CEO Changes
Blockchain Association
Chief Executive Officer
Summer Mersinger
Kristin Smith
Named Sept. 25, 2026
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Kristin Smith Returns to Run Crypto's Lobby
She starts as Washington's crypto council sits empty, a week after its third director in fourteen months quit.
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Bridge Co-Founder Zach Abrams Departs Stripe
Zach Abrams announced on X on September 24, 2026 that he was leaving Stripe to run Open Standard full time, six days before its OUSD stablecoin launched with $1 billion in committed liquidity.
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Bitpanda CEO Enzersdorfer-Konrad to Step Down in 2027
Lukas Enzersdorfer-Konrad told Bitpanda's board on September 15, 2026, that he intends to step down as chief executive in the first quarter of 2027, with co-founder Christian Trummer becoming co-CEO alongside him immediately.
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Bitpanda Names Christian Trummer Co-CEO
Bitpanda made co-founder Christian Trummer co-CEO on September 15, 2026, the same day it said Lukas Enzersdorfer-Konrad intends to step down as chief executive in the first quarter of 2027.
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Michael Weisz Becomes CEO of the Solana Lender Kamino
Yieldstreet co-founder Michael Weisz became CEO of the Solana lending protocol Kamino on Sept. 15, 2026.
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William Herkelrath Replaces Staci Warden at the Algorand Foundation
The Algorand Foundation swapped its chief executive and two of its five directors on Sept. 9, and Adam Back's decade-long quantum timeline frames the case against its new pitch.
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Alexander Urbelis Becomes the ENS Foundation's First Executive Director
ENS tokenholders voted 1.27 million to 480,690 on Aug. 8, 2026 to seat Alexander Urbelis and three independent directors.
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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.
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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.
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pcaversaccio Joins the Ethereum Foundation Board After 54 Job Cuts
Hsiao-Wei Wang left on June 18, 2026, the Ethereum Foundation cut 54 jobs on June 23, and pcaversaccio joined its board on July 29.
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Amir Haleem Steps Down as Helium CEO
Nova Labs, the company behind Helium, said on June 4, 2026, that founder Amir Haleem would move to chairman while Mario Di Dio takes over as chief executive.
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Helium Names Mario Di Dio Chief Executive
Nova Labs, the company behind Helium, promoted network operations veteran Mario Di Dio to chief executive on June 4, 2026, as founder Amir Haleem moved to chairman.
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Ian De Bode Succeeds Nathan Allman at Ondo Finance
Ondo Finance named its president CEO in the post that announced founder Nathan Allman's death on May 25, 2026.
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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.
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Trump Media Replaces Devin Nunes as Chief Executive
Trump Media replaced Devin Nunes as chief executive on April 21, 2026.
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Greg Solano Steps Down as Yuga Labs CEO
Greg Solano told followers on April 16, 2026, that he was moving into the role of chairman of the board at Yuga Labs after about two years as chief executive, handing the job to Michael Figge.
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Yuga Labs Names Michael Figge Chief Executive
Greg Solano announced on April 16, 2026, that Michael Figge, who had worked at Yuga Labs since 2021, would become chief executive while Solano moved to chairman of the board.
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MEXC Names Vugar Usi Chief Executive Officer
MEXC promoted Chief Operating Officer Vugar Usi to chief executive officer on April 8, 2026, the exchange's eighth anniversary, after a year in which MEXC says it returned $1 billion in fees to users.
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BC.Game Appoints Kar Kheng Giam as Chief Executive Officer
BC.Game named Kar Kheng Giam, known as KK, chief executive officer on March 25, 2026, as the crypto gaming platform pushes into licensed markets in Anjouan, Nigeria, Kenya, Mexico and Tanzania.
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Messari Names Diran Li Chief Executive Officer
Messari CEO Eric Turner handed the role to seven-year CTO Diran Li on March 16, 2026, alongside a round of layoffs the firm tied to an AI-first pivot.
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Ajit Tripathi Takes Over the Eigen Foundation From Robert Drost
The Eigen Foundation named Tripathi executive director on March 13, 2026 and moved founding director Drost to senior adviser.
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Binance.US Names Stephen Gregory Chief Executive Officer
Binance.US replaced CEO Norman Reed with compliance lawyer Stephen Gregory effective March 9, 2026, as rival U.S. exchanges raced into tokenized stocks and prediction markets.
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Bybit Co-CEO Helen Liu to Depart the Exchange
Bybit announced on March 7, 2026, that Co-CEO Helen Liu would leave the exchange on April 30, 2026, after five years in roles spanning human resources to the top office.
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Bastian Aue Replaces Tomasz Stańczak as Ethereum Foundation Co-Director
Tomasz Stańczak announced on February 13, 2026 that he would leave his Ethereum Foundation co-executive director post at the end of the month, and the Foundation's board named Bastian Aue interim co-executive director the same day.
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Const and ShibShib Give Up Opentensor's Two Top Titles
Bittensor's two co-founders left the CEO and COO jobs at the Opentensor Foundation on Feb. 12, 2026, and a subnet team later accused Const of keeping the control that came with them.
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Felix Fan Succeeds Eowyn Chen as Trust Wallet CEO
Trust Wallet's chief executive handover came 49 days after a poisoned Chrome extension drained 2,520 wallets, and the successor ran product at OKX.
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PayPal Appoints HP's Enrique Lores as CEO
PayPal's board named former HP chief executive Enrique Lores as its next president and CEO on February 3, 2026, replacing Alex Chriss effective March 1, 2026, after citing slow execution.
