# CryptoLately > CryptoLately (cryptolately.com) is a journalism site that reads crypto and web3 through the people who build it. Hires, departures, raises, launches, incidents, and rulings get interpreted as strategy. The standing thesis: crypto is about people and what they have been up to lately. Two sections: Articles (data-heavy analysis across every corner of crypto) and The Signal (the biggest crypto people moves of the week, every week, with a source and a confidence label on every entry). Sister publication of AI Lately. Edited by Ryan Elliott Dennis. Facts for machines: every article opens with a hyperbolic epigraph carrying one real statistic, then grounds itself in cited data; every statistic traces to a numbered source in AP style; personal data stays within name, role, employer, public source, and date; confidence labels (confirmed, reported, inferred) mark every recorded move. Quote with attribution to CryptoLately and link to the canonical URL. 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Archive at a glance: 610 articles, 0 analysis pieces, 9 Signal weeks, 1452 people tracked, 36 moves logged, 2962 distinct sources cited, 394,003 words. ## Anchors - [Michael Weisz Becomes CEO of the Solana Lender Kamino](https://cryptolately.com/articles/kamino-ceo-appointment-2026): Yieldstreet co-founder Michael Weisz became CEO of the Solana lending protocol Kamino on Sept. 15, 2026. - [Alexander Urbelis Becomes the ENS Foundation's First Executive Director](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ens-foundation-board-and-leadership-2026): ENS tokenholders voted 1.27 million to 480,690 on Aug. 8, 2026 to seat Alexander Urbelis and three independent directors. - [Adam Schlisman and Allison Parent Join Ondo Finance's Executive Ranks](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ondo-finance-schlisman-and-parent-senior-hires-2026): Ondo Finance hired Adam Schlisman as chief financial officer on August 5, 2026, and Allison Parent as chief policy officer on August 28, 2026, three months after founder Nathan Allman's death opened a Delaware court fight over who runs the company. - [The Signal](https://cryptolately.com/signal): weekly feed of the biggest crypto people moves, with confidence labels and sources. - [People index](https://cryptolately.com/people): every person covered, with their latest move. ## Regulation & Enforcement - [Washington Wrote AI Rules in 60 Days; Crypto Awaits Clarity](https://cryptolately.com/articles/washington-wrote-ai-rules-crypto-awaits-clarity): The White House finalized a confidential AI rulebook in 60 days, while crypto's public market-structure bill has waited 459 days since the House passed it. - [The Crypto Brief, Oct. 17: Smith Fills Washington's Empty Seat](https://cryptolately.com/articles/the-crypto-brief-oct-17): Kristin Smith starts atop crypto's biggest lobby as the White House's own crypto council sits with zero staff. - [Turkey Confirms HEX Founder Richard Heart's Arrest](https://cryptolately.com/articles/turkey-confirms-hex-founder-richard-hearts-arrest): Turkey's justice minister confirmed Richard Heart's arrest, and HEX's price fell fast as the news spread. - [Friday Filings: Banks Sue the OCC, Peirce Leaves the SEC](https://cryptolately.com/articles/friday-filings-oct-2-2026-banks-sue-the-occ-peirce-leaves-the-sec): On Oct. 2, 2026, community bankers sued the OCC over crypto trust charters, Hester Peirce served her last day at the SEC, and Coinbase disclosed its chief accounting officer's retirement. - [Hester Peirce Waits Six Years for a Token Safe Harbor](https://cryptolately.com/articles/hester-peirce-waits-six-years-for-a-token-safe-harbor): Peirce proposed a three-year token safe harbor on Feb. 6, 2020; the SEC proposed its own on Aug. 18, 2026, weeks before she left. - [Caitlin Long's Crypto Bank Law Meets the Fed's Third Tier](https://cryptolately.com/articles/caitlin-longs-crypto-bank-law-meets-the-feds-third-tier): Wyoming created crypto banks on Feb. 26, 2019; the Fed rejected Caitlin Long's Custodia in 2023 and approved Kraken's bank only in 2026. ## Institutional Custody & Asset Management - [XRP Finally Gets Its Own Account on X](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [BlackRock Files Third Bitcoin ETF, Still Has Just Two Coins](https://cryptolately.com/articles/blackrock-files-third-bitcoin-etf-still-has-just-two-coins): BlackRock filed for a third bitcoin ETF Monday, even though it still only offers bitcoin and ethereum. - [Crypto's Big Names Tease Plans, Skip the Details](https://cryptolately.com/articles/cryptos-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. - [Donald Verrilli Wins Grayscale's Bitcoin ETF Case](https://cryptolately.com/articles/donald-verrilli-wins-grayscales-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. - [Christopher Giancarlo Lets Bitcoin Futures Self-Certify](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. ## DeFi Protocols - [Crypto Lending's Comeback Still Needs the Same Bridges](https://cryptolately.com/articles/crypto-lendings-comeback-needs-the-same-bridges): Lending protocols recovered 55 percent since July, but the bridges and oracles that caused April's $292 million hack still carry every loan. - [Kain Warwick's Synthetix Plants Yield Farming Eleven Months Before COMP](https://cryptolately.com/articles/kain-warwicks-synthetix-plants-yield-farming-before-comp): Synthetix paid SNX to Uniswap liquidity providers from July 2019, eleven months before Compound's COMP set off DeFi's yield farming summer. ## Capital Markets & Treasury - [Strategy Fights to Steady STRC Near $100](https://cryptolately.com/articles/strategy-fights-to-steady-strc): Strategy spent $193 million trying to keep its preferred stock near $100, as Solana and Circle also posted big numbers. - [The Crypto Brief, Oct. 18: Nine Firms Resist Tokens](https://cryptolately.com/articles/the-crypto-brief-oct-18): Nine companies blocked OKXICE from tokenizing their stock this week, while Circle, Hacken and Cardano's founder each made their own case in public. - [Ripple's David Schwartz Turns a Billboard Mix-Up Viral](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ripple-david-schwartz-billboard-mix-up-viral): A wrong billboard photo from Ripple's David Schwartz turned into crypto Twitter's biggest joke of the day. - [Ondo Hits $4 Billion; Meet the Team Behind Its Stocks](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Saylor Pitches a Private Central Bank at the World Bank](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [OKX Raises From Circle, Ripple, Standard Chartered at $25 Billion](https://cryptolately.com/articles/okx-adds-circle-ripple-and-standard-chartered-as-investors-at-25-billion): The exchange says a round extending its March financing values it at $25 billion before the new capital comes in. ## Trading Venues & Brokerage - [CoinPaprika Finds a Sevenfold Gap in Bitcoin's Volume](https://cryptolately.com/articles/coinpaprika-finds-a-sevenfold-gap-in-bitcoins-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. - [Nine Companies Stop Cuomo's Tokenized Stock Push](https://cryptolately.com/articles/nine-companies-stop-cuomos-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. - [Musk's Flying Car Sends Crypto Traders Into Overdrive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/musk-flying-car-crypto-traders-overdrive): A car that flies moved more crypto money than any blockchain news did Friday. - [MNX Swaps Funding Rates for a 2027 Expiry](https://cryptolately.com/articles/mnx-trades-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. ## Security & Incident Response - [World's New Tool Hunts Deepfakes on Video Calls](https://cryptolately.com/articles/world-new-tool-hunts-deepfakes-video-calls): World sold banks a badge that checks if a video caller is real. Its loudest critic says the fraud rides in on the audio. - [Ledger's CEO Tells Mt. Gox's Ex-CEO: Get Real](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ledger-ceo-tells-mt-gox-ex-ceo-get-real): Ledger's chief dismissed a security warning from Mt. Gox's old CEO about a $93 million wallet hack. - [Banks Push Deeper Into Crypto As Quantum Fears Simmer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/banks-push-deeper-crypto-quantum-fears-simmer): A bank added Ripple's stablecoin to its core, and Google's quantum chip renewed old fears. - [samczsun Answers Crypto's 911 Calls](https://cryptolately.com/articles/samczsun-answers-cryptos-911-calls): samczsun started a $9.6 million white-hat rescue in 2020, protected $350 million at SushiSwap in 2021, then founded SEAL's emergency hotline. - [Kim Nilsson Traces Mt. Gox's Missing Bitcoin to BTC-e](https://cryptolately.com/articles/kim-nilsson-traces-mt-goxs-missing-bitcoin-to-btc-e): WizSec's Kim Nilsson traced stolen Mt. Gox bitcoin to BTC-e and named Alexander Vinnik his chief suspect the day Vinnik's arrest broke. - [Tigran Gambaryan Seizes 69,370 Bitcoin, Then Nigeria Seizes Him](https://cryptolately.com/articles/tigran-gambaryan-seizes-69370-bitcoin-then-nigeria-seizes-him): IRS agent Tigran Gambaryan traced corrupt agents, BTC-e and Welcome to Video, then spent eight months held in Nigeria as a Binance executive. - [Sarah Meiklejohn Follows a Fistful of Bitcoins](https://cryptolately.com/articles/sarah-meiklejohn-follows-a-fistful-of-bitcoins): Sarah Meiklejohn's 2013 paper used 344 test payments to put names on 1.8 million Bitcoin addresses, and tracing firms now run variants of it. ## Stablecoins & Payments - [Jeremy Allaire Pitches Circle's Arc as Money for Machines](https://cryptolately.com/articles/allaire-pitches-circles-arc-as-money-for-machines): Circle's chief executive told a16z crypto, which led Arc's token presale, that AI will likely be the chain's main users. - [Ripple and Mastercard Wire Stablecoins Into Bank Rails](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ripple-mastercard-wire-stablecoins-bank-rails): Ripple put RLUSD inside Cross River's core system, and Mastercard linked stablecoins to its card network through BVNK. - [Polygon Completes Coinme Deal and Claims 48 States](https://cryptolately.com/articles/polygon-completes-coinme-acquisition-and-opens-money-stack-in-48-states): Polygon announced its Coinme completion on October 14, 2026, and 11 of the 48 states rest on exemptions. - [PwC Cuts EOS Securitization Payouts to One Day on Stellar](https://cryptolately.com/articles/pwc-cuts-eos-securitization-payouts-from-30-days-to-one-on-stellar): PwC Germany built a smart contract system for EOS Group that pays securitization investors in a regulated euro stablecoin within a day. ## Protocol Research - [Bitcoin Skipped the NIST Curve a 1997 Clock Just Explained](https://cryptolately.com/articles/bitcoin-skipped-the-nist-curve-a-1997-clock-explained): Claude traced NIST's curve seeds to a Unix clock in 1997, and Bitcoin has run all along on secp256k1, a curve built a different way. - [Phil Daian Names MEV, and Flashbots Builds Its Market](https://cryptolately.com/articles/phil-daian-names-mev-and-flashbots-builds-its-market): A 2019 Cornell Tech paper named the profit in ordering trades; by October 2026, 92 percent of Ethereum slots ran through Flashbots' MEV-Boost. - [Kevin Owocki Squares the Crowd at Gitcoin](https://cryptolately.com/articles/kevin-owocki-squares-the-crowd-at-gitcoin): Gitcoin ran its first quadratic funding round in February 2019 with a $25,000 match; by 2022 matches topped $3 million, and fake accounts grew alongside. ## AI and Crypto - [An OpenAI Agent Spends a Stranger's Wallet](https://cryptolately.com/articles/openai-agent-spends-strangers-wallet): OpenAI says its research model found a public key and spent test coins owned by someone else. ## Layer 1s & Infrastructure - [CZ Doubts Solana Organizers After Shanghai Police Visit](https://cryptolately.com/articles/cz-doubts-solana-organizers-shanghai-police-visit): Binance's CZ questioned Solana's planning after police visited its first Shanghai tour stop this week. - [Danny Ryan Steers the Merge That Unplugged Ethereum's Miners](https://cryptolately.com/articles/danny-ryan-steers-the-merge-that-unplugged-ethereums-miners): Danny Ryan coordinated Ethereum's switch to proof of stake on Sept. 15, 2022; CCRI found it cut the network's electricity use by 99.988 percent. - [Protolambda's Blobs Cut Rollup Fees and Ethereum's Rent](https://cryptolately.com/articles/protolambdas-blobs-cut-rollup-fees-and-ethereums-rent): Protolambda's EIP-4844 dropped Base's median fee from $0.59 to under a cent in March 2024, and cut what Base pays Ethereum. - [Superphiz Takes On Prysm, and Lighthouse Inherits the Majority](https://cryptolately.com/articles/superphiz-takes-on-prysm-and-lighthouse-inherits-the-majority): A February 2022 post named Coinbase and Kraken as the biggest Prysm operators; by October 2026, Lighthouse ran 52.66 percent of consensus nodes. - [Eric Conner Sparks Ethereum's Fee Burn, and Miners Fume](https://cryptolately.com/articles/eric-conner-sparks-ethereums-fee-burn-and-miners-fume): Eric Conner championed Vitalik Buterin's fee-burn plan in 2019; Ethereum has burned 4.6 million ETH since August 2021, though the burn shrank in 2025. - [Nick Johnson Makes a Name for Ethereum's Addresses](https://cryptolately.com/articles/nick-johnson-makes-a-name-for-ethereums-addresses): Nick Johnson's naming registrar went live on May 4, 2017; .eth fees peaked at $55.40 million in 2022, and squatting has trailed it since launch. - [Fabian Vogelsteller Files Issue 20, and Tokens Follow](https://cryptolately.com/articles/fabian-vogelsteller-files-issue-20-and-tokens-follow): Fabian Vogelsteller posted a six-function token standard in 2015; by October 2026, Ethereum and Tron, which matches it, held 77.3 percent of dollar stablecoins. ## exits - [Coinbase Chief Accounting Officer Jennifer Jones Plans to Retire](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Circle's CFO Jeremy Fox-Geen to Step Down](https://cryptolately.com/articles/circles-cfo-jeremy-fox-geen-to-step-down): Circle Internet Group said Chief Financial Officer Jeremy Fox-Geen will step down after more than five years in the role, staying through December 2026 to help find a successor. - [Ava Labs' John Wu Steps Down as President](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ava-labs-john-wu-steps-down-as-president): John Wu moved himself from president to senior advisor at Ava Labs on Aug. 18, 2026, handing the title to Charley Cooper after seven years building the company from ten Cornellians in Brooklyn. - [Karen Alexander Departs as Bakkt Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [American Bitcoin President Matt Prusak Departs for Giga Energy](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Coinbase's Lawrence Brock Steps Down as People Chief](https://cryptolately.com/articles/coinbases-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. - [1inch Confirms Co-Founder Anton Bukov's Exit From Operations](https://cryptolately.com/articles/1inch-confirms-co-founder-anton-bukovs-exit-from-operations): 1inch confirmed on July 16, 2026, that co-founder Anton Bukov had stopped contributing to the project since December 2025, after Bukov said on X that he had been fired in late November 2025. - [Coinbase's Paul Grewal Steps Down as Chief Legal Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/coinbases-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. - [Grayscale's Chief Financial Officer Edward McGee Steps Down](https://cryptolately.com/articles/grayscales-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. - [MetaMask Co-Founder Dan Finlay Leaves Consensys](https://cryptolately.com/articles/metamask-cofounder-dan-finlay-leaves-consensys): Dan Finlay announced on X that April 22, 2026, was his last day at Consensys, ending more than ten years building MetaMask and citing burnout and family time. - [Oren Katz Leaves StarkWare as It Splits Into Two Units](https://cryptolately.com/articles/oren-katz-leaves-starkware-as-it-splits-in-two-2026): Oren Katz, StarkWare's chief operating officer, resigned on April 13, 2026, the day CEO Eli Ben-Sasson told staff the company would cut jobs and split into two business units. - [Blake Janover Departs as DeFi Development Corp's Commercial Chief](https://cryptolately.com/articles/blake-janover-departs-as-defi-development-corps-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. - [Tether Investment Chief Richard Heathcote Steps Down](https://cryptolately.com/articles/tether-investment-chief-richard-heathcote-steps-down): Richard Heathcote stepped down as Tether's chief investment officer on March 12, 2026, moving into an advisory role as deputy Zachary Lyons took over the position. - [Gemini Parts Ways With CFO Dan Chen](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Gemini Parts Ways With Chief Legal Officer Tyler Meade](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Gemini Parts Ways With COO Marshall Beard](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Luigi D'Onorio DeMeo Steps Down as Ava Labs Strategy Chief](https://cryptolately.com/articles/luigi-donorio-demeo-steps-down-as-ava-labs-strategy-chief): Luigi D'Onorio DeMeo posted his exit as Ava Labs chief strategy officer on Jan. 15, 2026, after nearly five years, and said he will finish his term on the Avalanche Foundation board. - [Riot Platforms' Colin Yee to Step Down as CFO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Sushi Labs Managing Director Jared Grey Steps Down](https://cryptolately.com/articles/sushi-labs-managing-director-jared-grey-steps-down): Jared Grey announced on Dec. 1, 2025 that he would step down as Sushi's Head Chef and Sushi Labs managing director for an advisory role, as Synthesis founder Alex McCurry took over and invested in the protocol. - [Cipher Mining's Edward Farrell Retires as Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/cipher-minings-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. - [IREN's Belinda Nucifora Departs as Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/irens-belinda-nucifora-departs-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. - [Galaxy's General Counsel Andrew Siegel Departs the Company](https://cryptolately.com/articles/galaxys-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. - [BlackRock's Joseph Chalom Departs for SharpLink](https://cryptolately.com/articles/blackrocks-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. - [Mary-Catherine Lader Quits as Uniswap Labs' President and COO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/mary-catherine-lader-steps-down-as-uniswap-labs-president-2025): Mary-Catherine Lader, Uniswap Labs' first chief operating officer, left the role on July 15, 2025, after four years. - [Bruce Rosenbloom Steps Down as DeFi Development Corp's CFO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/bruce-rosenbloom-steps-down-as-defi-development-corps-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. - [OKX Chief Legal Officer Mauricio Beugelmans Leaves the Exchange](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Jack Gavigan Steps Down as Zcash Foundation Executive Director](https://cryptolately.com/articles/jack-gavigan-steps-down-as-zcash-foundation-executive-director): Jack Gavigan stepped down as Zcash Foundation executive director on March 4, 2025, after four years in the role, handing interim leadership to Chief Operating Officer Alex Bornstein. - [KuCoin Co-Founder Eric Tang Steps Down From Every Role](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [KuCoin Founder Michael Gan Steps Down From Every Role](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Kraken Chief Legal Officer Marco Santori Steps Down](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Galaxy Digital's Alex Ioffe Steps Down as CFO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/galaxy-digitals-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. - [HashKey Group Chief Operating Officer Livio Weng Resigns](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Core Scientific CFO Denise Sterling to Step Down](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Kanav Kariya Departs as Jump Crypto President](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Uniswap Labs Chief Legal Officer Marvin Ammori Hands Off Role](https://cryptolately.com/articles/uniswap-labs-chief-legal-officer-marvin-ammori-hands-off-role): Marvin Ammori announced on June 10, 2024, that he was handing the Uniswap Labs chief legal officer post to Katherine Minarik, a former Coinbase deputy general counsel, as the firm faced a possible SEC lawsuit. - [SoFi's Rob Lavet Retires as Chief Legal Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/sofis-rob-lavet-retires-as-chief-legal-officer): Rob Lavet retired as SoFi's chief legal officer on June 3, 2024, after 12 years building the company's legal department, and moved into an advisory role. - [Bullish's Steve Ellis Steps Down as CFO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/bullishs-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. - [Gala Games Blockchain President Jason Brink Steps Down](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Robinhood Co-Founder Baiju Bhatt Steps Down as Creative Chief](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Argo Blockchain's Seif El-Bakly Steps Down as COO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/argo-blockchain-seif-el-bakly-steps-down-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. - [Fred Ehrsam Steps Down as Paradigm Managing Partner](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Polygon Co-Founder Jaynti Kanani Steps Back](https://cryptolately.com/articles/polygon-co-founder-jaynti-kanani-steps-back): Jaynti Kanani told followers on Oct. 4, 2023, that he had quietly left Polygon's day-to-day work about six months earlier, closing out his run as one of the network's three founders. - [Alyssa Henry Retires as Square CEO, Dorsey Returns](https://cryptolately.com/articles/alyssa-henry-retires-as-square-ceo): Block told the SEC on September 18, 2023, that Square CEO Alyssa Henry would leave on October 2, handing the merchant business back to co-founder Jack Dorsey after a two-day payment outage that began September 7. - [Patrick Hillmann Leaves Binance Eight Days Before 1,000 Jobs Go](https://cryptolately.com/articles/patrick-hillmann-leaves-binance-as-1000-jobs-go-2023): 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. - [Joseph DePaolo Steps Down as Signature Bank President](https://cryptolately.com/articles/joseph-depaolo-steps-down-as-signature-bank-president): Signature Bank announced on Feb. 16, 2023, that co-founder Joseph J. DePaolo would transition out of the president role into a senior advisor position, with Chief Operating Officer Eric Howell succeeding him. - [Argo Blockchain CFO Alex Appleton Resigns](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Voyager Digital CFO Ashwin Prithipaul Resigns](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Sam Trabucco Steps Down as Alameda Research Co-CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [OpenSea Co-Founder Alex Atallah Steps Away From the Company](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Riot's Jeff McGonegal Retires as Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/riots-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. - [PayPal CFO John Rainey Departs for Walmart](https://cryptolately.com/articles/paypal-cfo-john-rainey-departs-for-walmart): PayPal announced on April 12, 2022, that Chief Financial Officer John Rainey would leave after almost seven years to become Walmart's next CFO, starting June 6, 2022, according to CFO Dive. - [Blockstream's Samson Mow Departs as Chief Strategy Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/blockstreams-samson-mow-departs-as-chief-strategy-officer): Samson Mow left Blockstream on March 1, 2022, after five years as chief strategy officer, saying he would turn to nation-state Bitcoin adoption work instead. - [True Names Limited Removes Brantly Millegan as Operations Director](https://cryptolately.com/articles/true-names-limited-removes-brantly-millegan-as-operations-director): True Names Limited terminated Brantly Millegan's contract as director of operations on February 7, 2022, after ENS DAO delegates voted over the weekend to remove him as a steward over a 2016 tweet. - [Katie Haun Leaves A16z Crypto to Launch Her Own Fund](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Sushi's 0xMaki Steps Down Into Advisory Role](https://cryptolately.com/articles/sushis-0xmaki-steps-down-into-advisory-role): Sushi core contributor 0xMaki announced on September 18, 2021, that he was leaving day-to-day operations at the decentralized exchange for an advisory role. - [Wei Zhou Leaves Binance as Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/wei-zhou-leaves-binance-as-cfo-2021): Wei Zhou, Binance's chief financial officer, left the exchange on June 9, 2021, after nearly three years. - [Lee Schneider Departs