Former CEO of OKEx cryptocurrency exchange, Chris Lee, is joining Huobi Group as Board Secretary and Vice President of Global Business Development.

Founded in 2013, Huobi Group is a leading global digital asset financial service provider. In October 2017, it announced the launch of its international trading platform, Huobi.pro. Earlier this year, Huobi unveiled its roadmap for 2018, which included launching its blockchain accelerator Huobi Labs, and setting up two cryptocurrency exchanges.

In his new role at Huobi, Lee will lead the company’s global M&A strategy and oversee the development of international teams.

“This year, we're making major investments in growing the global blockchain and digital asset ecosystem and I am confident in Chris's passion and ability to help us capture this opportunity," said Leon Li, founder, and CEO of Huobi Group.

Lee said that Huobi has built a strong foundation and believes that it could become even bigger than Goldman Sachs.

“The combination of the team's technical expertise with industry-leading marketing and operational abilities positions it to become the Goldman Sachs of this new era in finance. If done properly, Huobi may even be bigger than Goldman one day,” Lee said.