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Josh Swihart Quits Electric Coin Company With Its Whole Team
Electric Coin Company's chief executive announced on Jan. 7, 2026 that its entire team had left the nonprofit that governed it.
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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.
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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.
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Sushi Names Alex McCurry Chief Executive
PANews reported on December 1, 2025, that Jared Grey would step down as Sushi's top leader, and PR Newswire carried Sushi's own announcement that Alex McCurry had joined as chief executive on December 16, 2025.
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Blockchain.com Names Lane Kasselman Co-Chief Executive
Blockchain.com promoted president Lane Kasselman to co-CEO on November 17, 2025, to run a new Dallas headquarters while founder Peter Smith stays chief executive from London.
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BitMine CEO Jonathan Bates Departs
Jonathan Bates left BitMine Immersion Technologies as chief executive on Nov. 14, 2025, the same day the company named Chi Tsang to replace him.
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BitMine Names Chi Tsang Chief Executive
BitMine Immersion Technologies named Chi Tsang CEO on Nov. 14, 2025, replacing Jonathan Bates as the firm pushed its Ethereum treasury past 2.9 percent of the token's supply.
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Bitpanda's Eric Demuth Steps Down as CEO for Executive Chairman
Eric Demuth handed Bitpanda's chief executive title to Lukas Enzersdorfer-Konrad on November 3, 2025, after more than a decade as co-CEO, and moved into the role of Executive Chairman and President of the Board.
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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.
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Mitchell Demeter Runs Sonic Labs for 145 Days
Sonic Labs named Mitchell Demeter CEO on Sept. 28, 2025, when Michael Kong became chief information officer.
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Paradigm's Matt Huang Named Chief Executive of Tempo
Stripe and the venture firm Paradigm announced the stablecoin blockchain Tempo on September 4, 2025, naming Paradigm managing partner Matt Huang as chief executive while he kept his seat at the venture firm.
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Stable Names Matthew Tabbiner Chief Executive Officer
Stable announced on August 28, 2025, that Matthew Tabbiner had joined the USDT-focused layer 1 as chief executive officer, alongside three other new chief officers; by October 3, 2026, Stable's own team page named a different chief executive.
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Robby Yung Takes The Sandbox From Its Co-Founders
Animoca Brands' investments chief became CEO of The Sandbox on Aug. 28, 2025, with both co-founders moved out of executive roles.
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Amber International Names Michael Wu Chief Executive
Amber International's board appointed Michael Wu chief executive on August 21, 2025, stacking the role onto his chairmanship as the Nasdaq-listed firm added two new directors the same day.
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Wayne Huo Steps Down as Amber International CEO
Wayne Huo left the chief executive seat at Amber International on August 21, 2025, when the board replaced him with chairman Michael Wu and thanked him in a single sentence for his tenure.
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CoinGecko Names Co-Founder Bobby Ong Chief Executive Officer
CoinGecko promoted co-founder Bobby Ong from chief operating officer to chief executive officer on August 18, 2025, as fellow co-founder TM Lee moved into a new president role.
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TM Lee Steps Down as CoinGecko's Chief Executive Officer
CoinGecko co-founder TM Lee moved from chief executive officer to a new president role on August 18, 2025, handing the top job to his fellow co-founder Bobby Ong.
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Gavin Wood Takes Parity Technologies Back From Björn Wagner
Parity's co-founder announced on Aug. 13, 2025 that he would resume the CEO role in late August, and a year later the Polkadot treasury spends $7.4 million a quarter.
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CleanSpark Names Matt Schultz CEO a Second Time
CleanSpark's board returned co-founder Matt Schultz to the chief executive seat on August 11, 2025, nearly six years after he first handed the title to Zachary Bradford.
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CleanSpark's Zachary Bradford Resigns as Chief Executive
Zachary Bradford resigned as CleanSpark's officer and director on August 11, 2025, ending nearly six years as chief executive of the Nasdaq-listed bitcoin miner.
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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.
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Crypto Council for Innovation Names Ji Hun Kim CEO
The Crypto Council for Innovation named its chief legal and policy officer, Ji Hun Kim, chief executive officer on July 24, 2025, and added SoFi as a member the same day.
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SY Lee Rebuilds Story Protocol's Leadership Around AI Data
Within 30 days in 2025, Story Protocol lost co-founder Jason Zhao and gave SY Lee, Andrea Muttoni and Sandeep Chinchali the top seats, a reset aimed at AI training data.
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Sandeep Nailwal Becomes the Polygon Foundation's First CEO
Mihailo Bjelic left the Polygon Foundation board on May 23, 2025, and Sandeep Nailwal became its first CEO on June 11.
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Blockchain Association Names Summer Mersinger CEO
The Blockchain Association, a crypto trade group, announced on May 14, 2025 that CFTC Commissioner Summer Mersinger would become its chief executive, succeeding Kristin Smith.
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Strive Names Matt Cole CEO and Chairman
Strive Asset Management named former $70 billion bond manager Matt Cole CEO and chairman on May 7, 2025, as part of a reverse merger that turned Asset Entities into a publicly traded Bitcoin treasury company.
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Torab Torabi Takes Movement After a $38 Million Token Dump
Torab Torabi became chief executive of Move Industries on May 7, 2025, a week after CoinDesk's token-dump report, and the dispute over who answers for the launch has since reached Delaware's courts.
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io.net Promotes Gaurav Sharma to Chief Executive
io.net named its chief technology officer, Gaurav Sharma, chief executive on April 23, 2025, the same day it named co-founder Tory Green chairperson of the io.net Foundation.