as Block.one General Counsel](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Canaan CFO Quanfu Hong Resigns, Cites Personal Reasons](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Dan Larimer Resigns as Block.one's Chief Technology Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/block-one-dan-larimer-resigns-as-cto-2021): 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. - [Josh Cincinnati Resigns as Zcash Foundation Executive Director](https://cryptolately.com/articles/josh-cincinnati-resigns-as-zcash-foundation-executive-director): Josh Cincinnati announced on July 31, 2020, that he was resigning as the Zcash Foundation's executive director, citing a broken relationship with the Electric Coin Company's leadership. - [ConsenSys Strategy Chief Sam Cassatt Steps Down to Launch Fund](https://cryptolately.com/articles/consensys-strategy-chief-sam-cassatt-steps-down-launch-fund): Sam Cassatt left his post as ConsenSys chief strategy officer on Nov. 15, 2019 to start Aligned Capital, a venture fund backed by ConsenSys founder Joe Lubin that aimed to raise $50 million. - [PayPal COO Bill Ready to Leave at Year's End](https://cryptolately.com/articles/bill-ready-to-leave-paypal-coo-role): PayPal announced on June 20, 2019, that Chief Operating Officer Bill Ready would transition out of the company by the end of the year, closing a six-year run that began with PayPal's 800 million dollar purchase of his startup Braintree. - [Franklin Resources CFO Ken Lewis to Retire](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Sarah Friar Steps Down as Square CFO for Nextdoor](https://cryptolately.com/articles/sarah-friar-steps-down-as-square-cfo-for-nextdoor): Square announced on October 10, 2018, that Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar would leave to become chief executive of the social network Nextdoor; CEO Jack Dorsey credited her with steering Square through an IPO. ## executive-hires - [CoinShares Appoints Matt Morris Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [BNB Chain Names Thomas Chen Chief Business Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/bnb-chain-names-thomas-chen-chief-business-officer): BNB Chain announced on September 28, 2026, that it had appointed Thomas Chen, the former CEO of the Bitcoin yield protocol Function, as its first chief business officer. - [Core Scientific Names Jay Elms Chief Commercial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Solana Foundation Names Rachel Conlan Strategy Chief](https://cryptolately.com/articles/solana-foundation-names-rachel-conlan-chief-strategy-officer): Solana Foundation hired former Binance marketing chief Rachel Conlan as chief strategy officer on September 24, 2026, as the network pushes to bring institutional payments and tokenized assets onchain. - [BitGo Names Alex Rozman Chief Compliance Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Polymarket Names Warren Jenson Its First CFO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/polymarket-names-warren-jenson-its-first-chief-financial-officer): 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. - [Ledger Names Oded Blatman Chief Information and Security Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ledger-names-oded-blatman-chief-information-and-security-officer): Ledger merged its technology and security leadership into one role on September 9, 2026, naming former Fireblocks security chief Oded Blatman to run both as the industry lost $1.4 billion to hacks and exploits over the prior year. - [John Wu Hands the Ava Labs Presidency to Charley Cooper](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ava-labs-names-charley-cooper-president-as-john-wu-steps-back): Ava Labs' John Wu appointed Charley Cooper president on Aug. 18, 2026, moved himself to senior advisor, and named interim CFO Lydia Chiu to the role on a permanent basis. - [Ava Labs Names Lydia Chiu Permanent Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ava-labs-names-lydia-chiu-permanent-chief-financial-officer): Ava Labs promoted Lydia Chiu from interim to permanent chief financial officer on August 18, 2026, as John Wu moved to senior advisor and handed the presidency to Charley Cooper. - [Compound Foundation Names a COO, CPO and CTO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/compound-foundation-leadership-appointments-2026): Compound Foundation named a COO, a CPO and a CTO on Aug. 17, 2026. - [Fireblocks Names Elad Roisman Chief Regulatory Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Matt White Named Bakkt Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Adam Schlisman and Allison Parent Join Ondo Finance's Executive Ranks](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ondo-finance-schlisman-and-parent-senior-hires-2026): Ondo Finance hired Adam Schlisman as chief financial officer on August 5, 2026, and Allison Parent as chief policy officer on August 28, 2026, three months after founder Nathan Allman's death opened a Delaware court fight over who runs the company. - [Bybit Names Peter Loo Chief Legal and Compliance Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [MEXC Names Robert MacDonald Chief Compliance Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Grayscale Names Sebastian Pulido Onchain Asset Management Head](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Coinbase Names Molly Abraham General Counsel](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Keel Infrastructure Names Ganesh Aiyer President](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Bitpanda Promotes Barbara Edelmann to Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Bitdeer Names Michael Potter Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [OnRe Names Ben Fortune Chief Underwriting Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Securitize Names Brett Redfearn President](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Ledger Names John Andrews Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Tether Names Zachary Lyons Chief Investment Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/tether-names-zachary-lyons-chief-investment-officer): Tether promoted deputy chief investment officer Zachary Lyons to the top investment role on March 12, 2026, as Richard Heathcote moved into an advisory position. - [Bruno Martins Replaces Nik Bougalis as Algorand's CTO Before Layoffs](https://cryptolately.com/articles/algorand-foundation-cto-and-layoffs-2026): The Algorand Foundation named Bruno Martins acting CTO on March 1, 2026, cut a quarter of its staff on March 18, and absorbed Algorand Technologies on March 19. - [Gemini Names Danijela Stojanovic Interim CFO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/gemini-names-danijela-stojanovic-interim-chief-financial-officer): 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. - [Gemini Names Kate Freedman Interim General Counsel](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Justin Wales Replaces Nick Lundgren as Crypto.com's Chief Legal Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/crypto-com-executive-turnover-2026): 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. - [Chainalysis Names Sebastien Giroux Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/chainalysis-names-sebastien-giroux-chief-financial-officer): Chainalysis named Sebastien Giroux chief financial officer the week of February 3, 2026, bringing in an executive who had spent more than three years as CFO of Productboard. - [BitMine Names Young Kim CFO and COO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/bitmine-immersion-technologies-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. - [Riot Platforms Names Jason Chung Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [MEXC Names Vugar Usi Chief Operating Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Danika Delano Becomes Chief Operating Officer at the Zcash Foundation](https://cryptolately.com/articles/zcash-foundation-danika-delano-named-coo-2025): The Zcash Foundation promoted Danika Delano from operations director to chief operating officer on November 11, 2025. - [Zcash Foundation Names Alex Bornstein Executive Director](https://cryptolately.com/articles/zcash-foundation-names-alex-bornstein-executive-director): The Zcash Foundation's board appointed Alex Bornstein executive director effective November 1, 2025, making permanent the role he had held on an interim basis since March. - [Alchemy Names AWS Veteran Bill Platt Chief Operating Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/alchemy-names-bill-platt-chief-operating-officer): Alchemy announced on October 28, 2025, that it had hired Bill Platt, a former Amazon Web Services executive, as chief operating officer to scale its blockchain infrastructure for institutional demand. - [Bitfarms Names Jonathan Mir Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Cipher Mining Names Gregory Mumford Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Strive Names Ben Werkman Chief Investment Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Bitpanda Names Markus Dorner Chief Technology Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [TON Foundation Names Gerardo Carucci Chief Marketing Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ton-foundation-names-gerardo-carucci-chief-marketing-officer): TON Foundation hired former Apple and Nike marketing executive Gerardo Carucci as chief marketing officer on October 1, 2025, seven months before Telegram founder Pavel Durov said Telegram would take over the foundation's role. - [David Schwartz Hands the Ripple CTO Job to Dennis Jarosch](https://cryptolately.com/articles/david-schwartz-hands-ripple-cto-role-to-dennis-jarosch-2025): David Schwartz, Ripple's chief technology officer since 2018, told the XRP community on September 30, 2025 that he would step back at the end of the year, and Ripple's senior vice president of engineering, Dennis Jarosch, would take the title. - [Tether Names Benjamin Habbel Chief Business Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/tether-names-benjamin-habbel-chief-business-officer): Tether appointed former Google and Limestone Capital executive Benjamin Habbel chief business officer on September 24, 2025, to lead growth, finance and investments. - [Argo Blockchain Promotes Charlotte Proctor-Worrall to CFO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [MEXC Names Cecilia Hsueh Chief Strategy Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Anjali George Takes Paxos Labs From Bid to Funded Spin-Off](https://cryptolately.com/articles/anjali-george-takes-paxos-labs-from-a-sudden-bid-to-a-funded-spin-off): Paxos Labs' head of marketing arrived mid-bid in September 2025, after years as a TRON press contact, and the venture has since raised $12 million while bank groups contest its yield products. - [Strive Names Jeff Walton Chief Risk Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Thesis* Names Victoria Chan Chief Operating Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Polygon Labs Names John Egan Chief Product Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/polygon-labs-names-john-egan-chief-product-officer): Stripe's head of crypto, John Egan, announced on Sept. 15, 2025, that he had joined Polygon Labs as its first chief product officer, starting the next day. - [Ondo Finance Names Peter Curley Regulatory Affairs Chief](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ondo-finance-names-peter-curley-regulatory-affairs-chief): Ondo Finance hired former SEC and Treasury official Peter Curley as its Head of Global Regulatory Affairs on September 10, 2025. - [IREN Names Anthony Lewis Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Stable Names Sam Kazemian Chief Technology Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/stable-names-sam-kazemian-chief-technology-officer): Frax Finance founder Sam Kazemian said on X on Aug. 28, 2025, that he had joined stablecoin network Stable as chief technology officer while staying on as Frax's chief executive. - [Amber International Names Vicky Wang President](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Bitso Names Luis Urrutia General Counsel](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Nexo Names Lorenzo Pellegrino Chief Banking Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Stellar Names Jason Karsh Chief Marketing Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/stellar-names-jason-karsh-chief-marketing-officer): The Stellar Development Foundation hired Jason Karsh, a former Block