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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 & VenuesInstitutional Custody & Asset Management
XRP Finally Gets Its Own Account on X
XRP picked Monday to open an X account, the same day banks and BlackRock pushed deeper into crypto.
Markets & VenuesTrading Venues & Brokerage
Nine Companies Stop Cuomo's Tokenized Stock Push
Nine listed companies used a 30-day SEC window to block OKXICE from tokenizing their shares, even after a federal exemption cleared the venue to trade.
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 & VenuesTrading Venues & Brokerage
CoinPaprika Finds a Sevenfold Gap in Bitcoin's Volume
A single day's trading data put Bitcoin's reported volume nearly seven times above the market's real turnover, raising doubts about September's record rebound.
Markets & VenuesInstitutional Custody & Asset Management
Crypto's Big Names Tease Plans, Skip the Details
A bank, a founder and a stablecoin chief all teased big crypto news, and all left out the hard numbers.
Markets & VenuesTrading Venues & Brokerage
Musk's Flying Car Sends Crypto Traders Into Overdrive
A car that flies moved more crypto money than any blockchain news did Friday.
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 & VenuesTrading Venues & Brokerage
MNX Swaps Funding Rates for a 2027 Expiry
MNX went live Oct. 13 on MegaETH with dated futures on four private AI labs and a settlement plan that ends with MNX.
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 & VenuesExits and Removals
Coinbase Chief Accounting Officer Jennifer Jones Plans to Retire
Jennifer Jones told Coinbase on Sept. 29, 2026 that she will retire as chief accounting officer, and the company disclosed her decision in a Form 8-K filed Oct. 2, 2026.
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
Core Scientific Names Jay Elms Chief Commercial Officer
Core Scientific hired Jay Elms away from CyrusOne as chief commercial officer on September 25, 2026, to run customer relationships as the bitcoin miner builds out AI data centers.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Coincheck Group's Takashi Oyagi Resigns as Executive Chairperson
Takashi Oyagi resigned as Coincheck Group's executive director and executive chairperson on September 17, 2026, pulling his own re-election off the agenda eight days before the shareholder vote that was due to decide it.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Coincheck Group Names Satoshi Hasuo Temporary Executive Director
Satoshi Hasuo, Coincheck Group's chief stakeholder officer, became the company's temporary replacement executive director on September 17, 2026, the day Takashi Oyagi resigned from the seat.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Coincheck Group Names Pascal St-Jean Executive Chairperson
Pascal St-Jean added executive chairperson to his chief executive and president titles at Coincheck Group on September 17, 2026, the same day Takashi Oyagi gave up the role.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
BitGo Names Alex Rozman Chief Compliance Officer
BitGo named Exodus compliance veteran Alex Rozman its chief compliance officer on September 17, 2026, handing him oversight of a company that reported $65.2 billion in client assets that June.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Polymarket Names Warren Jenson Its First CFO
Polymarket hired Warren Jenson, a former chief financial officer of Amazon, Electronic Arts, Delta Air Lines and NBC, as its first chief financial officer on Sept. 10, 2026, reporting to founder Shayne Coplan.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Backpack US Appoints Kyle Samani to Its Board
Backpack announced on September 2, 2026, that it had appointed Multicoin Capital co-founder Kyle Samani to its board of directors as the exchange expanded its tokenized equity trading.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Matt White Named Bakkt Chief Financial Officer
Bakkt named former CoreCard finance chief Matt White its CFO on August 17, 2026, succeeding Karen Alexander as the company pivots toward stablecoin infrastructure.
Markets & VenuesExits and Removals
Karen Alexander Departs as Bakkt Chief Financial Officer
Bakkt said Aug. 17, 2026, that Karen Alexander had transitioned out of the CFO role effective Aug. 14, replaced by CoreCard veteran Matt White as the company pushes into stablecoin infrastructure.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Fireblocks Names Elad Roisman Chief Regulatory Officer
Fireblocks appointed former SEC acting chairman Elad Roisman chief regulatory and policy officer on August 17, 2026, to lead the digital asset infrastructure firm's engagement with regulators as stablecoin rules take shape.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
MARA Holdings Appoints Nancy Novak to Its Board
MARA Holdings named data center veteran Nancy Novak an independent director effective August 1, 2026, as the Bitcoin miner builds out its energy and infrastructure strategy.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
MARA Adds Craig Hart and Nancy Novak to Its Board
MARA Holdings named energy investor Craig Hart and data center veteran Nancy Novak as independent directors on Aug. 4, 2026, after two sitting directors stepped down the week before.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Georges Antoun Steps Down From MARA Holdings Board
MARA Holdings announced on August 4, 2026, that Georges Antoun had left its board effective July 31, the same day as fellow director Barbara Humpton, in what the Bitcoin miner called a planned transition.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Barbara Humpton Steps Down From MARA Holdings Board
MARA Holdings announced on August 4, 2026, that Barbara Humpton had left its board effective July 31, in a planned transition the Bitcoin miner disclosed alongside two new independent directors.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Bybit Names Peter Loo Chief Legal and Compliance Officer
Bybit appointed Peter Loo, formerly a regulator at Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority, as chief legal and compliance officer on August 3, 2026.
