
United States
Maartje Bus is the Vice President of Research at Messari, a leading platform offering transparent insights into the cryptocurrency economy. In this role, she leads the research team and contributes to the company's mission of bringing transparency to the crypto economy. Bus has over 20 years of experience in global capital markets. She began her career as an Equity Capital Markets banker at Citi in London, where she helped raise over $20 billion in convertible bond capital for public companies. Later, she joined Thomson Reuters as the Global Head of Capital Markets. Before Messari, Bus spent three years at Omniex, most recently as VP of Business Development. At Messari, Bus oversees the research team, which provides AI-driven insights into the crypto economy. The research covers key trends, people, companies, and projects to watch across the crypto landscape, with predictions for the future. Bus and her team aim to help investors, regulators, and the public make sense of this revolutionary new asset class. Bus is actively involved in the crypto community. She is currently running a summer internship program at Messari, offering opportunities for aspiring crypto research analysts to learn from the best in the industry