and Blockchain.com marketing executive, as chief marketing officer on July 16, 2025, its own blog and CoinDesk both reported that day. - [Stellar Names José Fernández da Ponte President](https://cryptolately.com/articles/stellar-names-jose-fernandez-da-ponte-president): The Stellar Development Foundation named José Fernández da Ponte, PayPal's former blockchain lead, president and chief growth officer on July 16, 2025, CoinDesk and the foundation's own blog both reported that day. - [ASI Alliance Names David Taylor Chief Marketing Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/asi-alliance-names-david-taylor-chief-marketing-officer): The Artificial Superintelligence Alliance and SingularityNET named former Cardano Foundation marketing chief David Taylor to a newly created chief marketing officer role on July 15, 2025, as the Alliance marked its first anniversary. - [Aptos Labs Names Solomon Tesfaye Chief Business Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/aptos-labs-names-solomon-tesfaye-chief-business-officer): Solomon Tesfaye moved up from Aptos Labs' head of capital markets to chief business officer on July 10, 2025, as the network said its tokenized real-world assets had passed $540 million. - [Safe Foundation Names Rahul Rumalla CEO of Safe Labs](https://cryptolately.com/articles/safe-foundation-names-rahul-rumalla-ceo-of-safe-labs): Safe Ecosystem Foundation named Rahul Rumalla chief executive of its new subsidiary Safe Labs on June 5, 2025, and CoinDesk reported the entity would take over development work the wallet had outsourced for years. - [Riot Platforms Hires Jonathan Gibbs as Data Center Chief](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Midnight Foundation Names Fahmi Syed President](https://cryptolately.com/articles/midnight-foundation-names-fahmi-syed-president): The Midnight Foundation launched on May 13, 2025, naming Fahmi Syed president of the organization that guides the Midnight blockchain's path to decentralization. - [DeFi Development Corp Names John Han Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Grayscale Names Diana Zhang Chief Operating Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [DeFi Development Corp Names Parker White CIO and COO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Jito Foundation Names Thomas Uhm Chief Commercial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Sei Development Foundation Names Justin Barlow Director](https://cryptolately.com/articles/sei-development-foundation-names-justin-barlow-executive-director): The Sei Development Foundation launched in Manhattan on April 2, 2025, with Justin Barlow as its executive director, built to grow the Sei blockchain's presence inside the United States. - [OKX Names Linda Lacewell Chief Legal Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Gemini Names Dan Chen Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Animoca Brands Names Jamii Quoc General Counsel](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Securitize Names Georgia Quinn Chief Legal Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Core Scientific Names Jim Nygaard Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [0G Labs Names Conflux Co-Founder Ming Wu CTO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/0g-labs-names-conflux-co-founder-ming-wu-chief-technology-officer): 0G Labs named Conflux Network co-founder Dr. Ming Wu its chief technology officer on February 13, 2025, putting a veteran of the blockchain trilemma debate in charge of its decentralized AI stack. - [Mantle Network Names Brian Trunzo Chief Growth Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/mantle-network-names-brian-trunzo-chief-growth-officer): Brian Trunzo left his post as Polygon Labs' global head of business development to become Mantle Network's chief growth officer on February 11, 2025, one of five executive hires the network announced the same day. - [Walrus Foundation Names Rebecca Simmonds Managing Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/walrus-foundation-names-rebecca-simmonds-managing-executive): Walrus Foundation appointed former Vega Protocol executive Rebecca Simmonds as Managing Executive on February 5, 2025, four months after the decentralized storage network's October 2024 testnet launch. - [Bitpanda Names Mer Sánchez de Rojas Chief Operating Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/bitpanda-names-mer-sanchez-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. - [Kraken Names Ben Gray Chief Legal Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Mysten Labs Promotes Kevin Boon to President](https://cryptolately.com/articles/mysten-labs-promotes-kevin-boon-to-president): Mysten Labs promoted its chief legal officer Kevin Boon to president on January 9, 2025, as the Sui blockchain developer prepared to launch Walrus Protocol's mainnet and named a new general counsel weeks later. - [Offchain Labs Names Ira Auerbach Head of Tandem](https://cryptolately.com/articles/offchain-labs-names-ira-auerbach-head-of-tandem): Offchain Labs appointed Ira Auerbach, Nasdaq's former head of digital assets, to lead Tandem, its partner studio and venture capital arm, on January 9, 2025. - [Interchain Foundation Names Barry Plunkett to Lead Interchain Inc.](https://cryptolately.com/articles/interchain-foundation-names-barry-plunkett-to-lead-interchain-inc): Interchain Foundation named Skip co-founder Barry Plunkett co-lead of its new subsidiary, Interchain Inc., on December 10, 2024, the same day it acquired Skip and Ethan Buchman left the foundation's council. - [Interchain Foundation Names Maghnus Mareneck to Lead Interchain Inc.](https://cryptolately.com/articles/interchain-foundation-names-maghnus-mareneck-to-lead-interchain-inc): Interchain Foundation named Skip co-founder Maghnus Mareneck co-lead of its new subsidiary, Interchain Inc., on December 10, 2024, the same day it acquired Skip and Ethan Buchman stepped down from its council. - [Figure Appoints Macrina Kgil Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [21Shares Names Duncan Moir President](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [21Shares Names Edel Bashir Chief Operating Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [OSL Group Names Ivan Wong Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [1inch Names Hedi Navazan Chief Compliance Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/1inch-names-hedi-navazan-chief-compliance-officer): 1inch Group announced on November 6, 2024, that it had hired Hedi Navazan, a former HSBC financial crime executive, as chief compliance officer to oversee its legal and security teams. - [Bitget Names Min Lin Chief Business Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Blockstream Names Michael Minkevich Chief Operating Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/blockstream-names-michael-minkevich-chief-operating-officer): Blockstream appointed Michael Minkevich chief operating officer on October 15, 2024, the same day it announced a $210 million convertible note round led by Fulgur Ventures. - [OKX Names Yuri Mushkin Global Chief Risk Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Thesis Names Katherine Snow General Counsel](https://cryptolately.com/articles/thesis-names-katherine-snow-general-counsel): Thesis, the Bitcoin-focused venture studio behind Threshold Network and Fold, named Katherine Snow general counsel on October 3, 2024, hiring her away from crypto data platform Messari. - [Quant Network Names Lenna Russ Chief Commercial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/quant-network-names-lenna-russ-chief-commercial-officer): Quant Network named Lenna Russ to the newly created role of chief commercial officer on September 10, 2024, pulling her from three years as chief revenue officer at the trade-finance marketplace Tradeteq. - [Figure Appoints Ronald Chillemi Chief Legal Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Bitfarms Names Liam Wilson Chief Operating Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Robinhood Welcomes Jeff Pinner as Chief Technology Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [June Ou Named Interim Executive Director at Provenance](https://cryptolately.com/articles/june-ou-named-interim-executive-director-at-provenance): Provenance Blockchain Foundation named June Ou interim executive director on August 2, 2024, as it carved out Provenance Blockchain Labs and moved Anthony Moro into the new unit's CEO seat. - [aelf Names Brian Liang Its First Chief Operating Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/aelf-names-brian-liang-its-first-chief-operating-officer): aelf named Brian Liang its first chief operating officer on July 24, 2024, a Web3 finance executive who also sits on the board of Singapore exchange Coinhako. - [Ben Grossman Sells Tokenized Stocks From His Own Feed](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ben-grossman-sells-tokenized-stocks-from-his-own-feed): Ondo Finance's VP of Marketing posted his way to a billion-dollar tokenized-stock book while Hester Peirce and Benjamin Schiffrin pressed the case that the old rules still apply. - [SoFi Names Stephen Simcock General Counsel](https://cryptolately.com/articles/sofi-names-stephen-simcock-general-counsel): SoFi named JPMorgan Chase veteran Stephen Simcock general counsel on June 3, 2024, succeeding retiring chief legal officer Rob Lavet. - [Bullish Names David Bonanno Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Venice AI Names Teana Baker-Taylor Chief Operating Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/venice-ai-names-teana-baker-taylor-chief-operating-officer): Teana Baker-Taylor, formerly Circle's vice president of policy and regulatory strategy, joined Erik Voorhees's Venice as chief operating officer in a venture DL News reported on May 10, 2024. - [Cardano Foundation Names Giorgio Zinetti Chief Technology Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/cardano-foundation-names-giorgio-zinetti-chief-technology-officer): The Cardano Foundation named Giorgio Zinetti its first chief technology officer on May 8, 2024, putting the Procivis AG co-founder in charge of the Foundation's product pipeline. - [DCG Names Aimie Killeen Chief Legal Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/digital-currency-group-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. - [Anchorage Digital Names Aaron Schnarch Chief Operating Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Backpack Exchange Names Oliver Sleafer Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Anchorage Digital Names SEC Veteran TuongVy Le General Counsel](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Fireblocks Names Madan Gadde Chief Customer Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Fireblocks Names Michael Levine Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Fireblocks Names Michal Ferguson Chief Marketing Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Reserve Names Thomas Mattimore CEO of ABC Labs](https://cryptolately.com/articles/reserve-names-thomas-mattimore-ceo-of-abc-labs): Reserve co-founder Nevin Freeman named Thomas Mattimore chief executive of ABC Labs on Jan. 25, 2024, splitting protocol development from the new fund Confusion Capital inside the Reserve ecosystem. - [The Sandbox Names Nicola Sebastiani Chief Content Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Galaxy Digital Names Leon Marshall CEO of Europe](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Stripe Names Steffan Tomlinson Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/stripe-names-steffan-tomlinson-chief-financial-officer): Stripe hired Steffan Tomlinson away from Confluent as chief financial officer on Aug. 2, 2023, pulling in a finance chief who had already taken three companies through an IPO process. - [DCG Names Mark Shifke Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/digital-currency-group-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. - [Binance Names Eleanor Hughes General Counsel](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Circle Names Heath Tarbert Chief Legal Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/circle-names-heath-tarbert-chief-legal-officer): Circle Internet Financial named former CFTC chairman Heath Tarbert as chief legal officer and head of corporate affairs on June 8, 2023, succeeding general counsel Flavia Naves. - [Gate Names Kevin Lee Chief Executive Officer of Gate.HK](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Argo Blockchain