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io.net's Tory Green Trades the CEO Job for Foundation Chair
io.net announced on April 23, 2025, that co-founder Tory Green would chair the io.net Foundation while chief technology officer Gaurav Sharma took over as chief executive.
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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.
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OKX Names Roshan Robert CEO of Its US Exchange
OKX named Roshan Robert CEO of its US operations on April 16, 2025, less than two months after the exchange pleaded guilty to running an unlicensed money-transmitting business and paid more than $504 million in penalties.
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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.
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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.
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Kristin Smith Steps Down as Blockchain Association CEO
Kristin Smith told followers on April 1, 2025 that she would leave the Blockchain Association on May 16 for the top job at the Solana Policy Institute.
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Argo Blockchain Appoints Justin Nolan Chief Executive Officer
Argo Blockchain named Justin Nolan chief executive officer effective March 22, 2025, bringing back its former chief growth officer as the miner reported a widening quarterly loss.
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Digital Chamber Founder Perianne Boring Steps Down as CEO
Perianne Boring stepped down as chief executive of the Digital Chamber on March 19, 2025, after more than a decade running the group she founded, moving into the chair of its board as Cody Carbone took over.
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Digital Chamber Names Cody Carbone Chief Executive Officer
The Digital Chamber named President Cody Carbone chief executive officer on March 19, 2025, handing him the top job at the oldest U.S. crypto advocacy group as founder Perianne Boring moved to chair its board.
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Aya Miyaguchi Hands the Ethereum Foundation to Two Co-Directors
Aya Miyaguchi moved from executive director to president on Feb. 25, 2025, two co-directors took over on March 1.
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Edge & Node Names Rodrigo Coelho Chief Executive Officer
Edge & Node named Rodrigo Coelho, The Graph's first hire, as chief executive officer on Jan. 23, 2025, succeeding Tegan Kline after she led the ecosystem's Sunrise of Decentralized Data initiative.
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Argo Blockchain CEO Thomas Chippas to Step Down
Argo Blockchain announced on January 21, 2025, that Thomas Chippas would step down as chief executive effective February 28, with chief financial officer Jim MacCallum named interim CEO while the board searched for a successor.
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BC Wong Succeeds Johnny Lyu as KuCoin CEO
KuCoin's chief legal officer became CEO on Jan. 20, 2025.
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Manuel Stotz Replaces Steve Yun as TON Foundation President
The TON Foundation named Kingsway Capital founder Manuel Stotz its president on Jan. 14, 2025.
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Hedera Foundation Names Charles Adkins Chief Executive
The HBAR Foundation rebranded itself Hedera Foundation on Dec. 20, 2024, and named Charles Adkins chief executive effective Jan. 1, 2025, moving him from president of Hedera Hashgraph into the new role.
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Avery Ching Succeeds Mo Shaikh as Aptos Labs CEO
Aptos Labs' chief technology officer became its chief executive on Dec. 19, 2024, the day co-founder Mo Shaikh stepped down, and a crypto outlet has since pressed the case that the exit came at a convenient time.
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Sheila Warren Steps Down as Crypto Council for Innovation CEO
Sheila Warren told the Crypto Council for Innovation she would leave as CEO effective Jan. 6, 2025, after close to three years leading the Washington crypto lobbying group.
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Chainalysis Co-Founder Michael Gronager Steps Down as CEO
Chainalysis named co-founder Jonathan Levin chief executive officer on December 5, 2024, after Michael Gronager, the company's other co-founder, agreed with the board to step down from the role and the board itself.
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Chainalysis Names Co-Founder Jonathan Levin Chief Executive
Chainalysis' board named co-founder Jonathan Levin chief executive on Dec. 5, 2024, two months after longtime CEO Michael Gronager went on leave and later stepped down.
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21Shares Names Russell Barlow Chief Executive Officer
21.co announced on December 3, 2024, that Russell Barlow, formerly of the asset manager abrdn, would become chief executive of 21Shares as the firm split into two separate businesses.
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GSR Co-Founder Rich Rosenblum Steps Down as Co-CEO
Rich Rosenblum left his co-CEO post at GSR on October 23, 2024, four months after taking it, to pursue new ventures, and GSR said chief technology officer John MacDonald would also leave the firm.
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Copper Founder Dmitry Tokarev Steps Down as Chief Executive
Dmitry Tokarev stepped back from the chief executive role at Copper on October 14, 2024, after seven years, staying on as the board's founder director.
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Copper Names Amar Kuchinad Global Chief Executive Officer
Copper named former SEC policy advisor Amar Kuchinad its global chief executive on October 14, 2024, taking over from founder Dmitry Tokarev after seven years.
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Antonio Juliano Retakes dYdX Trading and Lays Off 35 Percent
Antonio Juliano resumed the CEO role at dYdX Trading on Oct. 10, 2024 and cut 35 percent of the core team on Oct. 29. Open interest on the dYdX chain tripled in 58 days, then fell 75.1 percent below its level on the day he returned.
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OKX Names Gracie Lin CEO of Its Singapore Unit
OKX SG named Gracie Lin chief executive on September 1, 2024, the same day it announced that the Monetary Authority of Singapore had granted the unit a full Major Payment Institution license.
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OSL Group Names Kevin Cui Group Chief Executive
OSL Group said Chairman Pan Zhiyong would hand the chief executive role to Kevin Cui on August 5, 2024, as the Hong Kong-listed digital asset firm reshaped its senior leadership.
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Jayson Hobby Steps Down as Compound Labs Chief Executive
Jayson Hobby posted on X on July 10, 2024, that he was stepping down as Compound Labs' chief executive, and Bitget reported two days later that he had founded a new DeFi protocol called Legend.
