Capital Markets & Treasury
Markets & VenuesCapital Markets & Treasury
Strategy Fights to Steady STRC Near $100
Strategy spent $193 million trying to keep its preferred stock near $100, as Solana and Circle also posted big numbers.
Markets & VenuesCapital Markets & Treasury
The Crypto Brief, Oct. 18: Nine Firms Resist Tokens
Nine companies blocked OKXICE from tokenizing their stock this week, while Circle, Hacken and Cardano's founder each made their own case in public.
Markets & VenuesCapital Markets & Treasury
Ripple's David Schwartz Turns a Billboard Mix-Up Viral
A wrong billboard photo from Ripple's David Schwartz turned into crypto Twitter's biggest joke of the day.
Markets & VenuesCapital Markets & Treasury
Ondo Hits $4 Billion; Meet the Team Behind Its Stocks
Ondo's $4 billion checks out on RWA.xyz. Ian De Bode, Ben Grossman and colleagues built the stock tokens behind its newest growth.
Markets & VenuesCapital Markets & Treasury
Saylor Pitches a Private Central Bank at the World Bank
Michael Saylor pitched bitcoin-backed credit at the World Bank, after Strategy's preferred dividends reached $400.7 million in one quarter and critics questioned the model.
Markets & VenuesCapital Markets & Treasury
OKX Raises From Circle, Ripple, Standard Chartered at $25 Billion
The exchange says a round extending its March financing values it at $25 billion before the new capital comes in.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
CoinShares Appoints Matt Morris Chief Financial Officer
CoinShares named Matt Morris chief financial officer effective immediately on Oct. 1, 2026, succeeding Richard Nash, who had held the post since 2019.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Grayscale Names Sebastian Pulido Onchain Asset Management Head
Sebastian Pulido left Aave Labs to become Grayscale's first Head of Onchain Asset Management on July 21, 2026, arriving at a firm whose Bitcoin ETP led every US issuer in year-to-date inflows.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Jack Mallers Steps Down as Twenty One Capital CEO
Twenty One Capital named Raphael Zagury chief executive effective July 20, 2026, after Jack Mallers stepped down and Tether's plan to merge Twenty One with his company Strike fell apart.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Twenty One Capital Names Raphael Zagury Chief Executive
Twenty One Capital's board appointed Raphael Zagury chief executive effective July 20, 2026, moving him from the board's audit committee to the top job as Jack Mallers departed.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Galaxy Digital Names Steven Bandrowczak to Its Board
Galaxy Digital appointed former Xerox chief executive Steven Bandrowczak an independent director and Audit Committee member on July 13, 2026, adding three decades of enterprise technology leadership to its board.
Markets & VenuesExits and Removals
Grayscale's Chief Financial Officer Edward McGee Steps Down
Grayscale said Edward McGee left his chief financial officer role on July 2, 2026, for personal reasons, splitting the job between two senior finance executives on an interim basis.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Twenty One Capital Appoints Paul Lalljie Independent Director
Twenty One Capital named Paul S. Lalljie an independent director and audit committee member on June 8, 2026, filling a seat SoftBank's departing representative had left vacant.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Trump Media Names Kevin McGurn Interim Chief Executive
Trump Media appointed Kevin J. McGurn interim chief executive on April 21, 2026, moving him from a board advisory role he had held since December 2024 into the seat Devin Nunes vacated.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Trump Media Replaces Devin Nunes as Chief Executive
Trump Media replaced Devin Nunes as chief executive on April 21, 2026.
Markets & VenuesExits and Removals
Blake Janover Departs as DeFi Development Corp's Commercial Chief
DeFi Development Corp. and Blake Janover signed a separation agreement effective March 31, 2026, ending his run as chief commercial officer while he keeps his board seat and a $692,500 payment.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Rob Phythian Steps Down as SharpLink Co-Chief Executive
SharpLink Gaming said on December 17, 2025, that Rob Phythian had stepped down as co-chief executive and director and that its board had made Joseph Chalom sole chief executive officer, effective December 15, completing a planned transition.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Hyperliquid Strategies Names David Schamis Chief Executive Officer
Hyperliquid Strategies named David Schamis chief executive officer on December 2, 2025, the day its merger with Sonnet BioTherapeutics closed and its stock began trading as a HYPE treasury vehicle.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Evernorth Names Asheesh Birla Chief Executive
Evernorth Holdings announced on October 20, 2025, that Asheesh Birla, a former Ripple executive, would lead the company as it seeks over $1 billion in gross proceeds through a Nasdaq listing.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Strive Names Ben Werkman Chief Investment Officer
Ben Werkman left Swan Bitcoin to become Strive's chief investment officer on October 6, 2025, three weeks after Strive's board had listed him as a director tied to Swan.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Strive Names Pierre Rochard to Its Board of Directors
Pierre Rochard, CEO of The Bitcoin Bond Company, joined Strive's board on September 15, 2025, as the newly public company disclosed a $750 million raise and 69 Bitcoin in initial holdings.