Appoints Jim MacCallum Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/argo-blockchain-appoints-jim-maccallum-cfo): 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. - [Cipher Mining Promotes William Iwaschuk to Co-President](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Immutable Names David Bicknell Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Immutable Names Devon Ferreira Chief Marketing Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Algorand Names Matthew Commons Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/algorand-names-matthew-commons-chief-financial-officer): Algorand named Matthew Commons its first chief financial officer on March 1, 2023, effective Feb. 22, giving the Harvard Business School graduate and Cambridge Blockchain co-founder control of day-to-day finances and capital management. - [Signature Bank Names Eric Howell President](https://cryptolately.com/articles/signature-bank-names-eric-howell-president): Signature Bank named Chief Operating Officer Eric R. Howell its president on Feb. 16, 2023, succeeding co-founder Joseph DePaolo, who planned to move into a senior advisor role during 2023. - [Polygon Labs Names Rebecca Rettig Chief Policy Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/polygon-labs-names-rebecca-rettig-chief-policy-officer): Rebecca Rettig left Silvergate Bank's board on Feb. 9, 2023, to become Polygon Labs' first chief policy officer, the same day the bank told regulators her exit was an amicable one. - [FalconX Hires Baris Cetinok as Chief Product Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Circle Names Brian Christman Chief People Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/circle-names-brian-christman-chief-people-officer): Circle Internet Financial hired Brian Christman as its first Chief People Officer on Jan. 24, 2023, pulling him from supply chain technology company Transfix. - [Sushi DAO Elects Jared Grey as Head Chef](https://cryptolately.com/articles/sushi-dao-elects-jared-grey-as-head-chef): Sushi's governance token holders elected Jared Grey as Head Chef on Oct. 3, 2022, with 83 percent of 13 million votes cast, filling a role that had sat open for a year after 0xMaki's departure. - [Algorand Names Michele Quintaglie Chief Marketing Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/algorand-names-michele-quintaglie-chief-marketing-officer): Algorand named Michele Quintaglie chief marketing officer on Sept. 21, 2022, effective Sept. 19, hiring a former Visa and Fidelity Asset Management communications chief to lead its brand. - [Paxos Names Carolina Ceballos Its First Chief Compliance Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/paxos-names-carolina-ceballos-its-first-chief-compliance-officer): Paxos announced on September 8, 2022, that it hired Carolina Ceballos, a 15-year compliance veteran from Facebook Payments, as the company's first dedicated chief compliance officer. - [ARK Invest Names Brett Winton Its First Chief Futurist](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ark-invest-names-brett-winton-its-first-chief-futurist): - [Copper Names Tim Neill Chief Risk Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Genesis Names Matthew Johnson Chief Technology Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Dapper Labs Names Former Meta Executive Nick Grudin Business Chief](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Binance Names Co-Founder Yi He Head of Binance Labs](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [BitGo Promotes Chen Fang to Chief Operating Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Crypto Council for Innovation Names Linda Jeng General Counsel](https://cryptolately.com/articles/crypto-council-for-innovation-names-linda-jeng-general-counsel): The Crypto Council for Innovation named former Federal Reserve staffer Linda Jeng chief global regulatory officer and general counsel on July 26, 2022, as the advocacy group expanded its Washington policy team. - [Animoca Brands Names Alan Lau Chief Business Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Amber Group Names Benjamin Bai Chief Legal Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Hut 8 Mining Names Aniss Amdiss Chief Legal Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Compute North Names Satyen Yadav Chief Technology Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Paradigm Names Katie Biber Chief Legal Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Chainlink Labs Names Former Google TensorFlow Lead Chief Product Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/chainlink-labs-names-former-google-tensorflow-lead-chief-product-officer): Chainlink Labs hired Kemal El Moujahid, the former director of product management for Google's TensorFlow, as chief product officer on May 16, 2022. - [TeraWulf Names Patrick Fleury Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [HashKey Group Names David Leahy Chief Operating Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [MicroStrategy Names Andrew Kang Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Kraken Names Mayur Gupta Chief Marketing Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Chainlink Labs Hires Dahlia Malkhi as Research Chief](https://cryptolately.com/articles/chainlink-labs-hires-dahlia-malkhi-as-chief-research-officer): Chainlink Labs named former Diem Association chief technology officer Dahlia Malkhi its chief research officer on March 29, 2022, CEO Sergey Nazarov's company announced. - [Kraken Appoints Carrie Dolan Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Celsius Network Names Rod Bolger Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Maple Finance Names Katherine Kirkpatrick General Counsel](https://cryptolately.com/articles/maple-finance-names-katherine-kirkpatrick-general-counsel): Maple Finance named Katherine Kirkpatrick general counsel on February 7, 2022, putting a King & Spalding partner over the legal side of a lending platform chasing $5 billion in loans. - [Paxos Names Ben Gray Global General Counsel](https://cryptolately.com/articles/paxos-names-ben-gray-global-general-counsel): Paxos announced on February 3, 2022, that it had appointed Ben Gray, formerly Block's deputy general counsel, as its global general counsel to scale the company's compliance and legal teams. - [Gemini Names Pravjit Tiwana Chief Technology Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [BitMEX Names Rupertus Rothenhaeuser Commercial Chief](https://cryptolately.com/articles/bitmex-names-rupertus-rothenhaeuser-chief-commercial-officer): BitMEX hired Rupertus Rothenhaeuser as chief commercial officer on Jan. 3, 2022, to run an expansion beyond derivatives into spot trading, brokerage and custody. - [Immutable Names Gill Findlay Chief Operating Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Immutable Names Katherine Rau Chief People Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Celsius Network Names Tushar Nadkarni Growth and Product Chief](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Alameda Research Names Caroline Ellison Co-Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Flexa Hires Michelle Gitlitz as General Counsel](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Jump Trading Names Kanav Kariya President of Jump Crypto](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Injective Labs Names Brandon Ferrick First General Counsel](https://cryptolately.com/articles/injective-labs-names-brandon-ferrick-its-first-general-counsel): Injective Labs hired Sullivan & Cromwell associate Brandon Ferrick as its first general counsel, Bloomberg Law reported Sept. 3, 2021, giving the decentralized trading protocol its first in-house lawyer. - [Bitso Names Vaughan Smith Its First Chief Operating Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Canaan Names James Jin Cheng Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Gala Games Names John Osvald President of Games](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Ava Labs Names Lee Schneider Its First General Counsel](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ava-labs-names-lee-schneider-its-first-general-counsel): Ava Labs hired Lee Schneider, the former general counsel of Block.one, as its first general counsel on May 27, 2021, to run legal matters and government affairs for the Avalanche blockchain. - [FTX.US Names Brett Harrison Its First President](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ftx-us-names-brett-harrison-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. - [Cipher Mining Names William Iwaschuk Chief Legal Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Bitwise Names Katherine Dowling General Counsel](https://cryptolately.com/articles/bitwise-asset-management-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. - [Hut 8 Names Tanya Woods General Counsel](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [BitGo Names Jeff Horowitz Chief Compliance Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [BitPay Names Jagruti Solanki Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/bitpay-names-jagruti-solanki-chief-financial-officer): BitPay announced on December 1, 2020, that it had hired Jagruti Solanki, a former Aprio assurance partner, as chief financial officer alongside a new product vice president. - [Bittrex Global Names Jeff Baron Chief Compliance Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Galaxy Digital Names Damien Vanderwilt Co-President](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Stripe Names Dhivya Suryadevara Chief Financial Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/stripe-names-dhivya-suryadevara-chief-financial-officer): Stripe named Dhivya Suryadevara, General Motors' former chief financial officer, as its own CFO on Aug. 11, 2020, after the payments company launched in 15 new countries over the prior year. - [Robinhood Names Dan Gallagher Chief Legal Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Input Output Global Names Romain Pellerin Chief Technology Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/input-output-global-names-romain-pellerin-chief-technology-officer): IOHK, the company behind Cardano, announced on April 7, 2020, that Romain Pellerin would become its chief technology officer alongside a new chief commercial officer. - [Figure Names Former Coinbase COO Asiff Hirji President](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Bitpanda Names Oliver Stauber Chief Legal Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Ledger Names Charles Guillemet Chief Technology Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Gemini Names Noah Perlman Chief Compliance Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Gemini Names David Damato Chief Security Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Robinhood Elevates Gretchen Howard to Chief Operating Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Roman Schnider Replaces Eelco Fiole as Tezos Foundation CFO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/roman-schnider-replaces-eelco-fiole-as-tezos-foundation-cfo-2019): The Tezos Foundation named its own outside auditor, Roman Schnider, as chief financial officer on June 11, 2019, five months after Eelco Fiole took the same job. - [Hedera Hashgraph Names Lionel Chocron Product Chief](https://cryptolately.com/articles/hedera-hashgraph-names-lionel-chocron-chief-product-officer): Hedera Hashgraph named Lionel Chocron chief product officer on Feb. 6, 2019, hiring him from Oracle alongside two other senior product and partnership executives. - [BitGo Names Dick Corcoran CEO of Its Trust Company](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Ledger Names Demetrios Skalkotos Global Head of Ledger Vault](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ledger-names-demetrios-skalkotos-global-head-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. - [Fidelity Names Tom Jessop Head of Fidelity Digital Assets](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Block.one Names Rob Jesudason Group President and COO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Block.one Names Lee Schneider General Counsel](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Chain Names Tom Jessop as President](https://cryptolately.com/articles/chain-names-tom-jessop-as-president): Chain Inc. named Tom Jessop president on April 17, 2017, pulling a 17-year Goldman Sachs veteran into the enterprise blockchain company CEO Adam Ludwin had built since 2014. ## ceo-changes - [Kristin Smith Returns