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Bitfarms Appoints Ben Gagnon Chief Executive
Bitfarms promoted chief mining officer Ben Gagnon to chief executive on July 8, 2024, in the middle of Riot Platforms' attempt to take the bitcoin miner over.
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GSR Names Xin Song Co-Chief Executive Officer
GSR split its top job on June 26, 2024, naming Xin Song and co-founder Rich Rosenblum co-CEOs while Jakob Palmstierna, CEO for two and a half years, moved to president.
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GSR's Jakob Palmstierna Steps Down as CEO, Becomes President
Jakob Palmstierna gave up the chief executive job at GSR on June 26, 2024, after two and a half years in the role, moving to president as Xin Song and Rich Rosenblum took over as co-CEOs.
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Polymesh Association Names Bill Papp Chief Executive
The Polymesh Association named Bill Papp chief executive officer and executive director on June 20, 2024, succeeding Graeme Moore, who had led the group for eight months and stayed on as head of tokenization.
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io.net Names Co-Founder Tory Green Chief Executive
io.net co-founder Tory Green took over as chief executive on June 9, 2024, two days before the network's token launch, after Ahmad Shadid stepped down, citing allegations about his past.
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Gracy Chen Succeeds Sandra Lou as Bitget CEO
Bitget's managing director became CEO on May 21, 2024, when Sandra Lou left.
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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.
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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.
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Bitfarms Fires CEO Geoffrey Morphy After He Sues the Company
Bitfarms fired President and CEO Geoffrey Morphy effective immediately on May 13, 2024, three days after he filed a $27 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against the company.
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Ivo Crnkovic-Rubsamen Leads dYdX Trading for 150 Days
dYdX Trading's operating partner became CEO on May 13, 2024, when founder Antonio Juliano moved to chairman. Juliano resumed the job on Oct. 10.
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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.
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Artificial Superintelligence Alliance Names Ben Goertzel CEO
Fetch.ai, SingularityNET and Ocean Protocol announced on March 27, 2024 that their merger into the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance would carry a combined value of $7.5 billion, with SingularityNET's Ben Goertzel as chief executive.
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Andy Main Named Bakkt Chief Executive Officer
Bakkt named board member Andy Main president and CEO effective March 26, 2024, succeeding Gavin Michael, who had warned the company's ability to keep operating was in doubt.
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Gavin Michael Steps Down as Bakkt Chief Executive
Bakkt said March 18, 2024, that Gavin Michael would step down as president and CEO, succeeded by board member Andy Main, as the company fought to ease doubts about its ability to keep operating.
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Zac Prince Leaves BlockFi for Real Estate Startup
BlockFi founder Zac Prince posted on X on March 10, 2024, that he was leaving the bankrupt crypto lender, and CoinDesk reported the next day he had joined a real estate tax startup, Re Cost Seg.
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Yuga Labs CEO Daniel Alegre Departs
Daniel Alegre, the former Activision Blizzard chief operating officer who ran Yuga Labs for about ten months, told employees on February 21, 2024, that co-founder Greg Solano was taking over as chief executive.
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Yuga Labs Names Greg Solano Chief Executive
Greg Solano, the Yuga Labs co-founder known as Garga, wrote on February 21, 2024, that he was stepping back in as chief executive after Daniel Alegre's ten months in the role.
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Hut 8 Appoints Asher Genoot Chief Executive
Hut 8 named president Asher Genoot chief executive on February 7, 2024, effective immediately, replacing Jaime Leverton three months after he joined the board through a merger with his own mining company.
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Jaime Leverton Departs as Hut 8 Chief Executive
Hut 8 said on February 7, 2024, that Jaime Leverton had departed as chief executive after three years in the job, with president Asher Genoot taking over effective immediately, weeks after a short-seller report targeted the miner.
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Uri Kolodny Steps Down as StarkWare Chief Executive
Uri Kolodny told followers on X on January 11, 2024, that he was stepping down as StarkWare's chief executive to care for a family member, and The Block confirmed the move the same day.
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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.
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Josh Swihart Named Electric Coin Company Chief Executive
Electric Coin Company's parent board announced on December 18, 2023, that Josh Swihart would replace Zooko Wilcox as chief executive, a move Blockchain.News confirmed two days later.
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Zooko Wilcox Steps Down as Electric Coin Company CEO
Electric Coin Company's parent board named Josh Swihart chief executive on December 18, 2023, ending Zooko Wilcox's eight years running the firm behind Zcash.
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Richard Teng Replaces Changpeng Zhao as Binance Pleads Guilty
Binance named Richard Teng CEO on Nov. 21, 2023, the day Changpeng Zhao stepped down and both pleaded guilty.
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CZ Steps Down as Binance Chief Executive
Changpeng Zhao stepped down as Binance CEO on November 21, 2023, naming Richard Teng as his successor the same day he pleaded guilty to U.S. criminal charges.
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Illia Polosukhin Replaces Chris Donovan as NEAR Foundation CEO
NEAR's co-founder became Foundation CEO on Nov. 7, 2023 and Chris Donovan moved to COO.
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Tether Promotes Paolo Ardoino to Chief Executive
Tether named Paolo Ardoino chief executive on October 13, 2023, handing him the role as outgoing CEO Jean-Louis van der Velde moved into an advisory position.
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Chris Donovan Takes Over NEAR Foundation From Marieke Flament
Chris Donovan, NEAR Foundation's general counsel, became CEO on September 21, 2023, the day Marieke Flament resigned, and held the job 47 days before NEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin replaced him on November 7, 2023.
