Amber Cortez
Amber Cortez
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Head of Sales, xStocks
Los Angeles, California, United States
I’m a revenue and GTM leader with 15+ years across payments, stable coins, on and off ramps, fintech, and crypto, specializing in building and scaling sales organizations at high-growth, regulated platforms.
I’ve worked in enterprise sales and strategic partnerships at Visa, managing complex global accounts, and at Experian, where I led strategic account sales focused on top 20 banking partnerships across payments, fraud, and lending.
I joined Circle in 2020 as the first enterprise sales hire when USDC circulation was ~$1B and helped scale adoption to >$54B over a multi-year, pre-IPO tenure. During that time, I focused on PSPs banks, fintechs, and enterprises looking to adopt USDC payments. I built and led the Yield sales team, built the ecosystem and liquidity partnerships teams, and led LATAM expansion, including the launch of Pix (Brazil) and SPEI (Mexico) rails.
In early 2025, I was brought on to lead sales at Sequence.xyz / Trails.build to expand beyond gaming into payments, stablecoins, and fintech use cases, build the GTM function, and support strategic growth—culminating in the company’s 9 figure acquisition by Polygon.
I'm currently building the commercial organization at xStocks, growing AUM from $200M to nearly $700M in five months. Managing the entire liquidity strategy by onboarding and negotiating spreads with all new Market Makers, including support of all new tickers, and IPOs. Streamlining liquidity across DEX’s, Market Makers, and chains. I'm leading a 7-person global commercial organization spanning sales, market-maker relationships, onboarding, and business operations; organized the team across DeFi, institutional, trading, onchain, and VIP verticals.
I’m known for being highly strategic, operator-first, and effective at scaling teams, navigating regulated environments, and bridging crypto-native technology with enterprise and financial institutions.
Fun fact: I’m based in Los Angeles and a mom to twin toddler boys—my toughest stakeholders and best leadership training to date.
I’ve worked in enterprise sales and strategic partnerships at Visa, managing complex global accounts, and at Experian, where I led strategic account sales focused on top 20 banking partnerships across payments, fraud, and lending.
I joined Circle in 2020 as the first enterprise sales hire when USDC circulation was ~$1B and helped scale adoption to >$54B over a multi-year, pre-IPO tenure. During that time, I focused on PSPs banks, fintechs, and enterprises looking to adopt USDC payments. I built and led the Yield sales team, built the ecosystem and liquidity partnerships teams, and led LATAM expansion, including the launch of Pix (Brazil) and SPEI (Mexico) rails.
In early 2025, I was brought on to lead sales at Sequence.xyz / Trails.build to expand beyond gaming into payments, stablecoins, and fintech use cases, build the GTM function, and support strategic growth—culminating in the company’s 9 figure acquisition by Polygon.
I'm currently building the commercial organization at xStocks, growing AUM from $200M to nearly $700M in five months. Managing the entire liquidity strategy by onboarding and negotiating spreads with all new Market Makers, including support of all new tickers, and IPOs. Streamlining liquidity across DEX’s, Market Makers, and chains. I'm leading a 7-person global commercial organization spanning sales, market-maker relationships, onboarding, and business operations; organized the team across DeFi, institutional, trading, onchain, and VIP verticals.
I’m known for being highly strategic, operator-first, and effective at scaling teams, navigating regulated environments, and bridging crypto-native technology with enterprise and financial institutions.
Fun fact: I’m based in Los Angeles and a mom to twin toddler boys—my toughest stakeholders and best leadership training to date.
