ALT5 Sigma Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTS)(FRA: 5AR1), a fintech and digital asset treasury (DAT) company, has announced the appointment of industry veteran Jonathan Hugh as its Chief Financial Officer, a move that strengthens the company’s leadership following its recent $1.5 billion financing and the launch of its $WLFI Treasury Strategy.
Jonathan Hugh brings over 25 years of senior finance and commercial leadership experience across digital assets, technology, energy, and commodities trading, working with both public and private companies. His previous roles include serving as CFO of leading digital asset firms GSR International Ltd, a global market maker, and Zodia Custody Ltd, a regulated institutional custodian. Throughout his career, he has overseen M&A transactions, growth strategies, and the development of financial control, compliance, and reporting systems. Hugh is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales and holds an MA in Law from Cambridge University.
Peter Tassiopoulos, CEO of ALT5 Sigma, stated that Hugh’s experience in scaling high-growth businesses and his expertise in financial strategy and global markets will be valuable as the company expands its Crypto-as-a-Service platform globally and advances its $WLFI treasury initiatives.
Founded in 2018, ALT5 Sigma provides blockchain-powered technologies for tokenization, trading, clearing settlement, payment, and safekeeping of digital assets. The company has been included in the Russell Microcap Growth®, Russell 3000E®, and Russell 3000E Growth® Indexes since June 2025, and previously in the Russell Microcap® Index since June 2024.
ALT5 Sigma offers two primary platforms: ALT5 Pay and ALT5 Prime. ALT5 Pay is a cryptocurrency payment gateway that allows registered merchants to accept and make cryptocurrency payments, with options for automatic conversion to fiat or direct receipt of digital assets. It integrates with WooCommerce and offers checkout widgets and APIs. ALT5 Prime is an electronic over-the-counter trading platform where registered customers can buy and sell digital assets with fiat. Access to ALT5 Prime is available via the ALT5 Pro mobile application, FIX API, and Broadridge Financial Solutions’ NYFIX gateway. Since its inception, ALT5 Sigma has processed over $6 billion USD in cryptocurrency transactions.
The company recently initiated a $WLFI Treasury Strategy, which involves leveraging a portfolio of digital assets as a strategic component of its balance sheet. This strategy aims to generate long-term value through the disciplined acquisition and deployment of digital assets, while also demonstrating the institutional-grade application of ALT5 Sigma’s technology in real-world treasury operations. World Liberty Financial (WLFI) is a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol and governance platform.
In addition to its fintech operations, ALT5 Sigma is working on the separation of its biotech business, Alyea Therapeutics Corporation. This segment focuses on developing non-addictive pain-relieving drugs, with its patented product, JAN123 (a novel formulation of low-dose naltrexone), being developed for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). The FDA has granted JAN123 Orphan Drug Designation for CRPS treatment.