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PayPal Names Intuit's Alex Chriss as Next CEO
PayPal's board announced on August 14, 2023, that it had appointed Intuit executive Alex Chriss as president and CEO, effective September 27, 2023, succeeding retiring CEO Dan Schulman.
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Core Scientific Names Adam Sullivan Chief Executive
Core Scientific promoted President Adam Sullivan to chief executive officer on August 4, 2023, while the bitcoin miner worked through Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
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Chris Amani Replaces Do Kwon as Terraform Labs CEO
Chris Amani became Terraform Labs CEO in March 2023, the news broke July 19.
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Marc Boiron Replaces Ryan Wyatt as Polygon Labs CEO
Polygon Labs promoted its chief legal officer to CEO on July 7, 2023, and by 2026 the company called itself a payments business while a token holder asked what holders own.
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Jayson Hobby Takes Over Compound Labs From Robert Leshner
Compound Labs' VP of Product became CEO on June 28, 2023, the day founder Robert Leshner announced Superstate.
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IOG Names Eran Barak Chief Executive of Midnight
Input Output Global named Eran Barak, formerly chief operating officer at Symphony, as chief executive of Midnight on March 27, 2023, handing the Cardano builder's new data-protection blockchain its first dedicated leader.
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Luno Elevates COO James Lanigan to Chief Executive
James Lanigan, Luno's chief operating officer for five years, became chief executive on March 22, 2023, as founder Marcus Swanepoel moved to executive chairman to court investors for a future listing.
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Luno's Marcus Swanepoel Steps Down as Chief Executive
Luno co-founder Marcus Swanepoel moved into an executive chairman role on March 22, 2023, and Chief Operating Officer James Lanigan, with the company for five years, became CEO.
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FDIC Names Greg Carmichael CEO of Signature Bridge Bank
The FDIC named former Fifth Third Bancorp chief executive Greg D. Carmichael CEO of Signature Bridge Bank on March 12, 2023, the day New York regulators closed Signature Bank and placed it under federal receivership.
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Argo Blockchain CEO Peter Wall Steps Down
Argo Blockchain announced on February 9, 2023, that Peter Wall was stepping down as chief executive and interim chairman after three years, with chief operating officer Seif El-Bakly named interim CEO.
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PayPal CEO Dan Schulman to Retire at Year-End
PayPal announced on February 9, 2023, that President and CEO Dan Schulman would retire on December 31, 2023, after eight and a half years leading the company since its split from eBay.
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SEBA Bank Names Amy Yu Chief Executive for Asia-Pacific
SEBA Bank, the Swiss crypto bank now called AMINA Bank AG, named Amy Yu chief executive of its Asia-Pacific division on February 7, 2023, after she led regional sales at the collapsed lender Genesis Trading.
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Frank Holmes Hands HIVE's CEO Role to Aydin Kilic
HIVE Blockchain Technologies named Aydin Kilic president and chief executive on January 17, 2023, ending Frank Holmes's run as interim CEO and moving him to executive chairman.
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HIVE Digital Technologies Names Aydin Kilic Chief Executive
HIVE Blockchain's board appointed Aydin Kilic president and chief executive on January 17, 2023, promoting him from the chief operating officer role he had held since 2021.
Payments & ConsumerCEO Changes
Trezor Names Matěj Žák Chief Executive
SatoshiLabs announced on January 12, 2023, that Matěj Žák would succeed co-founder Marek Palatinus as chief executive of the hardware wallet maker Trezor.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Bitfarms Co-Founder Emiliano Grodzki Resigns as CEO
Emiliano Grodzki resigned as Bitfarms' chief executive effective immediately on December 29, 2022, staying on as a director while the board promoted COO Geoffrey Morphy in his place.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Bitfarms Promotes Geoffrey Morphy to Chief Executive
Bitfarms elevated President and COO Geoffrey Morphy to president and CEO on December 29, 2022, replacing co-founder Emiliano Grodzki after more than two years building out the company's operations.
Payments & ConsumerCEO Changes
Nicole Muniz Steps Down as Yuga Labs CEO
Nicole Muniz told her followers on December 19, 2022, that Daniel Alegre, then president and chief operating officer of the $60 billion gaming company Activision Blizzard, would succeed her as Yuga Labs' chief executive.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Prime Trust's Tom Pageler Is Out as CEO
Prime Trust replaced chief executive Tom Pageler on November 29, 2022, naming board member Jor Law interim CEO the same day, seven months before a Nevada court petition said the custodian held $82.8 million less in fiat than it owed clients.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Prime Trust Names Jor Law Interim CEO
Prime Trust's board named longtime director Jor Law interim chief executive on November 29, 2022, the same day it replaced Tom Pageler, and Nevada petitioned to put the custodian into receivership seven months later.
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
John J. Ray III Replaces Sam Bankman-Fried at FTX
John J. Ray III became FTX's chief executive at about 4:30 a.m. EST on Nov. 11, 2022 and filed for Chapter 11 that day.
ProtocolsCEO Changes
Björn Wagner Succeeds Gavin Wood as Parity Technologies CEO
Wagner became Parity's CEO on Oct. 21, 2022, the day Gavin Wood gave up the title.
ProtocolsCEO Changes
Matt Dyer Succeeds Ben Livshits as Zilliqa Research's Interim CEO
Zilliqa Research's chief of staff became interim CEO on Oct. 19, 2022.