Markets & VenuesExits and Removals
American Bitcoin President Matt Prusak Departs for Giga Energy
American Bitcoin disclosed in a filing on Aug. 3, 2026, that Matt Prusak would step down as president and interim chief financial officer the next day to become Giga Energy's chief business officer.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Core Scientific Appoints Mark Adams to Its Board
Core Scientific named Mark Adams a director on July 29, 2026, expanding its board to seven seats with a technology executive who spent six years running Penguin Solutions.
Markets & VenuesExits and Removals
Coinbase's Lawrence Brock Steps Down as People Chief
Lawrence Brock told Coinbase on July 22, 2026 that he would step down as chief people officer, effective Aug. 17, 2026, weeks after leading a restructuring that cut about 700 jobs.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
MEXC Names Robert MacDonald Chief Compliance Officer
MEXC hired Robert MacDonald as chief compliance officer on July 22, 2026, pulling him from the top legal and compliance post at rival exchange Bybit as MEXC pushes into equities-linked products.
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
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 & 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 & VenuesBoard Seats
ProCap Financial Elects Benjamin Buchanan Independent Director
ProCap Financial named Benjamin Buchanan an independent director effective July 15, 2026, restoring its audit committee to three members under Nasdaq rules.
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
Coinbase's Paul Grewal Steps Down as Chief Legal Officer
Paul Grewal told Coinbase on July 8, 2026 that he would step down as chief legal officer and secretary, effective July 31, 2026, closing a six-year tenure that ran through the company's fight with the SEC.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Coinbase Names Molly Abraham General Counsel
Coinbase said on July 9, 2026 that it expects to appoint Molly Abraham, its vice president of legal since March 2021, as general counsel and secretary once Paul Grewal's resignation takes effect.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Keel Infrastructure Names Ganesh Aiyer President
Keel Infrastructure, the company built from Bitfarms' Bitcoin mining sites, named former Digital Realty Trust executive Ganesh Aiyer president on July 6, 2026, to run its commercial pipeline.
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 & VenuesLayoffs
BitGo Cuts 15% of Staff to Focus on AI, Stablecoins
BitGo chief executive Mike Belshe cut nearly 15% of the company's workforce on June 25, 2026, five months after its IPO, to concentrate staff on security, trading, stablecoins, settlement, and AI infrastructure.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Hut 8 Names E. Stanley O'Neal Board Chair
Hut 8 named E. Stanley O'Neal chair of its board on June 11, 2026, succeeding founding chair William Tai, who had held the role since November 2023.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Backpack US Appoints Michael Piwowar to Its Board
Backpack US announced on June 9, 2026, that it had appointed former SEC Commissioner and Acting Chairman Michael Piwowar to its board of directors as the exchange expands its regulated U.S. business.
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 & VenuesExecutive Hires
Bitpanda Promotes Barbara Edelmann to Chief Financial Officer
Bitpanda promoted Barbara Edelmann from within to Chief Financial Officer effective June 12, 2026, succeeding Jonas Larsen, who left the exchange by mutual agreement.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Bitdeer Names Michael Potter Chief Financial Officer
Bitdeer's board approved Michael Potter as chief financial officer effective May 26, 2026, succeeding Jianchun Liu, ten weeks before the Singapore-based Bitcoin miner announced a $4.7 billion AI colocation lease.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
OnRe Names Ben Fortune Chief Underwriting Officer
OnRe named Ben Fortune chief underwriting officer on May 12, 2026, pulling him from The Fidelis Partnership to run underwriting at a reinsurer managing $170 million onchain.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Trump Media Replaces Devin Nunes as Chief Executive
Trump Media replaced Devin Nunes as chief executive on April 21, 2026.
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 & VenuesBoard Seats
Lord Hammond Steps Down as Copper Chairman
Lord Hammond stepped down as Copper's chairman on April 10, 2026, three years after joining the digital asset custody firm's board, handing the role to former Flow Traders CEO Mike Kuehnel.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Copper Names Mike Kuehnel Chairman
Copper named former Flow Traders CEO Mike Kuehnel chairman on April 10, 2026, succeeding Lord Hammond as the digital asset custody firm pushed deeper into the United States.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Copper Names John Meserve to Its Board
Copper added former Bank of New York executive John Meserve as a director on April 10, 2026, succeeding Jim Turley on its audit, risk and compliance committee.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Securitize Names Brett Redfearn President
Securitize named former SEC trading-and-markets director Brett Redfearn president and a board member on April 9, 2026, as the tokenization platform prepares for a public listing through Cantor Equity Partners II.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
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
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.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
Markets & VenuesExits and Removals
Gemini Parts Ways With COO Marshall Beard
Gemini disclosed in a regulatory filing that chief operating officer Marshall Beard was leaving effective immediately, CoinDesk reported on February 17, 2026, days after the exchange cut a quarter of its staff.
Markets & VenuesExits and Removals
Gemini Parts Ways With Chief Legal Officer Tyler Meade
Gemini removed Tyler Meade as chief legal officer effective Feb. 17, 2026, 12 days after it said it would exit the UK, EU and Australian exchange markets, and named Kate Freedman interim general counsel.
Markets & VenuesExits and Removals
Gemini Parts Ways With CFO Dan Chen
Gemini removed Dan Chen as chief financial officer effective Feb. 17, 2026, in a filing that also ousted its chief operating officer and chief legal officer.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Gemini Names Kate Freedman Interim General Counsel
Gemini's board promoted Kate Freedman from associate general counsel to interim general counsel effective Feb. 17, 2026, the same day it removed chief legal officer Tyler Meade.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Gemini Names Danijela Stojanovic Interim CFO
Gemini's board promoted Danijela Stojanovic from chief accounting officer to interim chief financial officer effective Feb. 17, 2026, the same day it removed Dan Chen from the job.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Justin Wales Replaces Nick Lundgren as Crypto.com's Chief Legal Officer
Crypto.com named Justin Wales chief legal officer on April 16, 2026, the day Nick Lundgren resigned and a court heard its Nevada appeal, 28 days after a 12 percent staff cut.
