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Crypto PR Firm Wachsman Hires Cointelegraph's CEO as Chief Growth Officer

Jay Cassano was previously editor-in-chief of the crypto news organization and a journalist at Fast Company and Newsweek.

Wachsman's new chief growth officer, Jay Cassano (Business Wire)
Wachsman's new chief growth officer, Jay Cassano (Business Wire)

Wachsman, a public-relations firm that represents cryptocurrency companies, has hired the CEO of crypto news organization Cointelegraph as its chief growth officer.

Jay Cassano will help Wachsman expand in areas including "community management, content marketing, social media services and digital marketing to support the firm's growing roster of Web3 and fintech clients," according to a statement released Monday.

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Cassano previously was editor-in-chief of Cointelegraph and, before that, worked as a journalist at Fast Company and Newsweek. Wachsman, whose clients have included Avalanche, Cardano and Kraken, employs 175 people on three continents, according to the statement.

Nick Baker

Nick Baker was CoinDesk's deputy editor-in-chief. He won a Loeb Award for editing CoinDesk's coverage of FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried, including Ian Allison's scoop that caused SBF's empire to collapse. Before joining in 2022, he worked at Bloomberg News for 16 years as a reporter, editor and manager. Previously, he was a reporter at Dow Jones Newswires, wrote for The Wall Street Journal and earned a journalism degree from Ohio University. He owns more than $1,000 of BTC and SOL.

Nick Baker