Markets & VenuesExits and Removals
Galaxy's General Counsel Andrew Siegel Departs the Company
Galaxy said on August 11, 2025, that Andrew Siegel, its general counsel since 2017, was leaving, and named former Cognizant executive Matt Friedrich chief legal officer in his place.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Grayscale Founder Barry Silbert Returns as Board Chairman
Grayscale Investments returned founder Barry Silbert to its board as chairman on Aug. 4, 2025, replacing Mark Shifke as the firm expanded its management team ahead of a planned public listing.
Markets & VenuesExits and Removals
BlackRock's Joseph Chalom Departs for SharpLink
Joseph Chalom left a 20-year career at BlackRock on July 25, 2025 to become co-chief executive of SharpLink Gaming, a company that holds Ether as its treasury asset.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
SharpLink Names Joseph Chalom Co-Chief Executive Officer
SharpLink Gaming named former BlackRock executive Joseph Chalom co-chief executive officer on July 25, 2025, effective the day before, pairing him with Rob Phythian atop the company's ether treasury.
Markets & VenuesExits and Removals
Bruce Rosenbloom Steps Down as DeFi Development Corp's CFO
DeFi Development Corp. disclosed on April 23, 2025, that Bruce Rosenbloom had stepped down as chief financial officer effective April 17, six days earlier, and named John Han as his successor.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
DeFi Development Corp Names John Han Chief Financial Officer
GlobeNewswire reported on April 23, 2025, that DeFi Development Corporation appointed Fei 'John' Han chief financial officer, a role he took after serving as CFO at Provable and holding senior finance posts at Binance.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Tether and SoftBank Name Jack Mallers CEO of Twenty One
Twenty One Capital named Strike founder Jack Mallers as its co-founder and chief executive on April 23, 2025, the day Tether and SoftBank Group announced the Bitcoin treasury company's launch through a business combination with Cantor Equity Partners.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Grayscale Names Diana Zhang Chief Operating Officer
Grayscale Investments hired Diana Zhang as chief operating officer on April 9, 2025, succeeding Hugh Ross and reporting to Chief Executive Officer Peter Mintzberg starting May 6.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Blake Janover Departs as DeFi Development Corp's CEO
Blake Janover stopped being chief executive of Janover Inc., the company he founded, on April 7, 2025, when former Kraken executives bought majority ownership and named Joseph Onorati chairman and CEO.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
DeFi Development Corp Names Joseph Onorati Chairman and CEO
GlobeNewswire reported on April 7, 2025, that a group of former Kraken executives led by Joseph Onorati took majority ownership of Janover Inc. and installed him as chairman and chief executive.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
DeFi Development Corp Names Parker White CIO and COO
GlobeNewswire reported on April 7, 2025, that Parker White, a former Kraken engineering director, became chief investment officer and chief operating officer as part of the Janover takeover.
Markets & VenuesExits and Removals
Galaxy Digital's Alex Ioffe Steps Down as CFO
Galaxy Digital named former Point72 finance chief Tony Paquette its new chief financial officer on December 13, 2024, with Alex Ioffe transitioning into a senior advisor role after nearly four years in the seat.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Figure Appoints Macrina Kgil Chief Financial Officer
Figure Technology Solutions named Macrina Kgil to its newly created chief financial officer role on December 4, 2024, hiring a former Blockchain.com and OneMain Holdings finance chief as quarterly originations crossed $1.5 billion.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Figure Appoints Ronald Chillemi Chief Legal Officer
Figure Technology Solutions named Ronald Chillemi its first chief legal officer and corporate secretary on September 4, 2024, hiring a former federal prosecutor who had most recently served as general counsel at the lender Aven.