Markets & VenuesLayoffs
Gemini Cuts 25% of Staff, Exits UK, EU and Australia
Gemini announced on February 5, 2026, that it would cut a quarter of its global workforce and shut down trading in the UK, the European Union and Australia to focus on the US and prediction markets, CoinDesk reported the same day.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
BitMine Names Young Kim CFO and COO
BitMine Immersion Technologies appointed Axiom Investors partner Young Kim as chief financial officer and chief operating officer on Jan. 9, 2026.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Riot Platforms Names Jason Chung Chief Financial Officer
Riot Platforms promoted corporate development chief Jason Chung to chief financial officer effective March 1, 2026, succeeding Colin Yee as the miner pivots toward data centers.
Markets & VenuesExits and Removals
Riot Platforms' Colin Yee to Step Down as CFO
Riot Platforms announced on January 2, 2026, that Jason Chung would replace Colin Yee as chief financial officer effective March 1, 2026, as the bitcoin miner leans further into AI data centers.
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 & VenuesExecutive Hires
MEXC Names Vugar Usi Chief Operating Officer
MEXC named Vugar Usi chief operating officer on December 3, 2025, hiring a Bitget veteran to run its global expansion four months before promoting him to chief executive.
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
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.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
BitMine Immersion Names Robert Sechan Independent Director
BitMine Immersion Technologies seated Robert Sechan, founder of NewEdge Capital Group, as an independent director on Nov. 14, 2025, the same day the firm named Chi Tsang chief executive.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
BitMine Immersion Names Olivia Howe Independent Director
BitMine Immersion Technologies seated RigUp chief legal officer Olivia Howe as an independent director on Nov. 14, 2025, the same day it named Chi Tsang chief executive.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
BitMine Immersion Names Jason Edgeworth Independent Director
BitMine Immersion Technologies seated JPD Family Holdings asset manager Jason Edgeworth as an independent director on Nov. 14, 2025, the same day it named Chi Tsang chief executive.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
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
Bitfarms Names Jonathan Mir Chief Financial Officer
Bitfarms named Jonathan Mir chief financial officer on October 14, 2025, succeeding Jeff Lucas as the Nasdaq-listed miner builds data centers for high-performance computing in Pennsylvania, Quebec and Central Washington.
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 & VenuesExits and Removals
Cipher Mining's Edward Farrell Retires as Chief Financial Officer
Cipher Mining Inc. announced on October 6, 2025, that Edward Farrell, its first chief financial officer, would retire effective October 14, 2025, and move into a senior advisor role.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Cipher Mining Names Gregory Mumford Chief Financial Officer
Cipher Mining Inc. named Gregory Mumford, a Keefe, Bruyette & Woods digital assets banker, as its second chief financial officer in a release dated October 6, 2025.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Bitpanda Names Markus Dorner Chief Technology Officer
Bitpanda promoted Markus Dorner, a three-year employee who rose from director to VP of engineering, to chief technology officer effective October 1, 2025.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
MEXC Names Cecilia Hsueh Chief Strategy Officer
MEXC announced Cecilia Hsueh as chief strategy officer on September 22, 2025, adding a former Phemex and Morph executive as the exchange pushes to become a broader Web3 platform.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Bakkt Appoints Mike Alfred to Its Board of Directors
Bakkt named fintech investor Mike Alfred to its board on Sept. 22, 2025, as the company leaned into digital asset trading, stablecoin payments and Bitcoin.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Argo Blockchain Promotes Charlotte Proctor-Worrall to CFO
Argo Blockchain promoted group financial controller Charlotte Proctor-Worrall to chief financial officer on September 22, 2025, in the same filing that said Nasdaq had granted the mining company a reprieve on its listing requirements.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Thesis* Names Victoria Chan Chief Operating Officer
Thesis* announced on September 16, 2025, that it had hired former Coinbase and Google executive Victoria Chan as chief operating officer to run day-to-day operations across its Bitcoin product lineup.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Strive Names Jeff Walton Chief Risk Officer
Strive named True North founder Jeff Walton its chief risk officer on September 16, 2025, the same day it acquired his Bitcoin media platform in a de minimis cash deal.
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
IREN's Belinda Nucifora Departs as Chief Financial Officer
Belinda Nucifora left as IREN's chief financial officer on September 8, 2025, after 3.5 years in the role, and the company credited her with its transition to U.S. GAAP reporting.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
IREN Names Anthony Lewis Chief Financial Officer
IREN promoted Anthony Lewis to chief financial officer on September 8, 2025, two months after he joined as chief capital officer, succeeding Belinda Nucifora after her 3.5 years in the role.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Amber International Names Vicky Wang President
Amber International's board named Vicky Wang president on August 21, 2025, the same day it handed Michael Wu the chief executive title and seated her on the board.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Bitso Names Luis Urrutia General Counsel
Bitso announced on August 15, 2025, that it had hired Luis Urrutia, Mexico's former financial intelligence chief and a past president of the global anti-money-laundering body FATF, as general counsel.
