Bullish Appoints Former NYSE President Cunningham as President

Bullish (BLSH), the NYSE-listed crypto exchange, named former NYSE Group president and COO Stacey Cunningham as its president, tapping the first woman to lead the New York Stock Exchange. Cunningham, who also held senior roles at Nasdaq and advises Uniswap Labs, joins as Bullish works to merge traditional market infrastructure with blockchain technology. The appointment comes as Bullish advances tokenized securities: in May 2026 it announced a $4.2 billion acquisition of transfer agent Equiniti, which serves nearly 3,000 issuer clients and more than 20 million shareholders, with the deal expected to close in January 2027. Bullish has also secured approval in Gibraltar to trade tokenized securities and has listed tokenized equities issued by its own issuer. The hire signals Bullish's push to pair issuer relationships and market-structure expertise with its tokenization roadmap; watch for completion of the Equiniti deal and expansion of its tokenized-equity venue.