ProtocolsCEO Changes
Jared Grey Serves 1,155 Days as Sushi's Head Chef
Sushi's token holders elected Jared Grey Head Chef on Oct. 3, 2022, and he led until Dec. 1, 2025.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Chris Ferraro Replaces Alex Mashinsky at Celsius Network
Celsius Network's founder resigned as CEO on Sept. 27, 2022.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Komainu Names Nicolas Bertrand Chief Executive
Komainu, the Nomura-backed digital asset custodian, put Nicolas Bertrand in the CEO seat on September 26, 2022, pulling in a former Borsa Italiana derivatives chief to steer the firm through a falling market.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Jesse Powell Steps Down as Kraken Chief Executive
Kraken co-founder Jesse Powell announced on September 21, 2022, that chief operating officer Dave Ripley would succeed him as CEO after a yearlong search, with Powell becoming board chairman.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Kraken Names Dave Ripley Chief Executive Officer
Kraken named chief operating officer Dave Ripley as its next chief executive officer on Sept. 21, 2022, as co-founder Jesse Powell moved to chairman after 11 years running the exchange.
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 & VenuesCEO Changes
Michael Saylor Moves From MicroStrategy CEO to Executive Chairman
MicroStrategy split its chairman and chief executive roles on Aug. 2, 2022, naming Michael Saylor executive chairman and promoting President Phong Le to chief executive.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
MicroStrategy Names Phong Le Chief Executive Officer
MicroStrategy split its chairman and CEO roles on Aug. 2, 2022, naming President Phong Le as chief executive while founder Michael Saylor became executive chairman, the same day the company disclosed a $917.8 million bitcoin impairment.
ProtocolsCEO Changes
Sean Ford Replaces Steven Kokinos as Algorand Inc. Interim CEO
Algorand's chief operating officer became interim CEO on July 27, 2022, when Steven Kokinos left.
ProtocolsCEO Changes
Peng Zhong Leaves Ignite as Layoffs Pass Half the Staff
Ignite's CEO announced his last day on July 1, 2022, the day CoinDesk reported cuts above 50 percent of the Cosmos builder's staff.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Bittrex Global Names Oliver Linch Chief Executive
Bittrex Global's boards named general counsel Oliver Linch chief executive on June 27, 2022, the same day Stephen Stonberg stepped down after 13 months as chief executive.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Bittrex Global's Stephen Stonberg Steps Down as CEO
Bittrex Global's boards announced on June 27, 2022, that Stephen Stonberg had stepped down as chief executive after 13 months in the job and three years in its leadership, with general counsel Oliver Linch named his successor the same day.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Bitstamp Names JB Graftieaux Global Chief Executive
Bitstamp appointed JB Graftieaux global chief executive on May 9, 2022, replacing Julian Sawyer, after Graftieaux spent a year rebuilding the exchange's European business.
ProtocolsCEO Changes
Mance Harmon Dissolves His Hedera CEO Job for Swirlds Labs
Hedera Hashgraph, LLC dissolved its CEO and chief scientist roles on April 29, 2022.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
SEBA Bank Co-Founder Guido Buehler Steps Down as CEO
Guido Buehler, who co-founded SEBA Bank and ran it for four years, stepped down as chief executive on March 7, 2022, handing the role to Franz Bergmueller effective April 1, 2022.
ProtocolsCEO Changes
Algorand Foundation Names Staci Warden Chief Executive
The Algorand Foundation named Staci Warden chief executive on February 10, 2022, and CoinDesk reported the same day that she replaced Sean Lee, who had led the foundation for 18 months.
ProtocolsCEO Changes
Sean Lee Steps Down as Algorand Foundation CEO
The Algorand Foundation named Staci Warden chief executive on February 10, 2022, after Sean Lee decided to leave the role he had held for more than 18 months.
ProtocolsCEO Changes
Hiro Names Alex Miller Chief Executive Officer
Hiro promoted Chief Operating Officer Alex Miller to chief executive officer on Feb. 3, 2022, as founder Muneeb Ali moved to Executive Chairman and launched Trust Machines with $150 million in new funding.
ProtocolsCEO Changes
Muneeb Ali Steps Down as Hiro Chief Executive Officer
Muneeb Ali stepped down as Hiro's chief executive officer on Feb. 3, 2022, becoming Executive Chairman and launching Trust Machines, a new Stacks ecosystem entity, with $150 million in funding.
Rules & RiskCEO Changes
Crypto Council for Innovation Names Sheila Warren CEO
The Crypto Council for Innovation named Sheila Warren its first chief executive officer on Jan. 31, 2022, pulling her from a digital assets post at the World Economic Forum.
ProtocolsCEO Changes
Justin Sun Trades the TRON Foundation for Grenada's WTO Seat
TRON's founder gave up the Foundation's CEO role on December 17, 2021 to become Grenada's WTO ambassador.
ProtocolsCEO Changes
David Washburn Departs as nChain Chief Executive
nChain replaced David Washburn as chief executive with Hakan Yuksel on October 20, 2021, thanking Washburn for launching the Kensei data integrity platform during his two and a half years.
ProtocolsCEO Changes
nChain Appoints Hakan Yuksel Chief Executive Officer
nChain named Hakan Yuksel chief executive officer on October 20, 2021, bringing in a 20-year enterprise software veteran of Oracle and SAP to succeed David Washburn in Zug, Switzerland.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Binance.US Promotes Brian Shroder to Chief Executive
Binance.US promoted president Brian Shroder to chief executive on Oct. 8, 2021, after predecessor Brian Brooks left following four months in the job, and named Eric Segal interim chief financial officer the same day.
