Wallets & Consumer Apps
Payments & ConsumerLayoffs
Gnosis Cuts Its Gnosis App Team, Spins Out the Product
Gnosis Ltd reduced the team behind its consumer wallet, Gnosis App, and told its community on July 17, 2026, that the product would leave the company entirely by the third quarter.
Payments & ConsumerCEO Changes
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.
Payments & ConsumerCEO Changes
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.
Payments & ConsumerCEO Changes
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.
Payments & ConsumerExecutive Hires
Ledger Names John Andrews Chief Financial Officer
Ledger hired former Circle executive John Andrews as chief financial officer on March 20, 2026, alongside a new New York office, as the hardware wallet maker eyes a public listing.
Payments & ConsumerCEO Changes
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.
Payments & ConsumerBoard Seats
Animoca Brands Appoints John Madden to Board of Directors
Animoca Brands said on December 15, 2025, that John Madden, its company secretary since 2019, had become a director on December 10, a day before director David Brickler resigned.
Payments & ConsumerBoard Seats
David Brickler Resigns From Animoca Brands Board
Director David Brickler resigned from Animoca Brands' board effective December 11, 2025, one day after John Madden's appointment took effect, the company announced on December 15, 2025.
Payments & ConsumerCEO Changes
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.
Payments & ConsumerCEO Changes
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.
Payments & ConsumerCEO Changes
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.
Payments & ConsumerExecutive Hires
Animoca Brands Names Jamii Quoc General Counsel
Animoca Brands promoted Jamii Quoc to general counsel and its Executive Committee on March 6, 2025; she had joined the company's legal team in 2022.
Payments & ConsumerLayoffs
Trung Nguyen Cuts 21 Percent of Sky Mavis Staff
Sky Mavis laid off 21 percent of its staff on November 23, 2024.
Payments & ConsumerExits and Removals
Gala Games Blockchain President Jason Brink Steps Down
Jason Brink resigned as Gala Games' president of blockchain on May 17, 2024, after four years at the company, and formed an outside group called LFG to keep working on its GalaChain infrastructure.
Payments & ConsumerCEO Changes
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.
Payments & ConsumerCEO Changes
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.
Payments & ConsumerExecutive Hires
The Sandbox Names Nicola Sebastiani Chief Content Officer
The Sandbox announced on October 17, 2023, that it had hired former PlayStation and Apple executive Nicola Sebastiani as chief content officer to lead its creator economy push.
Payments & ConsumerLayoffs
Roham Gharegozlou Cuts 51 More Jobs at Dapper Labs
Dapper Labs CEO Roham Gharegozlou confirmed the company's third round of layoffs in eight months on July 13, 2023, calling the result leaner.
Payments & ConsumerExecutive Hires
Immutable Names David Bicknell Chief Financial Officer
Immutable announced on March 8, 2023, that David Bicknell, a former Meta and Twitter finance leader, was its chief financial officer, alongside a new chief marketing officer from Ava Labs.
Payments & ConsumerExecutive Hires
Immutable Names Devon Ferreira Chief Marketing Officer
Immutable announced on March 8, 2023, that it had hired Avalanche's former marketing chief Devon Ferreira as chief marketing officer, alongside a new chief financial officer and a promoted chief commercial officer.
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.
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.
Payments & ConsumerExecutive Hires
Dapper Labs Names Former Meta Executive Nick Grudin Business Chief
Nick Grudin left Meta's content partnerships team to become Dapper Labs' chief business officer on August 11, 2022, then returned to his old Meta job seven months later.
Payments & ConsumerExecutive Hires
Animoca Brands Names Alan Lau Chief Business Officer
Animoca Brands named Alan Lau, Tencent WeSure's former CEO, chief business officer on July 21, 2022, when it valued its portfolio at more than $1.5 billion across 340 investments.
Payments & ConsumerLayoffs
OpenSea Lays Off About 20 Percent of Its Staff
OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer told the company's staff on July 14, 2022, that the NFT marketplace was letting go of roughly 20 percent of its team to prepare for a prolonged crypto winter.
Payments & ConsumerExits and Removals
OpenSea Co-Founder Alex Atallah Steps Away From the Company
Alex Atallah told his team on July 1, 2022, that his last day at OpenSea would be July 30, after handing off every function he ran to new leaders since NFTs took off.
Payments & ConsumerExecutive Hires
Immutable Names Gill Findlay Chief Operating Officer
Immutable appointed Gill Findlay to the newly created role of chief operating officer on December 9, 2021, pulling her from venture firm AirTree as the NFT platform reached a $12 billion token valuation.
Payments & ConsumerExecutive Hires
Immutable Names Katherine Rau Chief People Officer
Immutable hired Katherine Rau from Culture Amp as its first chief people officer on December 9, 2021, the same day it named two other senior executives during its IMX token launch.
Payments & ConsumerExecutive Hires
Flexa Hires Michelle Gitlitz as General Counsel
Flexa named Michelle Gitlitz general counsel effective Oct. 1, 2021, bringing in a lawyer with more than 20 years of experience to lead its legal and regulatory work.
Payments & ConsumerExecutive Hires
Gala Games Names John Osvald President of Games
Gala Games hired former Electronic Arts product head John Osvald as president of games on June 10, 2021, as the blockchain gaming platform worked to onboard 15 titles.
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.
Payments & ConsumerExecutive Hires
Ledger Names Charles Guillemet Chief Technology Officer
Ledger appointed Charles Guillemet chief technology officer on December 5, 2019, keeping the security researcher who founded its Donjon lab in charge of its hardware wallet technology.
Payments & ConsumerWallets & Consumer Apps
Mike Peterson Pays El Zonte in Bitcoin and Tags Bukele
Bitcoin Beach paid El Zonte's river cleaners in bitcoin in September 2019, and El Salvador passed its Bitcoin Law in June 2021.
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.
Payments & ConsumerWallets & Consumer Apps
Dieter Shirley and William Entriken Give Each Cat a Deed
Dieter Shirley drafted Ethereum's NFT standard while building a cat game in 2017; William Entriken finished it, and NFT buyers grew 30-fold in 2021.
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 & ConsumerWallets & Consumer Apps
Jordan Kelley's Robocoin Serves Bitcoin in a Vancouver Café
Robocoin's kiosk opened in a Vancouver café on October 29, 2013; FTC data put 2023 losses to Bitcoin ATM scams above $110 million.
