As we have reported in the past, trading jobs in Dubai can be short-lived.  Recent geopolitical conflicts between the UAE and Iran have only intensified this, but that’s not the only reason people are leaving the city. One senior trader in the crypto arm of a bank is leaving for a big new opportunity: to run a new crypto desk for a proprietary trading firm.

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John Kim has joined Chicago-based firm DV Trading in its Singapore office as the head of a new discretionary crypto trading team. He was most recently head of derivatives trading for Laser Digital, the digital asset arm of Japanese bank Nomura. His new team will operate through DV Chain, the firm’s dedicated crypto arm, which was founded…