Executive Appointments


Finance

Brazilian Crypto Asset Manager Hashdex Pursues US Expansion Following 2 Key Hires

The firm is adding staff for its U.S. operation and created the positions of head of corporate communications and chief of staff.

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Finance

Coinbase Names Former Facebook Executive as CMO

Kate Rouch spent more than a decade at the social media giant.

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Markets

FinCEN Names New Acting Director to Replace Michael Mosier

National security expert Himamauli “Him” Das will become acting director of FinCEN while a search for a permanent director gets underway.

Michael Mosier will leave FinCEN for a new opportunity.

Markets

Former Coinbase Legal Exec Lempres Joins Silvergate Capital as Chairman

Lempres takes over from Dennis Frank, who had served as chairman since 1996.

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Markets

Head of Bitstamp US Departs to Join Castle Island Ventures

Hunter Merghart was Bitstamp's first U.S. employee.

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Finance

CEO of Bitcoin Mining Firm Core Scientific Resigns

Kevin Turner, previously the COO of Microsoft, had led Core Scientific since July 2018.

Kevin Turner, who just resigned as CEO of Core Scientific.

Finance

Libra Taps Ex-Homeland Security General Counsel as New Legal Chief

The new general counsel is Libra's second in just three months.

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Finance

BitMEX Owner HDR Appoints Former Bank of China Exec to Board

HDR Global Trading said David Wong – a former deputy CEO at Bank of China – will join its board as a non-executive chairman.

Arthur Hayes, then-CEO of BitMEX, speaks at CoinDesk's Consensus 2018.

Finance

CoinShares Hires WisdomTree Exec as Company Plans Expansion Outside UK

The new hire brings the London-based digital asset manager connections to major financial institutions in Europe.

Frank Spiteri. Image courtesy of CoinShares

Markets

Crypto Exchange OKCoin Appoints New CEO to Drive US Expansion

Outgoing OkCoin CEO Tim Byun will lead OK Group's global government relations from the end of March.

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