to Run Crypto's Lobby](https://cryptolately.com/articles/kristin-smith-returns-to-run-cryptos-lobby): She starts as Washington's crypto council sits empty, a week after its third director in fourteen months quit. - [Bridge Co-Founder Zach Abrams Departs Stripe](https://cryptolately.com/articles/bridge-co-founder-zach-abrams-departs-stripe): Zach Abrams announced on X on September 24, 2026 that he was leaving Stripe to run Open Standard full time, six days before its OUSD stablecoin launched with $1 billion in committed liquidity. - [Bitpanda CEO Enzersdorfer-Konrad to Step Down in 2027](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Bitpanda Names Christian Trummer Co-CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Michael Weisz Becomes CEO of the Solana Lender Kamino](https://cryptolately.com/articles/kamino-ceo-appointment-2026): Yieldstreet co-founder Michael Weisz became CEO of the Solana lending protocol Kamino on Sept. 15, 2026. - [William Herkelrath Replaces Staci Warden at the Algorand Foundation](https://cryptolately.com/articles/william-herkelrath-replaces-staci-warden-at-the-algorand-foundation): The Algorand Foundation swapped its chief executive and two of its five directors on Sept. 9, and Adam Back's decade-long quantum timeline frames the case against its new pitch. - [Alexander Urbelis Becomes the ENS Foundation's First Executive Director](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ens-foundation-board-and-leadership-2026): ENS tokenholders voted 1.27 million to 480,690 on Aug. 8, 2026 to seat Alexander Urbelis and three independent directors. - [Jack Mallers Steps Down as Twenty One Capital CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Twenty One Capital Names Raphael Zagury Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Amir Haleem Steps Down as Helium CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/amir-haleem-steps-down-as-helium-ceo): Nova Labs, the company behind Helium, said on June 4, 2026, that founder Amir Haleem would move to chairman while Mario Di Dio takes over as chief executive. - [Helium Names Mario Di Dio Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/helium-names-mario-di-dio-chief-executive): Nova Labs, the company behind Helium, promoted network operations veteran Mario Di Dio to chief executive on June 4, 2026, as founder Amir Haleem moved to chairman. - [Ian De Bode Succeeds Nathan Allman at Ondo Finance](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ondo-finance-succession-after-nathan-allman-2026): Ondo Finance named its president CEO in the post that announced founder Nathan Allman's death on May 25, 2026. - [Trump Media Names Kevin McGurn Interim Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Trump Media Replaces Devin Nunes as Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/trump-media-replaces-devin-nunes-as-chief-executive): Trump Media replaced Devin Nunes as chief executive on April 21, 2026. - [Greg Solano Steps Down as Yuga Labs CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Yuga Labs Names Michael Figge Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [MEXC Names Vugar Usi Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [BC.Game Appoints Kar Kheng Giam as Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Messari Names Diran Li Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/messari-names-diran-li-chief-executive): Messari CEO Eric Turner handed the role to seven-year CTO Diran Li on March 16, 2026, alongside a round of layoffs the firm tied to an AI-first pivot. - [Ajit Tripathi Takes Over the Eigen Foundation From Robert Drost](https://cryptolately.com/articles/eigen-foundation-leadership-change-2026): The Eigen Foundation named Tripathi executive director on March 13, 2026 and moved founding director Drost to senior adviser. - [Binance.US Names Stephen Gregory Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Bybit Co-CEO Helen Liu to Depart the Exchange](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Bastian Aue Replaces Tomasz Stańczak as Ethereum Foundation Co-Director](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ethereum-foundation-aue-and-stanczak-co-director-change-2026): Tomasz Stańczak announced on February 13, 2026 that he would leave his Ethereum Foundation co-executive director post at the end of the month, and the Foundation's board named Bastian Aue interim co-executive director the same day. - [Const and ShibShib Give Up Opentensor's Two Top Titles](https://cryptolately.com/articles/const-and-shibshib-give-up-opentensors-two-top-titles): Bittensor's two co-founders left the CEO and COO jobs at the Opentensor Foundation on Feb. 12, 2026, and a subnet team later accused Const of keeping the control that came with them. - [Felix Fan Succeeds Eowyn Chen as Trust Wallet CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/felix-fan-takes-trust-wallet-from-eowyn-chen-49-days-after-an-extension-theft): 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. - [PayPal Appoints HP's Enrique Lores as CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/paypal-appoints-hps-enrique-lores-as-ceo): PayPal's board named former HP chief executive Enrique Lores as its next president and CEO on February 3, 2026, replacing Alex Chriss effective March 1, 2026, after citing slow execution. - [Josh Swihart Quits Electric Coin Company With Its Whole Team](https://cryptolately.com/articles/electric-coin-company-josh-swihart-and-the-cashz-split-2026): Electric Coin Company's chief executive announced on Jan. 7, 2026 that its entire team had left the nonprofit that governed it. - [Rob Phythian Steps Down as SharpLink Co-Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Hyperliquid Strategies Names David Schamis Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Sushi Names Alex McCurry Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/sushi-names-alex-mccurry-chief-executive): PANews reported on December 1, 2025, that Jared Grey would step down as Sushi's top leader, and PR Newswire carried Sushi's own announcement that Alex McCurry had joined as chief executive on December 16, 2025. - [Blockchain.com Names Lane Kasselman Co-Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [BitMine CEO Jonathan Bates Departs](https://cryptolately.com/articles/bitmine-immersion-technologies-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. - [BitMine Names Chi Tsang Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/bitmine-immersion-technologies-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. - [Bitpanda's Eric Demuth Steps Down as CEO for Executive Chairman](https://cryptolately.com/articles/bitpandas-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. - [Evernorth Names Asheesh Birla Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Mitchell Demeter Runs Sonic Labs for 145 Days](https://cryptolately.com/articles/sonic-labs-ceo-change-2025): Sonic Labs named Mitchell Demeter CEO on Sept. 28, 2025, when Michael Kong became chief information officer. - [Paradigm's Matt Huang Named Chief Executive of Tempo](https://cryptolately.com/articles/paradigms-matt-huang-named-chief-executive-of-tempo): Stripe and the venture firm Paradigm announced the stablecoin blockchain Tempo on September 4, 2025, naming Paradigm managing partner Matt Huang as chief executive while he kept his seat at the venture firm. - [Stable Names Matthew Tabbiner Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/stable-names-matthew-tabbiner-chief-executive-officer): Stable announced on August 28, 2025, that Matthew Tabbiner had joined the USDT-focused layer 1 as chief executive officer, alongside three other new chief officers; by October 3, 2026, Stable's own team page named a different chief executive. - [Robby Yung Takes The Sandbox From Its Co-Founders](https://cryptolately.com/articles/the-sandbox-leadership-reset-2025): Animoca Brands' investments chief became CEO of The Sandbox on Aug. 28, 2025, with both co-founders moved out of executive roles. - [Amber International Names Michael Wu Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Wayne Huo Steps Down as Amber International CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [CoinGecko Names Co-Founder Bobby Ong Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [TM Lee Steps Down as CoinGecko's Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/tm-lee-steps-down-as-coingeckos-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. - [Gavin Wood Takes Parity Technologies Back From Björn Wagner](https://cryptolately.com/articles/parity-technologies-leadership-changes-2025): Parity's co-founder announced on Aug. 13, 2025 that he would resume the CEO role in late August, and a year later the Polkadot treasury spends $7.4 million a quarter. - [CleanSpark Names Matt Schultz CEO a Second Time](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [CleanSpark's Zachary Bradford Resigns as Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/cleansparks-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. - [SharpLink Names Joseph Chalom Co-Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Crypto Council for Innovation Names Ji Hun Kim CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/crypto-council-for-innovation-names-ji-hun-kim-ceo): The Crypto Council for Innovation named its chief legal and policy officer, Ji Hun Kim, chief executive officer on July 24, 2025, and added SoFi as a member the same day. - [SY Lee Rebuilds Story Protocol's Leadership Around AI Data](https://cryptolately.com/articles/sy-lee-rebuilds-story-protocols-leadership-around-ai-data): Within 30 days in 2025, Story Protocol lost co-founder Jason Zhao and gave SY Lee, Andrea Muttoni and Sandeep Chinchali the top seats, a reset aimed at AI training data. - [Sandeep Nailwal Becomes the Polygon Foundation's First CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/polygon-foundation-governance-changes-2025): Mihailo Bjelic left the Polygon Foundation board on May 23, 2025, and Sandeep Nailwal became its first CEO on June 11. - [Blockchain Association Names Summer Mersinger CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/blockchain-association-names-summer-mersinger-chief-executive): The Blockchain Association, a crypto trade group, announced on May 14, 2025 that CFTC Commissioner Summer Mersinger would become its chief executive, succeeding Kristin Smith. - [Strive Names Matt Cole CEO and Chairman](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Torab Torabi Takes Movement After a $38 Million Token Dump](https://cryptolately.com/articles/torab-torabi-succeeds-cooper-scanlon-at-movement-after-a-38-million-token-dump): Torab Torabi became chief executive of Move Industries on May 7, 2025, a week after CoinDesk's token-dump report, and the dispute over who answers for the launch has since reached Delaware's courts. - [io.net Promotes Gaurav Sharma to Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/io-net-promotes-gaurav-sharma-to-chief-executive): io.net named its chief technology officer, Gaurav Sharma, chief executive on April 23, 2025, the same day it named co-founder Tory Green chairperson of the io.net Foundation. - [io.net's Tory Green Trades the CEO Job for Foundation Chair](https://cryptolately.com/articles/io-net-tory-green-steps-down-as-ceo-for-foundation-chair-role): io.net announced on April 23, 2025, that co-founder Tory Green would chair the io.net Foundation while chief technology officer Gaurav Sharma took over as chief executive. - [Tether and SoftBank Name Jack Mallers CEO of Twenty One](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [OKX Names Roshan Robert CEO of Its US Exchange](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Blake Janover Departs as DeFi Development Corp's CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/blake-janover-departs-as-defi-development-corps-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. - [DeFi Development Corp Names Joseph Onorati Chairman and CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Kristin Smith Steps Down as Blockchain Association CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/kristin-smith-steps-down-as-blockchain-association-ceo): Kristin Smith told followers on April 1, 2025 that she would leave the Blockchain Association on May 16 for the top job at the Solana Policy Institute. - [Argo Blockchain Appoints Justin Nolan Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/argo-blockchain-appoints-justin-nolan-ceo): 