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 & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
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 & VenuesExecutive Hires
Nexo Names Lorenzo Pellegrino Chief Banking Officer
Nexo named Lorenzo Pellegrino chief banking officer on July 31, 2025, handing the former Skrill and NETELLER chief executive the task of connecting the lender's digital asset platform to the banking system.
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
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 & VenuesBoard Seats
eToro Appoints Laura Unger to Its Board of Directors
eToro Group Ltd. named former SEC commissioner Laura Unger to its board of directors on July 3, 2025, alongside Wix chief financial officer Lior Shemesh.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Riot Platforms Hires Jonathan Gibbs as Data Center Chief
Riot Platforms hired Jonathan Gibbs as its first Chief Data Center Officer on June 2, 2025, to lead a new data center platform beyond its Bitcoin mining business.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Jarrod Patten Leaves Core Scientific's Board
Jarrod Patten gave up the chairman's seat on Core Scientific's board on May 16, 2025, after skipping reelection at the company's annual meeting.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Core Scientific Appoints Elizabeth Crain to Its Board
Core Scientific named Moelis & Company co-founder Elizabeth Crain to its board of directors on May 16, 2025, putting her in the chair of its audit committee.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Core Scientific Board Member Todd Becker Steps Down
Todd Becker left Core Scientific's board of directors effective immediately on May 13, 2025, ending a term in which he chaired the audit committee through two capital raises.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
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
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 & 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 & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
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 & VenuesExecutive Hires
Jito Foundation Names Thomas Uhm Chief Commercial Officer
Jito Foundation hired Jane Street veteran Thomas Uhm as chief commercial officer on April 7, 2025, to pull institutional money toward the Solana staking protocol.
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 & 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 & 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 & VenuesExecutive Hires
OKX Names Linda Lacewell Chief Legal Officer
OKX appointed board member Linda Lacewell chief legal officer on April 1, 2025, bringing in the former head of the New York Department of Financial Services to lead its expansion into Europe and the UAE.
Markets & VenuesExits and Removals
OKX Chief Legal Officer Mauricio Beugelmans Leaves the Exchange
OKX announced on April 1, 2025, that chief legal officer Mauricio Beugelmans had left and that Linda Lacewell would succeed him, weeks after the exchange paid over $500 million to settle with the U.S. Department of Justice.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Gemini Names Dan Chen Chief Financial Officer
Dan Chen announced on X on March 17, 2025, that he had joined Gemini as chief financial officer, a hire CoinDesk reported the same day as the exchange prepared for a potential IPO.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Securitize Names Georgia Quinn Chief Legal Officer
Securitize announced on March 4, 2025, that Georgia Quinn would join the tokenization platform as chief legal officer after four years as general counsel at Anchorage Digital.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Core Scientific Names Jim Nygaard Chief Financial Officer
Core Scientific named Jim Nygaard chief financial officer on March 3, 2025, succeeding Denise Sterling, who had guided the Bitcoin miner through its 2022 Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Riot Platforms Names Michael Turner to Its Board
Riot Platforms appointed former Oxford Properties Group president Michael Turner to its board of directors on Feb. 12, 2025, as it lined up advisers for a shift toward AI and high-performance computing.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Riot Platforms Names Jaime Leverton to Its Board
Riot Platforms appointed former Hut 8 chief executive Jaime Leverton to its board of directors on Feb. 12, 2025, alongside two other new directors, as part of its pivot toward AI and high-performance computing.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Riot Platforms Names Doug Mouton to Its Board
Riot Platforms appointed former Meta and Microsoft data center executive Doug Mouton to its board of directors on Feb. 12, 2025, as part of a pivot toward AI and high-performance computing.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Riot Platforms Director Hubert Marleau Retires From Its Board
Riot Platforms director Hubert Marleau retired from its board on Feb. 12, 2025, as two activist investors pushed the Bitcoin miner to pursue AI and high-performance computing deals.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Riot Platforms Director Hannah Cho Retires From Its Board
Riot Platforms director Hannah Cho retired from its board on Feb. 12, 2025, the same filing in which the Bitcoin miner added three directors with data center and real estate backgrounds.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Kraken Names Ben Gray Chief Legal Officer
Kraken named former Paxos general counsel Ben Gray as chief legal officer on Feb. 4, 2025, three weeks after Marco Santori stepped down, with Gray reporting to co-chief executives Arjun Sethi and David Ripley.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Bitpanda Names Mer Sánchez de Rojas Chief Operating Officer
Bitpanda promoted Mer Sánchez de Rojas, its vice president of group operations, to chief operating officer on February 4, 2025, five years after she joined the exchange.
Markets & VenuesExits and Removals
KuCoin Founder Michael Gan Steps Down From Every Role
Michael Gan stepped down from every role at KuCoin on January 27, 2025, as part of a deferred prosecution agreement that resolved a U.S. Justice Department case against him.
Markets & VenuesExits and Removals
KuCoin Co-Founder Eric Tang Steps Down From Every Role
Eric Tang left every role at KuCoin on January 27, 2025, as part of a settlement in which the exchange agreed to pay nearly $300 million and co-founder Michael Gan also stepped down.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
BC Wong Succeeds Johnny Lyu as KuCoin CEO
KuCoin's chief legal officer became CEO on Jan. 20, 2025.
