Meet the Team

Founder - Bradford Pope McArthur

Bradford is a crypto-focused trader, risk manager, algorithm builder and Chartered Market Technician (CMT). He’s a crypto skeptic, but as a market agnostic has built years of deep experience in crypto. As a discretionary trader he outperformed BTC and the S&P from 2018–22, built Aquion’s MVP in five months, and helps organize a 2,000+ member traders’ club in Vancouver (VTIC). His background includes work in energy, tourism, and media—and a past career as a professional climber/whitewater kayaking athlete who filmed with National Geographic from the Arctic to Antarctica.

Advisor - Aaron Samsonoff

Founder-operator with four exits across ad-tech and digital assets. Co-founder and former COO of InvestDEFY, a structured-products and AI analytics platform for crypto. Earlier built one of ad-tech’s first high-frequency arbitrage engines at Samsonoff Media and helped scale Qool Media through acquisition. Founding Partner at CTR Capital Fund with early bets across disruptive tech, including several $1B+ DeFi protocols. Active in crypto since 2013 (BTC, ETH, early DeFi). Aaron brings product, market-structure, and execution depth to Aquion, with focus on ML-driven strategy design, institutional partnerships, and go-to-market.

Advisor - Sean Chan

Sean has over 16 years of experience in corporate finance, investment management, and family office strategy. As our fund-raising specialist with a deep global network, Sean has held C-level roles across multiple companies and has been directly involved in more than $1.5 billion in investment and business transactions spanning capital markets, real estate, and alternative assets. As Founder of the Circle of Single Family Offices (CSFO) and advisor to several fintech and trading firms, Sean brings deep financial, strategic, and fundraising expertise to Aquion’s advisory team.