Bitget Wallet has appointed former Uber executive Jack Zhai as Head of the Americas as the company pushes to expand its self-custodial wallet business across the region. Summary Bitget Wallet has hired former Uber executive Jack Zhai to lead expansion efforts across the Americas. The company said its wallet platform now serves more than 90 million users as it pushes deeper into on-chain payments and self-custodial finance tools. Zhai joined Bitget after holding growth roles at Uber, NewsBreak, PIN AI, and Hooked Protocol. According to a statement shared with crypto.news, Zhai will oversee regional partnerships, user growth, and expansion efforts in the Americas while the platform continues building what it describes as an all-in-one on-chain financial app for mainstream users. The company said its wallet now serves more than 90 million users globally and has been adding services tied to payments, digital asset management, and decentralized finance. Coming from consumer technology and growth-focused roles, Zhai joins the crypto wallet provider at a time when several exchanges and wallet operators are trying to position themselves as alternatives to traditional financial platforms. Earlier this month, Bitget disclosed that daily volume on its CFD platform crossed $8 billion, with gold-linked contracts contributing about 95% of the latest increase as traders used the exchange’s multi-asset trading system to access commodities and foreign exchange markets through USDT collateral. At Bitget Wallet, Zhai is expected to focus on the adoption of self-custodial financial tools as stablecoin payments and blockchain-based financial services gain traction in international markets. The company said the Americas remain an important region for future growth as crypto infrastructure becomes more connected with day-to-day financial activity. During Uber’s international expansion phase, Zhai worked on operational growth initiatives in China before later joining product teams in San Francisco. After Uber, he led overseas growth at NewsBreak, a U.S.-based local news platform that expanded into more than 20 countries under his tenure. More recently, Zhai held positions in the AI and Web3 sectors, including work with Andreessen Horowitz-backed startup PIN AI and blockchain project Hooked Protocol. In comments included in the announcement, Zhai said crypto adoption would depend on making financial products practical for ordinary users rather than limiting them to technically experienced participants. “In many ways, crypto is entering its Uber moment,” Zhai said. “The infrastructure is largely in place, but the real growth begins when the technology becomes simple enough for everyday users.” Alvin Kan, COO of Bitget Wallet, said Zhai’s experience across consumer technology, media, AI, and Web3 markets would support the company’s effort to make crypto products easier for global users to access and use in everyday financial activity.