Markets & VenuesExits and Removals
Kraken Chief Legal Officer Marco Santori Steps Down
Marco Santori announced on Jan. 15, 2025, that he was leaving Kraken's chief legal officer post after almost five years, moving into an advisory role as the exchange prepared to name his successor.
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 & VenuesExits and Removals
HashKey Group Chief Operating Officer Livio Weng Resigns
Livio Weng resigned as HashKey Group's chief operating officer and HashKey Exchange's chief executive officer, the company said on December 5, 2024, citing personal family reasons and a transition plan it had reported to Hong Kong's securities regulator in advance.
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 & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
21Shares Names Edel Bashir Chief Operating Officer
21.co's December 3, 2024 announcement named Edel Bashir, previously of abrdn, chief operating officer of 21Shares as 21.co split into two separate businesses.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
21Shares Names Duncan Moir President
21.co's December 3, 2024 announcement named Duncan Moir, formerly of abrdn, president of 21Shares as 21.co split into two separate businesses.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
OSL Group Names Ivan Wong Chief Financial Officer
OSL Group announced on November 21, 2024, that Ivan Wong, who had joined the Hong Kong digital asset firm as chief investment officer two months earlier, would become chief financial officer.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Bitget Names Min Lin Chief Business Officer
Bitget appointed former Binance Latin America vice president Min Lin as chief business officer on October 28, 2024, the same day it said it served over 45 million users.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
OKX Names Yuri Mushkin Global Chief Risk Officer
OKX appointed Yuri Mushkin its Global Chief Risk Officer on October 14, 2024, pulling a 20-year capital markets veteran from McKinsey Investment Office Partners into a seat reporting to the CEO and board.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
Markets & VenuesExits and Removals
Core Scientific CFO Denise Sterling to Step Down
Core Scientific announced on Sept. 6, 2024, that chief financial officer Denise Sterling would step down effective May 1, 2025, after leading the company's finances through its bankruptcy exit.
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 & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Bitfarms Names Liam Wilson Chief Operating Officer
Bitfarms hired Liam Wilson as chief operating officer on August 13, 2024, effective August 26, after six months of consulting for the Bitcoin miner.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Bitfarms Founder Nicolas Bonta Steps Down From the Board
Bitfarms founder and chairman Nicolas Bonta stepped down from the company's board on August 13, 2024, as Riot Platforms pressed a hostile bid to replace its directors.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Bitfarms Adds CEO Ben Gagnon to Its Board
Bitfarms put chief executive Ben Gagnon on its board of directors on August 13, 2024, the same day chairman Nicolas Bonta stepped down in the middle of Riot Platforms' hostile takeover push.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Robinhood Welcomes Jeff Pinner as Chief Technology Officer
Robinhood hired Jeff Pinner, formerly Lyft's chief technology officer and a distinguished engineer at Cruise, as its own chief technology officer on Aug. 12, 2024.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Chris Lehane Joins Coinbase Board of Directors
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong named Chris Lehane, Paul Clement and Christa Davies to the company's board on July 25, 2024, pairing an OpenAI policy executive with a former U.S. Solicitor General.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
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 & VenuesExits and Removals
Bullish's Steve Ellis Steps Down as CFO
Bullish chief executive Tom Farley announced on May 28, 2024, that Steve Ellis had stepped down as chief financial officer, with David Bonanno succeeding him in the role.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Bullish Names David Bonanno Chief Financial Officer
Bullish moved its chief strategy officer David Bonanno into the chief financial officer role on May 28, 2024, succeeding Steve Ellis, the exchange's press release said.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
Gracy Chen Succeeds Sandra Lou as Bitget CEO
Bitget's managing director became CEO on May 21, 2024, when Sandra Lou left.
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 & 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
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.
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 & VenuesExecutive Hires
Anchorage Digital Names Aaron Schnarch Chief Operating Officer
Anchorage Digital named former Coinbase Custody chief executive Aaron Schnarch its first company-wide chief operating officer on April 22, 2024, after the company topped $50 billion in assets under custody.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Katie Haun Leaves Coinbase's Board After Seven Years
Katie Haun announced on April 20, 2024 that she would step off Coinbase's board after more than seven years, the end of her third term, so she could focus on her venture firm Haun Ventures.
Markets & VenuesExits and Removals
Robinhood Co-Founder Baiju Bhatt Steps Down as Creative Chief
Baiju Bhatt left his executive role as Robinhood's chief creative officer on March 21, 2024, after more than ten years in leadership, while staying on the company's board.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Backpack Exchange Names Oliver Sleafer Chief Financial Officer
Backpack Exchange announced on March 21, 2024, that it had promoted Oliver Sleafer, its head of treasury and a former Stripe and Credit Suisse liquidity executive, to chief financial officer.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Anchorage Digital Names SEC Veteran TuongVy Le General Counsel
Anchorage Digital hired former SEC senior counsel TuongVy Le as general counsel on March 13, 2024, replacing Georgia Quinn, who had held the role for three and a half years.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Fireblocks Names Michal Ferguson Chief Marketing Officer
Fireblocks named Michal Ferguson chief marketing officer on March 7, 2024, hiring her from the cybersecurity platform Snyk as CoinDesk reported the same day.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Fireblocks Names Michael Levine Chief Financial Officer
Fireblocks named Michael Levine chief financial officer on March 7, 2024, hiring him from Payoneer's finance team as CoinDesk reported the same day.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Fireblocks Names Madan Gadde Chief Customer Officer
Fireblocks named Madan Gadde chief customer officer on March 7, 2024, hiring him from FIS as CoinDesk independently reported the same day.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
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
Argo Blockchain's Seif El-Bakly Steps Down as COO
Argo Blockchain said on January 8, 2024, that Seif El-Bakly left his chief operating officer role effective January 5, ten months after his term as interim CEO ended, with operations reporting to chief strategy officer Sebastien Chalus.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
CZ Steps Down as Binance.US Board Chairman
Changpeng Zhao stepped down as chairman of Binance.US's board of directors on Nov. 28, 2023, days after settling criminal charges with the U.S. Justice Department over Binance's global exchange.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
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 & VenuesInstitutional Custody & Asset Management
Donald Verrilli Wins Grayscale's Bitcoin ETF Case
Verrilli argued Grayscale v. SEC on March 7, 2023, and spot bitcoin ETFs later drew $57.2 billion net while $27.9 billion left Grayscale's fund.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
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 & VenuesExecutive Hires
Binance Names Eleanor Hughes General Counsel
Binance appointed Eleanor Hughes general counsel on July 13, 2023, putting her in charge of an 85-lawyer legal team as the exchange faced what Bloomberg Law called a web of regulatory probes.