Markets & VenuesExits and Removals
Kanav Kariya Departs as Jump Crypto President
Kanav Kariya announced his exit from Jump Crypto on X on June 24, 2024, days after Fortune reported a Commodity Futures Trading Commission investigation into Jump Trading's crypto dealings.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein Steps Down
Grayscale announced on May 20, 2024, that Michael Sonnenshein was leaving the chief executive job after guiding the firm through its spot Bitcoin ETF conversion, with Goldman Sachs veteran Peter Mintzberg set to replace him.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Grayscale Names Peter Mintzberg Chief Executive Officer
Grayscale hired Goldman Sachs veteran Peter Mintzberg as chief executive on May 20, 2024, with his start date set for August 15 and a board seat attached to the role.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
DCG Names Aimie Killeen Chief Legal Officer
Digital Currency Group announced on April 25, 2024, that Aimie Killeen would join as chief legal officer on May 1, bringing two decades of fintech legal experience to the firm.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Figure Names Michael Tannenbaum Chief Executive Officer
Figure Technology Solutions hired Brex and SoFi veteran Michael Tannenbaum as CEO on April 23, 2024, moving founder Mike Cagney into the role of executive chair as the HELOC lender pursued a public listing.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
B2C2 Appoints Thomas Restout Group CEO
B2C2 named Thomas Restout Group CEO on January 8, 2024, replacing Nicola White, and Ledger Insights reported the same day that he had served as the market maker's EMEA CEO since 2022.
Markets & VenuesExits and Removals
Fred Ehrsam Steps Down as Paradigm Managing Partner
Paradigm co-founder Fred Ehrsam stepped down as managing partner on October 24, 2023, moving to a general partner role to spend more time on science.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Galaxy Digital Names Leon Marshall CEO of Europe
Galaxy Digital created a new Chief Executive Officer of Europe role on September 21, 2023, and gave it to Leon Marshall, its global head of sales, as the firm pushed to scale operations in the U.K. and continental Europe.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
DCG Names Mark Shifke Chief Financial Officer
Digital Currency Group hired Mark Shifke as chief financial officer on July 31, 2023, filling the role Michael Kraines left open in April and later naming him Grayscale's board chairman too.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
B2C2 Appoints Nicola White Group CEO
B2C2 named Nicola White Group CEO on November 11, 2022, and CoinDesk reported the same day that she replaced Phillip Gillespie, who moved to a venture capital role at SBI.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Chris Ferraro Replaces Alex Mashinsky at Celsius Network
Celsius Network's founder resigned as CEO on Sept. 27, 2022.
Markets & VenuesExits and Removals
Sam Trabucco Steps Down as Alameda Research Co-CEO
Sam Trabucco announced on X on Aug. 24, 2022 that he was stepping down as Alameda Research co-CEO, leaving Caroline Ellison as the firm's sole chief executive.
Markets & VenuesLayoffs
Hodlnaut Lays Off 40 Employees Amid Singapore Police Action
Hodlnaut cut 80 percent of its staff, about 40 employees, on August 19, 2022, as it sought judicial management in Singapore while police pursued separate proceedings against the lender.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Genesis CEO Michael Moro Steps Down as Firm Cuts Staff
Michael Moro stepped down as Genesis chief executive officer on Aug. 17, 2022, the day the firm cut 20 percent of its workforce after losses tied to the collapse of Three Arrows Capital.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Genesis Names Derar Islim Interim Chief Executive Officer
Genesis named Chief Operating Officer Derar Islim interim chief executive officer on August 17, 2022, the same day Michael Moro stepped down after leading the lender for nearly a decade.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Genesis Names Matthew Johnson Chief Technology Officer
Genesis named former Bakkt chief technology officer Matthew Johnson to the same role on August 17, 2022, alongside a new chief risk officer and chief compliance officer, the day CEO Michael Moro stepped down.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Binance Names Co-Founder Yi He Head of Binance Labs
Binance put co-founder Yi He in charge of its $7.5 billion venture arm Binance Labs on August 3, 2022, a role chief executive Changpeng Zhao said matched her founding-team history with the unit.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Paradigm Names Katie Biber Chief Legal Officer
Paradigm announced on June 6, 2022, that Katie Biber would join the crypto venture firm as chief legal officer after roles at Brex and Anchorage Digital.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Celsius Network Names Rod Bolger Chief Financial Officer
Rod Bolger left RBC, Canada's largest bank, to become Celsius Network's Chief Financial Officer on February 22, 2022, replacing a predecessor Finance Magnates said was arrested in November in an unrelated Israeli fraud case.
