venture products end-to-end — portfolio construction, regulatory approval, capital formation, and partnerships. He began his career at Russell Investments as a Senior Investment Analyst. Based in Toronto, Canada.
Experience
- Velox Trading Group — Managing Partner
- Purpose Investments — VP Product, Head of Digital Assets
Key public product launches — crypto / digital assets:
- Purpose Bitcoin ETF (TSX: BTCC) — world's first spot Bitcoin ETF
- Purpose Ether ETF (TSX: ETHH) — world's first spot Ether ETF
- Purpose Bitcoin Yield ETF (TSX: BTCY) — options income overlay for BTC
- Purpose Ether Yield ETF (TSX: ETHY) — options income overlay for ETH
- Purpose Crypto Opportunities ETF (TSX: CRYP) — world's first actively managed crypto ETF
- Russell Investments — Senior Investment Analyst
Talks & Media
Press
2021 — World's first Bitcoin ETF
Writing
Other Projects
- Calore Health and Wellness — Co-Founder
- FOSH Accessories — Co-Founder