Markets & VenuesExits and Removals
Patrick Hillmann Leaves Binance Eight Days Before 1,000 Jobs Go
Patrick Hillmann, Binance's chief strategy officer, announced his exit on July 6, 2023, and CoinDesk reported on July 14 that the exchange had cut more than 1,000 jobs.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Gate Names Kevin Lee Chief Executive Officer of Gate.HK
Gate Group named Kevin Lee, a former BNP Paribas director, chief executive officer of its Hong Kong exchange Gate.HK on May 30, 2023, after eFinancialCareers reported the hire eight days earlier.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Argo Blockchain Appoints Jim MacCallum Chief Financial Officer
Argo Blockchain named Jim MacCallum chief financial officer on April 4, 2023, with a start date of April 5, as the miner reported a 10 percent drop in Bitcoin mined during March.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Cipher Mining Promotes William Iwaschuk to Co-President
Cipher Mining Inc. promoted chief legal officer William Iwaschuk to co-president alongside Patrick Kelly on March 20, 2023, while keeping both men in their existing executive roles.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Anchorage Digital Bank Adds Julie Williams to Its Board
Anchorage Digital Bank named Julie L. Williams, twice the acting head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, to its board on Feb. 28, 2023, her first seat on a privately held company's board.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Sarah Gow Resigns From Argo Blockchain Board
Sarah Gow stepped down from Argo Blockchain's board on Feb. 9, 2023, the same day CEO Peter Wall's resignation became public and eight days after CFO Alex Appleton's, as the Bitcoin miner faced a shareholder lawsuit.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
FalconX Hires Baris Cetinok as Chief Product Officer
FalconX named Baris Cetinok chief product officer on Feb. 7, 2023, pulling a 25-year product veteran from Robinhood's brokerage platform into the institutional crypto broker.
Markets & VenuesExits and Removals
Argo Blockchain CFO Alex Appleton Resigns
Alex Appleton resigned as Argo Blockchain's chief financial officer on Feb. 1, 2023, after the Bitcoin miner closed the sale of its Helios mining facility to Galaxy Digital for debt relief.
Markets & VenuesLayoffs
Luno Cuts 35 Percent of Its Staff in Crypto Winter
Luno chief executive Marcus Swanepoel told employees on January 25, 2023, that the exchange would cut 35 percent of its roughly 960-person staff, following layoffs at sibling firm Genesis and rivals Kraken and Coinbase.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
Markets & VenuesCEO Changes
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.
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.
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 & VenuesLayoffs
Kraken Cuts 1,100 Jobs as Crypto Winter Deepens
Kraken cut about 1,100 jobs, or 30 percent of its workforce, on Nov. 30, 2022, after the collapse of FTX, with CEO Jesse Powell citing slower trading volumes and fewer new 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
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
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.
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 & 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 & VenuesExits and Removals
Voyager Digital CFO Ashwin Prithipaul Resigns
Voyager Digital said on September 23, 2022, that Chief Financial Officer Ashwin Prithipaul was resigning after four months in the job, with CEO Stephen Ehrlich taking over his duties during the firm's bankruptcy.
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
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 & VenuesExecutive Hires
Copper Names Tim Neill Chief Risk Officer
Crypto custodian Copper hired Mastercard risk executive Tim Neill as chief risk officer on September 5, 2022, reporting to Chief Operating Officer Sabrina Wilson.
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 & 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 & 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
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 & 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 & 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.
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 & VenuesExecutive Hires
BitGo Promotes Chen Fang to Chief Operating Officer
BitGo elevated Chen Fang from chief product officer to chief operating officer on August 2, 2022, the same day it named Victor Tsou, a 20-year engineering veteran from Affirm, vice president of engineering.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Amber Group Names Benjamin Bai Chief Legal Officer
Benjamin Bai left Ant Group's legal team to become Amber Group's chief legal officer on July 4, 2022, arriving as the digital asset platform secured a dozen regulatory licenses across five jurisdictions.
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
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 & VenuesLayoffs
Bitpanda Lays Off Staff to Scale Down to 730 Employees
Bitpanda told staff on June 24, 2022, that it would scale down to a target of about 730 people, citing a hiring pace its own founders called unsustainable.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Hut 8 Mining Names Aniss Amdiss Chief Legal Officer
Hut 8 Mining Corp. named Aniss Amdiss chief legal officer on June 21, 2022, effective July 11, 2022, reporting to chief executive officer Jaime Leverton.