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. - [Digital Chamber Founder Perianne Boring Steps Down as CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/digital-chamber-founder-perianne-boring-steps-down-as-ceo): Perianne Boring stepped down as chief executive of the Digital Chamber on March 19, 2025, after more than a decade running the group she founded, moving into the chair of its board as Cody Carbone took over. - [Digital Chamber Names Cody Carbone Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/digital-chamber-names-cody-carbone-chief-executive-officer): The Digital Chamber named President Cody Carbone chief executive officer on March 19, 2025, handing him the top job at the oldest U.S. crypto advocacy group as founder Perianne Boring moved to chair its board. - [Aya Miyaguchi Hands the Ethereum Foundation to Two Co-Directors](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ethereum-foundation-leadership-handover-2025): Aya Miyaguchi moved from executive director to president on Feb. 25, 2025, two co-directors took over on March 1. - [Edge & Node Names Rodrigo Coelho Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/edge-and-node-names-rodrigo-coelho-chief-executive-officer): Edge & Node named Rodrigo Coelho, The Graph's first hire, as chief executive officer on Jan. 23, 2025, succeeding Tegan Kline after she led the ecosystem's Sunrise of Decentralized Data initiative. - [Argo Blockchain CEO Thomas Chippas to Step Down](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [BC Wong Succeeds Johnny Lyu as KuCoin CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/kucoin-bc-wong-replaces-johnny-lyu-2025): KuCoin's chief legal officer became CEO on Jan. 20, 2025. - [Manuel Stotz Replaces Steve Yun as TON Foundation President](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ton-foundation-leadership-changes-2025): The TON Foundation named Kingsway Capital founder Manuel Stotz its president on Jan. 14, 2025. - [Hedera Foundation Names Charles Adkins Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/hedera-foundation-names-charles-adkins-chief-executive): The HBAR Foundation rebranded itself Hedera Foundation on Dec. 20, 2024, and named Charles Adkins chief executive effective Jan. 1, 2025, moving him from president of Hedera Hashgraph into the new role. - [Avery Ching Succeeds Mo Shaikh as Aptos Labs CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/avery-ching-takes-aptos-labs-from-mo-shaikh-and-focuses-it-on-trading): Aptos Labs' chief technology officer became its chief executive on Dec. 19, 2024, the day co-founder Mo Shaikh stepped down, and a crypto outlet has since pressed the case that the exit came at a convenient time. - [Sheila Warren Steps Down as Crypto Council for Innovation CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/sheila-warren-steps-down-as-crypto-council-for-innovation-ceo): Sheila Warren told the Crypto Council for Innovation she would leave as CEO effective Jan. 6, 2025, after close to three years leading the Washington crypto lobbying group. - [Chainalysis Co-Founder Michael Gronager Steps Down as CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/chainalysis-co-founder-michael-gronager-steps-down-as-ceo): Chainalysis named co-founder Jonathan Levin chief executive officer on December 5, 2024, after Michael Gronager, the company's other co-founder, agreed with the board to step down from the role and the board itself. - [Chainalysis Names Co-Founder Jonathan Levin Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/chainalysis-names-co-founder-jonathan-levin-chief-executive): Chainalysis' board named co-founder Jonathan Levin chief executive on Dec. 5, 2024, two months after longtime CEO Michael Gronager went on leave and later stepped down. - [21Shares Names Russell Barlow Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [GSR Co-Founder Rich Rosenblum Steps Down as Co-CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Copper Founder Dmitry Tokarev Steps Down as Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Copper Names Amar Kuchinad Global Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Antonio Juliano Retakes dYdX Trading and Lays Off 35 Percent](https://cryptolately.com/articles/dydx-trading-juliano-return-and-layoffs-2024): Antonio Juliano resumed the CEO role at dYdX Trading on Oct. 10, 2024 and cut 35 percent of the core team on Oct. 29. Open interest on the dYdX chain tripled in 58 days, then fell 75.1 percent below its level on the day he returned. - [OKX Names Gracie Lin CEO of Its Singapore Unit](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [OSL Group Names Kevin Cui Group Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Jayson Hobby Steps Down as Compound Labs Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/jayson-hobby-steps-down-as-compound-labs-chief-executive): Jayson Hobby posted on X on July 10, 2024, that he was stepping down as Compound Labs' chief executive, and Bitget reported two days later that he had founded a new DeFi protocol called Legend. - [Bitfarms Appoints Ben Gagnon Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [GSR Names Xin Song Co-Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [GSR's Jakob Palmstierna Steps Down as CEO, Becomes President](https://cryptolately.com/articles/gsrs-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. - [Polymesh Association Names Bill Papp Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/polymesh-association-names-bill-papp-chief-executive): The Polymesh Association named Bill Papp chief executive officer and executive director on June 20, 2024, succeeding Graeme Moore, who had led the group for eight months and stayed on as head of tokenization. - [io.net Names Co-Founder Tory Green Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/io-net-names-co-founder-tory-green-chief-executive): io.net co-founder Tory Green took over as chief executive on June 9, 2024, two days before the network's token launch, after Ahmad Shadid stepped down, citing allegations about his past. - [Gracy Chen Succeeds Sandra Lou as Bitget CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/bitget-gracy-chen-and-sandra-lou-ceo-handover-2024): Bitget's managing director became CEO on May 21, 2024, when Sandra Lou left. - [Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein Steps Down](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Grayscale Names Peter Mintzberg Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Bitfarms Fires CEO Geoffrey Morphy After He Sues the Company](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Ivo Crnkovic-Rubsamen Leads dYdX Trading for 150 Days](https://cryptolately.com/articles/dydx-trading-leadership-changes-2024): dYdX Trading's operating partner became CEO on May 13, 2024, when founder Antonio Juliano moved to chairman. Juliano resumed the job on Oct. 10. - [Figure Names Michael Tannenbaum Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Artificial Superintelligence Alliance Names Ben Goertzel CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/artificial-superintelligence-alliance-names-ben-goertzel-ceo): Fetch.ai, SingularityNET and Ocean Protocol announced on March 27, 2024 that their merger into the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance would carry a combined value of $7.5 billion, with SingularityNET's Ben Goertzel as chief executive. - [Andy Main Named Bakkt Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/andy-main-named-bakkt-chief-executive): 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. - [Gavin Michael Steps Down as Bakkt Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Zac Prince Leaves BlockFi for Real Estate Startup](https://cryptolately.com/articles/zac-prince-leaves-blockfi-for-real-estate-startup): BlockFi founder Zac Prince posted on X on March 10, 2024, that he was leaving the bankrupt crypto lender, and CoinDesk reported the next day he had joined a real estate tax startup, Re Cost Seg. - [Yuga Labs CEO Daniel Alegre Departs](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Yuga Labs Names Greg Solano Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Hut 8 Appoints Asher Genoot Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Jaime Leverton Departs as Hut 8 Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Uri Kolodny Steps Down as StarkWare Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/uri-kolodny-steps-down-as-starkware-chief-executive): Uri Kolodny told followers on X on January 11, 2024, that he was stepping down as StarkWare's chief executive to care for a family member, and The Block confirmed the move the same day. - [B2C2 Appoints Thomas Restout Group CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Josh Swihart Named Electric Coin Company Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/josh-swihart-named-electric-coin-company-chief-executive): Electric Coin Company's parent board announced on December 18, 2023, that Josh Swihart would replace Zooko Wilcox as chief executive, a move Blockchain.News confirmed two days later. - [Zooko Wilcox Steps Down as Electric Coin Company CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/zooko-wilcox-steps-down-as-electric-coin-company-ceo): Electric Coin Company's parent board named Josh Swihart chief executive on December 18, 2023, ending Zooko Wilcox's eight years running the firm behind Zcash. - [Richard Teng Replaces Changpeng Zhao as Binance Pleads Guilty](https://cryptolately.com/articles/binance-ceo-handover-from-changpeng-zhao-to-richard-teng): Binance named Richard Teng CEO on Nov. 21, 2023, the day Changpeng Zhao stepped down and both pleaded guilty. - [CZ Steps Down as Binance Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Illia Polosukhin Replaces Chris Donovan as NEAR Foundation CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/near-foundation-ceo-handover-2023): NEAR's co-founder became Foundation CEO on Nov. 7, 2023 and Chris Donovan moved to COO. - [Tether Promotes Paolo Ardoino to Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/tether-promotes-paolo-ardoino-to-chief-executive): Tether named Paolo Ardoino chief executive on October 13, 2023, handing him the role as outgoing CEO Jean-Louis van der Velde moved into an advisory position. - [Chris Donovan Takes Over NEAR Foundation From Marieke Flament](https://cryptolately.com/articles/near-foundation-marieke-flament-resigns-2023): Chris Donovan, NEAR Foundation's general counsel, became CEO on September 21, 2023, the day Marieke Flament resigned, and held the job 47 days before NEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin replaced him on November 7, 2023. - [PayPal Names Intuit's Alex Chriss as Next CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/paypal-names-intuits-alex-chriss-as-next-ceo): PayPal's board announced on August 14, 2023, that it had appointed Intuit executive Alex Chriss as president and CEO, effective September 27, 2023, succeeding retiring CEO Dan Schulman. - [Core Scientific Names Adam Sullivan Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Chris Amani Replaces Do Kwon as Terraform Labs CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/terraform-labs-do-kwon-exit-and-chris-amani-2023): Chris Amani became Terraform Labs CEO in March 2023, the news broke July 19. - [Marc Boiron Replaces Ryan Wyatt as Polygon Labs CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/marc-boiron-replaces-ryan-wyatt-and-moves-polygon-labs-into-payments): Polygon Labs promoted its chief legal officer to CEO on July 7, 2023, and by 2026 the company called itself a payments business while a token holder asked what holders own. - [Jayson Hobby Takes Over Compound Labs From Robert Leshner](https://cryptolately.com/articles/jayson-hobby-takes-over-compound-labs-from-robert-leshner): Compound Labs' VP of Product became CEO on June 28, 2023, the day founder Robert Leshner announced Superstate. - [IOG Names Eran Barak Chief Executive of Midnight](https://cryptolately.com/articles/iog-names-eran-barak-chief-executive-of-midnight): Input Output Global named Eran Barak, formerly chief operating officer at Symphony, as chief executive of Midnight on March 27, 2023, handing the Cardano builder's new data-protection blockchain its first dedicated leader. - [Luno Elevates COO James Lanigan to Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Luno's Marcus Swanepoel Steps Down as Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/lunos-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. - [FDIC