Markets & VenuesExits and Removals
Katie Haun Leaves A16z Crypto to Launch Her Own Fund
Katie Haun told a16z crypto's team on December 15, 2021, that she would launch her own crypto and web3 fund in early 2022, ending four years as a general partner at the firm.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Celsius Network Names Tushar Nadkarni Growth and Product Chief
Tushar Nadkarni, who had built growth teams at Facebook and Uber, became Celsius Network's Chief Growth & Product Officer on November 2, 2021, seven months before the lender froze customer withdrawals in June 2022.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Alameda Research Names Caroline Ellison Co-Chief Executive
Alameda Research named Caroline Ellison and Sam Trabucco co-chief executive officers on Oct. 12, 2021, as founder Sam Bankman-Fried shifted his time to running FTX.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Jump Trading Names Kanav Kariya President of Jump Crypto
Jump Trading Group named Kanav Kariya president of its newly launched Jump Crypto division in September 2021, The TRADE reported on Sept. 15, four years after he joined the firm as an intern.
Markets & VenuesExits and Removals
Lee Schneider Departs as Block.one General Counsel
Lee Schneider's move from Block.one's general counsel to the first general counsel at Ava Labs became public on May 27, 2021, in Ava Labs' own Medium post.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Galaxy Digital Names Michael Daffey Chair of the Board
Galaxy Digital named former Goldman Sachs Global Markets chairman Michael Daffey as senior advisor and chair of its board on April 16, 2021, ahead of a planned U.S. stock listing.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Bitwise Names Katherine Dowling General Counsel
Bitwise Asset Management's hire of former federal prosecutor Katherine Dowling as general counsel became public on March 3, 2021, as the crypto fund manager passed $1 billion in assets.
Markets & VenuesExits and Removals
Dan Larimer Resigns as Block.one's Chief Technology Officer
Dan Larimer left the job on December 31, 2020, and announced it on January 10, 2021, calling the EOS block producer elections a system of kickbacks.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Barry Silbert Steps Down as Grayscale CEO
Barry Silbert, Grayscale's founder, handed the chief executive job to seven-year veteran Michael Sonnenshein on January 7, 2021, as the firm's assets under management passed $20 billion.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Grayscale Names Michael Sonnenshein Chief Executive Officer
Grayscale promoted seven-year veteran Michael Sonnenshein to chief executive on January 7, 2021, succeeding founder Barry Silbert as the firm's assets topped $20 billion.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Galaxy Digital Names Damien Vanderwilt Co-President
Galaxy Digital appointed 20-year Goldman Sachs veteran Damien Vanderwilt co-president and head of global markets on September 29, 2020, pairing him with existing co-president Christopher Ferraro.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Figure Names Former Coinbase COO Asiff Hirji President
Figure Technologies named former Coinbase president and COO Asiff Hirji its new president on Jan. 29, 2020, to build a merchant bank on its blockchain platform.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Franklin Resources Names Jennifer Johnson CEO
Franklin Resources named 31-year company veteran Jennifer M. Johnson president and chief executive officer on November 21, 2019, moving Gregory Johnson to executive chairman.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Gregory Johnson Steps Down as Franklin Templeton CEO
Franklin Resources named Jennifer Johnson president and CEO on Nov. 21, 2019, moving Gregory Johnson to executive chairman while he kept the board chairman title.
Markets & VenuesExits and Removals
Franklin Resources CFO Ken Lewis to Retire
Franklin Resources told the SEC on March 18, 2019, that Chief Financial Officer Ken Lewis would retire May 6 after 30 years at the firm, handing the job to incoming hire Matthew Nicholls.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Block.one Names Rob Jesudason Group President and COO
Block.one announced on May 13, 2018, that Rob Jesudason, the outgoing chief financial officer of Commonwealth Bank of Australia, would become its group president and chief operating officer.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Block.one Names Lee Schneider General Counsel
Block.one appointed FinTech lawyer Lee Schneider as its global general counsel on May 8, 2018, effective June 4, 2018, after he led the fintech and broker-dealer practices at McDermott Will & Emery.