Markets & VenuesLayoffs
Coinbase Cuts 18% of Its Workforce in First Layoff Round
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announced on June 14, 2022 that the exchange would cut 18% of its staff, about 1,100 employees, after what he called four times growth in 18 months left its costs too high for a down market.
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
Compute North Names Satyen Yadav Chief Technology Officer
Compute North named Satyen Yadav chief technology officer on June 6, 2022, and the bitcoin mining host filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy 108 days later, on September 22, 2022.
Markets & VenuesExits and Removals
Riot's Jeff McGonegal Retires as Chief Financial Officer
Jeff McGonegal, Riot Blockchain's chief financial officer, announced his retirement on June 1, 2022, after twenty years with the company, with Colin Yee set to succeed him on Aug. 15, 2022.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
TeraWulf Names Patrick Fleury Chief Financial Officer
TeraWulf appointed Patrick Fleury chief financial officer on May 16, 2022, a hire CFO Dive detailed two years later as he steered the bitcoin miner out of a debt crunch and into AI-driven data centers.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
HashKey Group Names David Leahy Chief Operating Officer
HashKey Group named J.P. Morgan veteran David Leahy chief operating officer of its exchange business on May 13, 2022, alongside a new senior risk advisor, as the group pursued trading licenses in three jurisdictions.
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.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
MicroStrategy Names Andrew Kang Chief Financial Officer
MicroStrategy named Andrew Kang its new chief financial officer on May 3, 2022, pulling him from the same post at Greensky, and shifted then-CFO Phong Le into the company presidency once Kang started that May 9.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Kraken Names Mayur Gupta Chief Marketing Officer
Kraken hired Mayur Gupta, the former Gannett and Spotify marketing chief, as chief marketing officer on April 19, 2022, the exchange's second executive hire that spring.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Robinhood Welcomes Meyer Malka to Its Board of Directors
Robinhood Markets added Ribbit Capital founder Meyer "Micky" Malka, an early investor in the brokerage, to its board on March 23, 2022.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Kraken Appoints Carrie Dolan Chief Financial Officer
Kraken named Carrie Dolan, a Lending Club and Charles Schwab veteran, chief financial officer on March 22, 2022, after she had settled SEC charges over fund returns Lending Club reported.
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.
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 & VenuesExecutive Hires
Gemini Names Pravjit Tiwana Chief Technology Officer
Gemini's co-founders welcomed Pravjit Tiwana as chief technology officer on January 24, 2022, a hire Crowdfund Insider independently reported the next day, and Bloomberg reported his exit 22 months later.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
BitMEX Names Rupertus Rothenhaeuser Commercial Chief
BitMEX hired Rupertus Rothenhaeuser as chief commercial officer on Jan. 3, 2022, to run an expansion beyond derivatives into spot trading, brokerage and custody.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Rain Management Names Talal Al Zain to Its Board
Talal Al Zain, the former chief executive of Bahrain's sovereign wealth fund, joined the board of crypto exchange Rain Management on December 29, 2021, four years after four co-founders launched the company.
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 & 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.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Bit Digital Appoints Brock Pierce to Board of Directors
Bit Digital named Bitcoin Foundation chairman Brock Pierce to its board on Sept. 28, 2021, effective Oct. 31, 2021, and shareholders reelected him nearly five years later.
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 & VenuesExecutive Hires
Bitso Names Vaughan Smith Its First Chief Operating Officer
Bitso hired former Facebook executive Vaughan Smith as its first chief operating officer, CoinDesk reported on August 30, 2021, to help drive its expansion into Brazil after a $250 million funding round.
Markets & VenuesBoard Seats
Fireblocks Adds Former SEC Chair Jay Clayton to Advisory Board
Fireblocks named Jay Clayton to its seven-member advisory board on Aug. 19, 2021, a month after the custody firm raised $310 million at a $2 billion valuation.
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 & VenuesExecutive Hires
Canaan Names James Jin Cheng Chief Financial Officer
Canaan appointed James Jin Cheng chief financial officer effective immediately on Aug. 2, 2021, filling a seat its previous finance chief had vacated in February.
Markets & VenuesExits and Removals
Wei Zhou Leaves Binance as Chief Financial Officer
Wei Zhou, Binance's chief financial officer, left the exchange on June 9, 2021, after nearly three years.
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 & 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
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 & VenuesExecutive Hires
FTX.US Names Brett Harrison Its First President
West Realm Shires Services said on May 13, 2021, that it had appointed Brett Harrison, a former Jane Street and Citadel Securities technologist, as the first president of FTX.US.
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
Cipher Mining Names William Iwaschuk Chief Legal Officer
Cipher Mining Technologies announced on March 18, 2021, that it had hired William Iwaschuk, who spent more than seven years at Tower Research Capital, as chief legal officer ahead of its Nasdaq 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
Canaan CFO Quanfu Hong Resigns, Cites Personal Reasons
Canaan Inc. announced on February 9, 2021, that Chief Financial Officer Quanfu Hong had resigned for personal reasons, with Tong He stepping in as acting CFO 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 & VenuesExecutive Hires
Hut 8 Names Tanya Woods General Counsel
Hut 8 appointed Tanya Woods as general counsel and executive vice president of regulatory affairs on January 26, 2021, effective February 1, reporting to newly named chief executive Jaime Leverton.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
BitGo Names Jeff Horowitz Chief Compliance Officer
BitGo hired Jeff Horowitz, Coinbase's former chief compliance officer, on Jan. 13, 2021, weeks after BitGo paid $93,830 to settle 183 apparent sanctions violations with the U.S. Treasury.
