Daniel Blackmore is a data analyst and executive in the digital asset industry who serves as the Chief Commercial Officer at the on-chain intelligence firm Glassnode. He is also a Board Advisor to Swissblock Technologies AG. His work focuses on analyzing on-chain metrics and cryptocurrency market behavior to understand trends in digital asset adoption and usage. ^{[1] [2]}​

Education

Blackmore earned a BA in International Relations and Japanese from the University of Leeds between 2008 and 2013. The joint honours degree included both an industry placement year and an exchange year at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies from 2009 to 2010, funded by a scholarship program. He completed an MSc in Management, Organisations and Governance at the London School of Economics and Political Science from 2014 to 2015, specializing in the management of large organizations and sustainable governance structures. From 2022 to 2024, he undertook a part-time MSt in Entrepreneurship at the University of Cambridge, focusing on fintech and early-stage blockchain ventures, and received an academic award for research. ^[6]

Career

Blackmore began his career in traditional finance during his industry placement year from 2010 to 2011, working as a Research Analyst at Mitsubishi Research Institute in Tokyo. In this role, he contributed to strategy projects for both private

• and public-sector clients. After graduating, he joined Bloomberg LP in 2013 and completed its Financial Product Analytics and Sales graduate program. He then became a Cross-Asset Specialist, supporting Japanese institutional clients until 2015. In 2015, Blackmore transitioned to Nomura in London, where he spent six years in fixed income markets. He started in fixed income sales before moving into a trading role, eventually becoming a Vice President. His responsibilities included financing government bond positions, making markets for institutional investors, and managing risk in European short-term interest rate products. He remained at Nomura until 2021, at which point he moved into the digital asset industry.

His first major role in the crypto sector was at Coinbase, where he served as an Institutional Sales Executive for the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region from 2021 to 2023. At Coinbase, he marketed a comprehensive suite of institutional digital asset services, which included exchange trading, custody solutions, financing, and prime brokerage. Between 2022 and 2024, he also took on advisory roles at Keyring Network and IPOR Labs, where he supported business development initiatives. Blackmore joined Glassnode in 2023, initially as the Head of APAC Sales. He was later promoted to Chief Commercial Officer, a role in which he holds responsibility for the company's global go-to-market strategy across sales, marketing, account management, and research. In 2024, he expanded his influence in the industry by accepting an appointment as a Board Advisor to Swissblock Technologies AG, where he advises on the commercialization of digital asset investment products. ^[7]

Interviews

On-chain Data

In a July 2025 appearance on the Crypto Options Unplugged podcast with Imran Lark and Dave from FRT, Blackmore discussed his path from Mitsubishi Research Institute to Bloomberg LP, Nomura, Coinbase Institutional, and ultimately to Glassnode, where he helps lead commercial strategy. He explained that Glassnode evolved from tooling originally built within Swissblock and now frames on-chain analysis through three layers—network fundamentals, capital flows, and holder cohorts—arguing that this lens complements off-chain market data much like options analytics complements spot markets. Blackmore noted that Bitcoin’s on-chain structure currently appeared healthy, with long-term holders gradually distributing into strength while short-term holder metrics remained within normal ranges, suggesting no immediate signs of overheating unless prices pushed materially higher. He emphasized that while much crypto volume still occurs on centralized venues, all assets ultimately settle on-chain, making blockchain data increasingly relevant—especially as tokenized real-world assets and institutional participation expand—while maintaining that on-chain analytics should be used as one probabilistic framework among many rather than a standalone crystal ball. ^[1]

Not All Metrics

In a June 2025 interview with Bitcoin.com in Toronto, Blackmore explained that Glassnode’s core value lay in transforming raw, publicly accessible blockchain data into cleaned, normalized, and interpretive insights for traders, hedge funds, and researchers. Drawing on his background in traditional finance at Nomura and later at Coinbase Institutional, he described how Glassnode encouraged users to think in frameworks rather than isolated metrics by combining off-chain market data with on-chain fundamentals and sentiment indicators to assess market regimes. He discussed the growing wave of crypto M&A activity, highlighted Coinbase’s acquisition of Deribit as a signal of industry validation, and argued that consolidation was likely in the crowded analytics space. Blackmore emphasized that as institutions entered crypto under improving regulatory conditions, trusted data providers capable of delivering robust, scalable infrastructure would be best positioned to succeed, noting that, unlike traditional finance—where firms paid premium fees to platforms like Bloomberg LP—crypto’s open data model made value creation dependent on interpretation and analytical depth rather than exclusivity. ^[3]

Panels

Strategies, Controls, & Allocation

At the Digital Assets Forum in February 2026, Blackmore moderated a panel on quant strategies, risk controls, and institutional allocation in digital assets alongside Ryan Hayward of Barclays, Anna Dinescu of Hilbert Capital, Bohumil Vosalik of 319 Capital, and Jennifer Shaughnessy of CoinRoutes. Blackmore framed the discussion around what “institutional-grade” truly meant, arguing it was a spectrum shaped by governance, infrastructure, execution quality, and risk management rather than a binary label. The panel examined how banks were gradually engaging the space as regulatory clarity improved, why institutional infrastructure required best-in-class custody, execution, reconciliation, and counterparty risk controls, and how allocators assessed quant strategies across directional, market-neutral, high-frequency, and DeFi-based approaches. They reflected on lessons from recent market stress—highlighting exchange risk, liquidity fragmentation, redundancy systems, and share-class structuring—and concluded that increasing competition, tighter returns, stronger infrastructure demands, and the growing integration of AI into research, execution, and portfolio management would define the next 12 to 24 months of institutional digital asset adoption. ^[5]

Blockchain Intelligence

At CONF3RENCE in October 2025, Blackmore joined a panel on blockchain intelligence alongside Florian Barth of Dune, Anastasia Melachrinos of Kaiko, Salih Altuntas of Chainalysis, and Eric Heinemann of Crypto Nerds. Introducing himself as Chief Commercial Officer of Glassnode and board advisor to Swissblock Technologies AG, Blackmore outlined his background across digital assets and traditional finance, including prior roles at Coinbase Institutional, Nomura, Bloomberg LP, and Mitsubishi Research Institute. During the discussion, he explained how Glassnode approached blockchain intelligence through three pillars—network fundamentals, capital flows, and holder behavior—arguing that raw on-chain data becomes actionable only when structured through analytics and research. He emphasized that blockchain transparency allowed traders and investors to independently analyze market movements that once required intermediary insight in traditional finance, while also pushing back on narratives that overstate crypto’s link to crime, noting that illicit activity represented only a small fraction of overall volume and that transparency often enhanced accountability compared to opaque traditional systems. ^[2]