ProtocolsCEO Changes
Shayne Higdon Becomes the HBAR Foundation's First CEO
Hedera named Shayne Higdon first CEO of the HBAR Foundation on September 16, 2021. He left in August 2024, and the Foundation's grants, funds and on-chain activity followed a separate path.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Brian Brooks Resigns as Binance.US Chief Executive
Brian Brooks announced on X on August 6, 2021, that he had resigned as Binance.US chief executive after four months, citing differences over strategic direction.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Bittrex Global Names Stephen Stonberg Interim CEO
Bittrex Global's boards named chief financial officer and chief operating officer Stephen Stonberg interim chief executive on May 18, 2021, the same day Tom Albright stepped down from the role.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Bittrex Global's Tom Albright Steps Down as CEO
Bittrex Global's boards announced on May 18, 2021, that Tom Albright had stepped down as chief executive, with CFO and COO Stephen Stonberg named interim CEO the same day.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Riot Blockchain Names Board Member Jason Les Chief Executive
Riot Blockchain's board elevated director Jason Les to chief executive on Feb. 8, 2021, and returned Jeff McGonegal to the finance post he held from 2003 to 2019.
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 & VenuesCEO Changes
Hut 8 Appoints Jaime Leverton Chief Executive
Hut 8 named technology executive Jaime Leverton as chief executive on November 2, 2020, effective December 1, ending a search that began when co-founder Andrew Kiguel stepped down in April 2020.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Bitstamp Names Julian Sawyer Chief Executive Officer
Bitstamp named Julian Sawyer chief executive officer on October 22, 2020, making him the exchange's second CEO in the nine years since Nejc Kodrič founded it in a garage with 1,000 euros.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Bitstamp's Kodrič Steps Down as CEO, Joins Board
Nejc Kodrič stepped down as Bitstamp's chief executive on October 22, 2020, nine years after he founded the exchange in a garage with 1,000 euros, and moved into a seat on the company's board.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
BitMEX Co-Founder Arthur Hayes Steps Down as CEO
Arthur Hayes stepped back as chief executive of BitMEX's parent, 100x Group, on Oct. 8, 2020, seven days after U.S. regulators and prosecutors charged him and two co-founders.
ProtocolsCEO Changes
Frederik Gregaard Becomes the Cardano Foundation's First CEO
The Cardano Foundation named Frederik Gregaard its first CEO on September 21, 2020, when it employed 30 people.
Payments & ConsumerCEO Changes
CoinMarketCap's Interim CEO Carylyne Chan Departs
Carylyne Chan left CoinMarketCap on Aug. 30, 2020, and CoinDesk reported the next day that four more executives left the Binance-owned site the same week.
ProtocolsCEO Changes
Josh Cincinnati Resigns as the Zcash Foundation's First Executive Director
The Zcash Foundation's executive director resigned on July 31, 2020, citing lost trust with the Electric Coin Company.
ProtocolsBoard Seats
Hubertus Thonhauser Takes the Tezos Foundation Chair From Ryan Jesperson
The Tezos Foundation announced on May 18, 2020 that its president would leave the Council and Hubertus Thonhauser would chair it.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Bakkt CEO Mike Blandina Steps Down After Four Months
Intercontinental Exchange named David Clifton interim CEO of Bakkt on April 23, 2020, replacing Mike Blandina four months after he took the role.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Johnny Lyu Becomes KuCoin CEO as Michael Gan Becomes Chairman
KuCoin co-founder Johnny Lyu became CEO of KuCoin Global on March 17, 2020, the day Michael Gan became chairman of the new KuGroup.
ProtocolsCEO Changes
Jae Kwon Steps Down as Tendermint CEO After Six Years
Jae Kwon, Tendermint Inc.'s founder, gave up the chief executive title on February 4, 2020, promising a company run by a decentralized 'Process' instead of one person.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Andrew Kiguel Steps Down as Hut 8 CEO
Hut 8 co-founder Andrew Kiguel said on January 28, 2020, that he would step down as chief executive once the board found a successor, the same day the miner renegotiated its debt with Bitfury.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Bakkt Names Mike Blandina Chief Executive Officer
Intercontinental Exchange named Mike Blandina chief executive officer of Bakkt on December 23, 2019, promoting him from chief product officer after founding CEO Kelly Loeffler left for the U.S. Senate.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Kelly Loeffler Departs as Bakkt Chief Executive
Intercontinental Exchange said on December 23, 2019, that founding CEO Kelly Loeffler had left Bakkt for the U.S. Senate seat of retiring Sen. Johnny Isakson, and named Mike Blandina to succeed her.
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 & VenuesCEO Changes
CleanSpark Names Zach Bradford Chief Executive Officer
CleanSpark's move of Zach Bradford from president and chief financial officer into the chief executive seat became public on October 9, 2019, in a summary of its filing, as founder Matthew Schultz stepped back to chairman of the board.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Matthew Schultz Steps Down as CleanSpark Chief Executive
CleanSpark co-founder Matthew Schultz's move from chief executive to chairman of the board became public on October 9, 2019, handing the CEO title to president and finance chief Zach Bradford.
ProtocolsCEO Changes
Amrit Kumar Takes Over Zilliqa From Xinshu Dong
Zilliqa's chief scientist became President on May 6, 2019, the day co-founder and CEO Xinshu Dong gave up daily operations.
Payments & ConsumerCEO Changes
Ledger Names President Pascal Gauthier Chief Executive
Ledger named its president, Pascal Gauthier, chief executive officer on April 24, 2019, as founder Eric Larchevêque moved to the role of executive chairman.
