Hires


Finance

Crypto Exchange Backpack Appoints Stripe, Banking Veteran as CFO

Backpack was founded by Armani Ferrante and Tristan Yver, alums of defunct trading company Alameda Research and bankrupt crypto exchange FTX respectively

Backpack CFO Oliver  Sleafer (Backpack)

Finance

Fireblocks Prepares for Bull Market by Adding New Executive After New CFO Hire

Chief marketing officer Michal Ferguson joins from cybersecurity platform Snyk, following the appointment of new CFO Michael Levine, and chief customer officer Madan Gadde.

Fireblocks chief marketing officer Michal Ferguson (Fireblocks)

Finance

DCG's CFO Steps Down as Crypto Conglomerate Repays $350M Loan

The company's revenue increased from the fourth quarter as crypto prices soared.

Barry Silbert. CEO & Founder Digital Currency Group (DCG)

Finance

Former Signature Bank Crypto Payments Chief, 4 of His Team Join Fortress Trust

Joseph Seibert, formerly head of digital assets at Signature Bank, has brought over part of his risk and compliance team and a blockchain payments specialist.

Joseph Seibert, Fortress Trust Company (Joseph Seibert)

Finance

Sui Foundation Appoints Managing Director to Increase Awareness, Growth of the Blockchain

Greg Siourounis will lead efforts to promote Sui’s user base growth and development.

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Finance

Crypto Miner Core Scientific Appoints a New President

The company filed for bankruptcy in December but continues to mine bitcoin.

Adam Sullivan (LinkedIn)

Finance

Amber Group's Ex-U.S. CEO Raazi Joins EDG, a Digital-Asset Structured Product Firm

Enhanced Digital Group (EDG) is helping bridge the gap between TradFi and digital currencies, and Cactus Raazi brings decades of Wall Street experience including time at Goldman Sachs.

Cactus Raazi (LinkedIn)

Finance

Blockchain Protocol Algorand Hires Its First CFO

The new finance chief has several years of crypto and TradFi experience.

Algorand CFO Matthew Commons (Algorand Inc.)

Web3

Electronic Arts Founder Trip Hawkins Joins Web3 Gaming Startup

Hawkins is taking on the role of chief strategy officer for Web3 company, Games for a living.

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Finance

Binance Hires Former Gemini-Exec as Chief Compliance Officer: Bloomberg

Perlman started in the role at Binance in January.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)