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
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
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 & VenuesBoard Seats
Coinbase Adds Ex-Cisco CFO Kelly Kramer to Its Board
Coinbase named Kelly Kramer, who spent nine years at Cisco and rose to chief financial officer there, to its board of directors on Dec. 16, 2020, putting her in charge of the Audit and Compliance Committee four months before the exchange's own public listing.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Bittrex Global Names Jeff Baron Chief Compliance Officer
Bittrex Global announced on November 12, 2020, that it had hired former Bermuda national security minister Jeff Baron as chief compliance officer for its Bermuda entity, starting the following month.
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'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
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
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.
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 & VenuesBoard Seats
Canaan Names Wenjun Zhang Independent Director
Wenjun Zhang and three other new independent directors joined Canaan Inc.'s board effective August 1, 2020, The Block reported on August 3, a day before Canaan's own release, replacing three directors whose terms had expired.
Markets & VenuesBitcoin & Mining
Alex Gladstein Turns Human Rights Money Into Bitcoin Code
HRF's Bitcoin Development Fund began with a gift of close to $50,000 in June 2020 and counted 383 projects in 70 countries by August 2026.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Robinhood Names Dan Gallagher Chief Legal Officer
Robinhood hired board member and former SEC commissioner Dan Gallagher as chief legal officer on May 5, 2020, about seven months after he joined the board and four years after he left the agency he would now help Robinhood answer to.
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.
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
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 & VenuesExecutive Hires
Bitpanda Names Oliver Stauber Chief Legal Officer
Oliver Stauber left a Vienna law firm specializing in Bitcoin and blockchain work to become Bitpanda's chief legal officer on January 14, 2020, when the Austrian exchange counted more than 1 million users.
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
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
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
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
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.
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 & VenuesExecutive Hires
Gemini Names Noah Perlman Chief Compliance Officer
Tyler Winklevoss announced on September 4, 2019, that Noah Perlman had joined Gemini as chief compliance officer, a hire Compliance Week independently reported the next day.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Gemini Names David Damato Chief Security Officer
Gemini hired David Damato, formerly chief security officer at Tanium, to lead its security program on August 19, 2019, during what the exchange called a period of rapid growth.
Markets & VenuesBitcoin & Mining
Michel Rauchs Helps Count Bitcoin's Watts, and Cambridge Recounts Them
Michel Rauchs co-designed Cambridge's Bitcoin electricity index, launched July 2, 2019, and a 2023 revision cut its 2021 estimate from 104.9 to 89.0 terawatt-hours.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Robinhood Elevates Gretchen Howard to Chief Operating Officer
Robinhood promoted Gretchen Howard, a five-month vice president of operations, to chief operating officer on June 24, 2019, 13 months after the company raised $363 million at a $5.6 billion valuation.
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 & 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.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
BitGo Names Dick Corcoran CEO of Its Trust Company
BitGo brought banking veteran Dick Corcoran out of retirement on December 6, 2018, to run a new South Dakota trust company built to hold crypto for hedge funds and family offices.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Ledger Names Demetrios Skalkotos Global Head of Ledger Vault
Ledger opened a New York office on Nov. 26, 2018 and put Demetrios Skalkotos in charge of Ledger Vault, the custody product the Paris company built for institutions holding multiple cryptocurrencies.
Markets & VenuesExecutive Hires
Fidelity Names Tom Jessop Head of Fidelity Digital Assets
Fidelity Investments launched Fidelity Digital Assets on Oct. 15, 2018 and put Tom Jessop in charge, giving the $7.2 trillion asset manager its own custody and trade execution service for institutional bitcoin and ether holders.
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.
Markets & VenuesInstitutional Custody & Asset Management
Christopher Giancarlo Lets Bitcoin Futures Self-Certify
The CFTC let CME and Cboe list bitcoin futures on Dec. 1, 2017, and a court cited that market to overturn the SEC's Grayscale denial.
Markets & VenuesBitcoin & Mining
Pieter Wuille Splits the Signature, and Bitcoin Splits Too
Pieter Wuille proposed segregated witness in Hong Kong in December 2015, and 97.5 percent of Bitcoin transactions spent SegWit in September 2026.
Markets & VenuesBitcoin & Mining
Joseph Poon and Thaddeus Dryja Bolt a Network Onto Bitcoin
Joseph Poon and Thaddeus Dryja posted the Lightning Network paper in February 2015, and public channels fell from 81,755 to 32,518 between 2022 and 2026.
Markets & VenuesBitcoin & Mining
Wladimir van der Laan Merges Bitcoin Core, Then Hands Off
Wladimir van der Laan maintained Bitcoin Core from April 2014, made about 24 percent of its merges in 2020, and stepped back in January 2021.
Markets & VenuesBitcoin & Mining
Slush Pools Bitcoin's Miners, and Pools Win Nearly Every Block
Marek Palatinus proposed pooled mining on November 27, 2010, and mempool.space now lists just 290 of the past year's 52,381 blocks as Unknown.