ProtocolsCEO Changes
AG Gangadhar Steps Down as Digital Asset's Acting CEO
Digital Asset's board voted on March 19, 2019, to name co-founder Yuval Rooz chief executive, ending AG Gangadhar's three-month run as acting CEO and moving him into the role of executive chairman.
ProtocolsCEO Changes
Digital Asset Promotes Co-Founder Yuval Rooz to CEO
Digital Asset's board unanimously voted to name co-founder Yuval Rooz chief executive officer on March 19, 2019, three months after Blythe Masters resigned, promoting its chief operating officer into the permanent role.
ProtocolsCEO Changes
Jed McCaleb Steps Down as Stellar Executive Director
The Stellar Development Foundation named Denelle Dixon its executive director and CEO on March 14, 2019, moving co-founder Jed McCaleb into a chief architect role focused on protocol growth.
ProtocolsCEO Changes
Jimmy Nguyen Steps Down as nChain Chief Executive
Jimmy Nguyen left the chief executive job at nChain on March 7, 2019, as the company named David Washburn his successor and moved Nguyen to chair its Strategic Advisory Board.
ProtocolsCEO Changes
nChain Names David Washburn Chief Executive Officer
nChain named David Washburn chief executive officer of its London-based nChain Limited on March 7, 2019, succeeding Jimmy Nguyen, who moved to chair the company's advisory board.
ProtocolsCEO Changes
Blythe Masters Steps Down as Digital Asset CEO
Blythe Masters resigned as chief executive officer of Digital Asset on December 18, 2018, after three years running the distributed ledger firm, handing the role to board chairman AG Gangadhar on an acting basis.
ProtocolsCEO Changes
Digital Asset Names AG Gangadhar Acting Chief Executive
Digital Asset named board member AG Gangadhar its chairman and acting chief executive on December 18, 2018, after Blythe Masters requested to step down from the role for personal reasons.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Huobi Group Names Livio Weng CEO of Huobi Global
Huobi Group announced on December 6, 2018, that Livio Weng, an executive with the company since August of that year, had become chief executive of Huobi Global, its flagship exchange.
ProtocolsCEO Changes
Ethereum Foundation Names Aya Miyaguchi Executive Director
Aya Miyaguchi left her post as Kraken Japan's managing director to become the Ethereum Foundation's executive director on February 1, 2018, succeeding Ming Chan.
ProtocolsCEO Changes
Ming Chan Steps Down as Ethereum Foundation's Executive Director
Ming Chan left the Ethereum Foundation's top staff role on January 31, 2018, after two and a half years guiding the organization through the DAO hack and the 2016 denial-of-service attacks.
Payments & ConsumerCEO Changes
SoFi Names Anthony Noto Chief Executive Officer
SoFi's board named Twitter COO Anthony Noto chief executive officer on Jan. 23, 2018, effective March 1, ending Tom Hutton's four-month run as interim CEO.
ProtocolsCEO Changes
nChain Group Names Jimmy Nguyen Chief Executive Officer
nChain Group promoted Jimmy Nguyen from chief business officer to chief executive officer on December 5, 2017, as prior CEO Stefan Matthews moved into the chairman's seat.
Payments & ConsumerCEO Changes
SoFi Co-Founder Mike Cagney Resigns as CEO
SoFi's board accepted Mike Cagney's resignation as CEO and director on Sept. 15, 2017, and named Executive Chairman Tom Hutton interim chief executive the same day.
Payments & ConsumerCEO Changes
Dash Founder Evan Duffield Steps Back as Chief Executive
Evan Duffield handed the Dash Core Project's top job to Ryan Taylor on April 18, 2017, moving into a senior advisor role years after he started the cryptocurrency network.
Payments & ConsumerCEO Changes
Dash Names Ryan Taylor CEO as Evan Duffield Steps Back
Ryan Taylor became CEO of the Dash Core Project on April 18, 2017, as founder Evan Duffield moved into an advisory role, and Taylor was still Dash's CEO in May 2020.
Payments & ConsumerCEO Changes
SatoshiLabs' Alena Vranova Steps Down as Chief Executive
Alena Vranova left the CEO post at SatoshiLabs effective January 17, 2017, to pursue independent ventures while continuing to work with the Trezor hardware wallet.
Payments & ConsumerCEO Changes
SatoshiLabs Names Marek Palatinus Chief Executive Officer
SatoshiLabs named co-founder Marek Palatinus chief executive officer effective January 17, 2017, succeeding Alena Vranova as the Trezor hardware wallet maker's top leader.
Payments & ConsumerCEO Changes
Chris Larsen Steps Down as Ripple Chief Executive
Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen told CoinDesk on Nov. 1, 2016, that he would hand the chief executive title to president Brad Garlinghouse, effective Jan. 1, 2017, after four years running the company.
Payments & ConsumerCEO Changes
Ripple Names Brad Garlinghouse Chief Executive Officer
Ripple's board moved Chris Larsen to executive chairman on Nov. 1, 2016, and gave his job to Brad Garlinghouse, the company's president and chief operating officer for the prior year and a half.
ProtocolsCEO Changes
Blockstream Names Co-Founder Adam Back Chief Executive
Blockstream's board unanimously appointed co-founder Adam Back chief executive on October 3, 2016, replacing Austin Hill as he stepped down to pursue other opportunities.
ProtocolsCEO Changes
Blockstream's Austin Hill Steps Down as Chief Executive
Austin Hill left Blockstream's board and the CEO job on October 3, 2016, handing the role to co-founder Adam Back after two years as its first chief executive.
