Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. announced that it has appointed Alex Thorn to be Head of Firmwide Research. Thorn joined from Fidelity Investments, where he spent over a decade, most recently as Co-head of Avon Ventures, the bitcoin and blockchain-focused venture capital fund affiliated with Fidelity Investments' parent company. Before Avon, Thorn was Director of Blockchain Research at Fidelity Center for Applied Technology, and before that held roles managing technical investigations for internal, litigation, and compliance inquiries.