Hiring


Finance

Michael Novogratz's Galaxy Hires Zac Prince, Former CEO and Co-Founder of BlockFi

Prince will work closely with the firm's president, Chris Ferraro, to expand Galaxy's crypto offering.

Mike Novogratz, Founder and CEO, Galaxy Digital (Suzanne Cordiero/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Gemini Appoints New Leadership Team in Europe to Boost Expansion

Mark Jennings has joined the firm as its new European head and Daniel Slutzkin as head of the U.K., the crypto exchange said.

Tyler y Cameron Winklevoss, de Gemini, en el evento TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2015. (TechCrunch/Wikimedia)

Finance

Crypto-Backed Cloud-Storage Platform Storj Promotes Colby Winegar to CEO

Winegar previously served as the company's chief revenue officer.

(Growtika/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Custodian Copper Appoints Former SEC Advisor Amar Kuchinad as New Global CEO

Former CEO Dmitry Tokarev will continue as the board's founder director.

Crypto custody firm Copper receives TCSP license in Hong Kong as part of Asia Pacific expansion. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Banking Platform OpenPayd Hires Two Senior Execs From Crypto Prime Broker FalconX

Lux Thiagarajah and Richard Usher will start at the business in London on Oct. 1.

Lux Thiagarajah, OpenPayd's director of growth (OpenPayd)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Kraken Said to Hire Natasha Powell as UK Head of Compliance

Powell will start in her new role at the crypto exchange in November.

Kraken has hired Natasha Powell as U.K. head of compliance: sources. (BCB Group)

Policy

Prometheum Taps Morgan Stanley Exec as CFO Just Before Opening Doors

The much-debated crypto firm hired an experienced Wall Street hand who handled regulatory policy in his last job and also worked for Goldman Sachs and Fidelity.

Co-CEO Aaron Kaplan's Prometheum is planning to start its crypto custody business with Ethereum's ETH. (Screen capture/U.S. House Financial Services Committee)

Finance

Starknet Foundation Appoints Meta Veteran Oliva as First CEO

The executive will help the non-profit promote growth within the Starknet ecosystem.

Headshot of Starknet Foundation CEO Diego Oliva

Coindesk News

Flashbots Confirms Top Strategy Researcher Obadia to Depart Amid ‘Strategic’ Hiring Push

Obadia cited personal reasons for his departure but warned of "serious challenges" for Flashbots in a letter posted to Twitter.

Hiring pitches were everywhere. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Epic Games Alum Mike Seavers Will Join Web3 Giant Yuga Labs as CTO

Mike Seavers will join the home of Bored Ape Yacht Club on May 22.

The Otherside (Yuga Labs)