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Finance

Ex-Coinbase, BitFlyer Lawyer Joins Anderson Kill

Hailey Lennon joins a team of 10 other lawyers who practice in the space, including Stephen Palley, Preston Byrne, and Bob Cornish.

Robert Kim, senior legal analyst at Bloomberg Law; Amy Kim, chief policy officer at Chamber of Digital Commerce; John Smith, partner at Morrison Foerster; and Hailey Lennon, partner at Anderson Kill.

Markets

Winklevoss-Founded Crypto Exchange Gemini Hires Former Morgan Stanley Exec

The U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange has tapped a former Morgan Stanley executive to head its compliance operations in Asia.

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Finance

Libra Association Hires Former HSBC CEO

The Libra Association, the organization developing the Facebook-backed cryptocurrency payments project, has hired a banking heavyweight with 25 years at HSBC.

James Emmett, managing director at Libra Networks (Libra Association)

Markets

Coinbase Taps Marcus Hughes as New Eurozone Chief

Hughes had taken over Coinbase's international legal operations earlier this month.

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Markets

Elliptic Hires Former Revolut CFO as It Prepares for Asia Expansion

David MacLean will oversee the crypto tracer's finance and personnel operations.

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Markets

Coinbase Snags Lyft Engineering Executive Manish Gupta

Gupta will help Coinbase "through the next phase of company growth."

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Finance

Libra Taps Another Former FinCEN Official as General Counsel

Robert Werner is the second former FinCEN staffer to join the Libra Association this month.

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Finance

Kraken Hires Lawyer Marco Santori to Ramp Up Acquisitions

Marco Santori, who helped write the SAFT framework, is leaving Blockchain.com to helm Kraken's expanding legal team.

Seema Mody, Jose Pagliery, Marco Santori and Maria Vullo. (Credit:  CoinDesk)

Finance

PayPal's Financial Crimes Division Is Seeking a Blockchain Expert

The payments giant is seeking a blockchain expert to help identify use cases for the tech in the prevention of financial crimes.

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Finance

Santander Hires Former Apple Pay Exec to Lead P2P Payments

Santander's new hire, Trish Burgess, formerly helped lead the launches of Apple Card and Apple Pay.

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