Overview
Kevin co-founded Keyrock in Brussels in 2017, building it into a major global crypto market-making firm. The company raised over $72M in funding. Kevin is now based in Switzerland and leads the company's global operations.
As CEO of Keyrock, Kevin oversees market-making, trading infrastructure, and investment operations across the digital asset ecosystem. Keyrock provides liquidity solutions for token issuers and exchanges.
Career history
- CEO & Co-FounderNov 2017 - PresentKeyrock
- Senior ConsultantJan 2014 - Nov 2017Roland Berger
- Quantitative Research InternJul 2012 - Sep 2012Degroof Petercam
Education
- Master's Degree, International Management, CEMS2011 - 2013Education
- FullStack Developer, Le Wagon2016
In the news
- Nine years in, and we keep building. We have completed the acquisition of assets of BlockFills' institutional digital asset trading and brokerage business. We’re adding the technology and market talent behind the desk to a platform we have spent nearly a decade building. Since 2017, Keyrock has built trading infrastructure to serve digital asset markets at scale: liquidity across centralised exchanges, DeFi, and OTC, with a full execution stack spanning spot, voice OTC, API, and derivatives. BlockFills extends that platform with
- The "VCs are moving to AI" narrative isn't the threat people think it is. We’ve been navigating this shift for over 18 months, and frankly, it’s a positive development. It marks the end of crypto as a standalone “hype” category and the beginning of its era as a utility. The reality is that digital assets are merging with fintech. Blockchain is becoming the invisible, high-performance backend, aka the plumbing that just works. We’re also finally moving past the "AI-washing" phase in finance and seeing the first real products where AI
- Keyrock has been selected for Fortune's Crypto Innovators list. As digital assets become a more established part of the global financial system, the conversation is shifting. Success is no longer defined solely by size or market share, but by the ability to build lasting infrastructure that helps markets grow and mature. That's been our focus since day one. The next phase of this industry's growth will depend on liquidity, technology, and the infrastructure that allows participation with confidence. It's encouraging to see greater
- Kevin de Patoul (Keyrock), de eerste Belgische crypto-eenhoorn: ‘Alle activa worden digitaal’Met een waardering van 1,1 miljard dollar is Keyrock eind maart de achtste Belgische eenhoorn geworden en de eerste in de wereld van crypto-financiën. Opgericht in 2017 in Brussel door Kevin de Patoul, Juan David Mendieta en Jeremy De Groodt, heeft het bedrijf zich gevestigd als een toonaangevende marktmaker op activa […]
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Forbes BE Digitale Activa · 1 May 2026
- It’s been a journey watching Keyrock grow into what it is today. Along the way, a few people have been instrumental in shaping that path. Stef Wynendaele is one of them. Since 2018, he’s been at the centre of how we’ve grown our corporate business and built lasting relationships with issuers and clients. Today, I’m proud to announce that he’s stepping into the role of Chief Commercial Officer. All of finance is becoming digital-first. We’ve been building towards that from day one, and Stef is the right person to help lead what
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