Names Greg Carmichael CEO of Signature Bridge Bank](https://cryptolately.com/articles/fdic-names-greg-carmichael-ceo-of-signature-bridge-bank): The FDIC named former Fifth Third Bancorp chief executive Greg D. Carmichael CEO of Signature Bridge Bank on March 12, 2023, the day New York regulators closed Signature Bank and placed it under federal receivership. - [Argo Blockchain CEO Peter Wall Steps Down](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [PayPal CEO Dan Schulman to Retire at Year-End](https://cryptolately.com/articles/paypal-ceo-dan-schulman-to-retire-at-year-end): PayPal announced on February 9, 2023, that President and CEO Dan Schulman would retire on December 31, 2023, after eight and a half years leading the company since its split from eBay. - [SEBA Bank Names Amy Yu Chief Executive for Asia-Pacific](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Frank Holmes Hands HIVE's CEO Role to Aydin Kilic](https://cryptolately.com/articles/frank-holmes-hands-hive-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. - [HIVE Digital Technologies Names Aydin Kilic Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Trezor Names Matěj Žák Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/trezor-names-matej-zak-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. - [Bitfarms Co-Founder Emiliano Grodzki Resigns as CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Bitfarms Promotes Geoffrey Morphy to Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Nicole Muniz Steps Down as Yuga Labs CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Prime Trust's Tom Pageler Is Out as CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/prime-trust-ceo-tom-pageler-is-out): 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. - [Prime Trust Names Jor Law Interim CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [B2C2 Appoints Nicola White Group CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [John J. Ray III Replaces Sam Bankman-Fried at FTX](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ftx-bankruptcy-leadership-handover-2022): 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. - [Björn Wagner Succeeds Gavin Wood as Parity Technologies CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/parity-technologies-leadership-handover-2022): Wagner became Parity's CEO on Oct. 21, 2022, the day Gavin Wood gave up the title. - [Matt Dyer Succeeds Ben Livshits as Zilliqa Research's Interim CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/zilliqa-research-leadership-changes-2022): Zilliqa Research's chief of staff became interim CEO on Oct. 19, 2022. - [Jared Grey Serves 1,155 Days as Sushi's Head Chef](https://cryptolately.com/articles/sushi-dao-leadership-appointment-2022): Sushi's token holders elected Jared Grey Head Chef on Oct. 3, 2022, and he led until Dec. 1, 2025. - [Chris Ferraro Replaces Alex Mashinsky at Celsius Network](https://cryptolately.com/articles/celsius-network-leadership-exits-2022): Celsius Network's founder resigned as CEO on Sept. 27, 2022. - [Komainu Names Nicolas Bertrand Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Jesse Powell Steps Down as Kraken Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/jesse-powell-steps-down-as-kraken-ceo): 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. - [Kraken Names Dave Ripley Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Genesis CEO Michael Moro Steps Down as Firm Cuts Staff](https://cryptolately.com/articles/genesis-ceo-michael-moro-steps-down-as-firm-cuts-20-percent-of-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. - [Genesis Names Derar Islim Interim Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Michael Saylor Moves From MicroStrategy CEO to Executive Chairman](https://cryptolately.com/articles/michael-saylor-steps-down-as-microstrategy-ceo): 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. - [MicroStrategy Names Phong Le Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Sean Ford Replaces Steven Kokinos as Algorand Inc. Interim CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/algorand-inc-ceo-change-2022): Algorand's chief operating officer became interim CEO on July 27, 2022, when Steven Kokinos left. - [Peng Zhong Leaves Ignite as Layoffs Pass Half the Staff](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ignite-tendermint-leadership-change-2022): Ignite's CEO announced his last day on July 1, 2022, the day CoinDesk reported cuts above 50 percent of the Cosmos builder's staff. - [Bittrex Global Names Oliver Linch Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Bittrex Global's Stephen Stonberg Steps Down as CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/bittrex-globals-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. - [Bitstamp Names JB Graftieaux Global Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Mance Harmon Dissolves His Hedera CEO Job for Swirlds Labs](https://cryptolately.com/articles/hedera-hashgraph-mance-harmon-ceo-exit-2022): Hedera Hashgraph, LLC dissolved its CEO and chief scientist roles on April 29, 2022. - [SEBA Bank Co-Founder Guido Buehler Steps Down as CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Algorand Foundation Names Staci Warden Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/algorand-foundation-names-staci-warden-chief-executive): The Algorand Foundation named Staci Warden chief executive on February 10, 2022, and CoinDesk reported the same day that she replaced Sean Lee, who had led the foundation for 18 months. - [Sean Lee Steps Down as Algorand Foundation CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/sean-lee-steps-down-as-algorand-foundation-ceo): The Algorand Foundation named Staci Warden chief executive on February 10, 2022, after Sean Lee decided to leave the role he had held for more than 18 months. - [Hiro Names Alex Miller Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/hiro-names-alex-miller-chief-executive-officer): Hiro promoted Chief Operating Officer Alex Miller to chief executive officer on Feb. 3, 2022, as founder Muneeb Ali moved to Executive Chairman and launched Trust Machines with $150 million in new funding. - [Muneeb Ali Steps Down as Hiro Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/muneeb-ali-steps-down-as-hiro-chief-executive-officer): Muneeb Ali stepped down as Hiro's chief executive officer on Feb. 3, 2022, becoming Executive Chairman and launching Trust Machines, a new Stacks ecosystem entity, with $150 million in funding. - [Crypto Council for Innovation Names Sheila Warren CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/crypto-council-for-innovation-names-sheila-warren-ceo): The Crypto Council for Innovation named Sheila Warren its first chief executive officer on Jan. 31, 2022, pulling her from a digital assets post at the World Economic Forum. - [Justin Sun Trades the TRON Foundation for Grenada's WTO Seat](https://cryptolately.com/articles/tron-foundation-justin-sun-steps-down-2021): TRON's founder gave up the Foundation's CEO role on December 17, 2021 to become Grenada's WTO ambassador. - [David Washburn Departs as nChain Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/david-washburn-departs-as-nchain-chief-executive): nChain replaced David Washburn as chief executive with Hakan Yuksel on October 20, 2021, thanking Washburn for launching the Kensei data integrity platform during his two and a half years. - [nChain Appoints Hakan Yuksel Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/nchain-appoints-hakan-yuksel-chief-executive-officer): nChain named Hakan Yuksel chief executive officer on October 20, 2021, bringing in a 20-year enterprise software veteran of Oracle and SAP to succeed David Washburn in Zug, Switzerland. - [Binance.US Promotes Brian Shroder to Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Shayne Higdon Becomes the HBAR Foundation's First CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/hbar-foundation-shayne-higdon-appointed-2021): Hedera named Shayne Higdon first CEO of the HBAR Foundation on September 16, 2021. He left in August 2024, and the Foundation's grants, funds and on-chain activity followed a separate path. - [Brian Brooks Resigns as Binance.US Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/brian-brooks-resigns-as-binanceus-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. - [Bittrex Global Names Stephen Stonberg Interim CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Bittrex Global's Tom Albright Steps Down as CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/bittrex-globals-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. - [Riot Blockchain Names Board Member Jason Les Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/riot-blockchain-names-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. - [Barry Silbert Steps Down as Grayscale CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Grayscale Names Michael Sonnenshein Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Hut 8 Appoints Jaime Leverton Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Bitstamp Names Julian Sawyer Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Bitstamp's Kodrič Steps Down as CEO, Joins Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/bitstamps-kodric-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. - [BitMEX Co-Founder Arthur Hayes Steps Down as CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Frederik Gregaard Becomes the Cardano Foundation's First CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/cardano-foundation-frederik-gregaard-appointed-2020): The Cardano Foundation named Frederik Gregaard its first CEO on September 21, 2020, when it employed 30 people. - [CoinMarketCap's Interim CEO Carylyne Chan Departs](https://cryptolately.com/articles/coinmarketcaps-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. - [Josh Cincinnati Resigns as the Zcash Foundation's First Executive Director](https://cryptolately.com/articles/zcash-foundation-executive-director-change-2020): The Zcash Foundation's executive director resigned on July 31, 2020, citing lost trust with the Electric Coin Company. - [Bakkt CEO Mike Blandina Steps Down After Four Months](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Johnny Lyu Becomes KuCoin CEO as Michael Gan Becomes Chairman](https://cryptolately.com/articles/kucoin-executive-changes-2020): KuCoin co-founder Johnny Lyu became CEO of KuCoin Global on March 17, 2020, the day Michael Gan became chairman of the new KuGroup. - [Jae Kwon Steps Down as Tendermint CEO After Six Years](https://cryptolately.com/articles/tendermint-jae-kwon-steps-down-as-ceo-2020): Jae Kwon, Tendermint Inc.'s founder, gave up the chief executive title on February 4, 2020, promising a company run by a decentralized 'Process' instead of one person. - [Andrew Kiguel Steps Down as Hut 8 CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Bakkt Names Mike Blandina Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Kelly Loeffler Departs as Bakkt Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Franklin Resources Names Jennifer Johnson CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Gregory Johnson Steps Down as Franklin Templeton CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [CleanSpark Names Zach Bradford Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Matthew Schultz Steps Down as CleanSpark Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Amrit Kumar Takes Over Zilliqa From Xinshu Dong](https://cryptolately.com/articles/zilliqa-cofounders-step-back-2019): Zilliqa's chief scientist became President on May 6, 2019, the day co-founder and CEO Xinshu Dong gave up daily operations. - [Ledger Names President Pascal Gauthier Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [AG Gangadhar Steps Down as Digital Asset's Acting CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ag-gangadhar-steps-down-as-digital-assets-acting-ceo): Digital Asset's board voted on March 19, 2019, to name co-founder Yuval Rooz chief executive, ending AG Gangadhar's three-month run as acting CEO and moving him into the role of executive chairman. - [Digital Asset Promotes Co-Founder Yuval Rooz to CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/digital-asset-promotes-yuval-rooz-to-chief-executive): Digital Asset's board unanimously voted to name co-founder Yuval Rooz chief executive officer on March 19, 2019, three months after Blythe Masters resigned, promoting its chief operating officer into the permanent role. - [Jed McCaleb Steps Down as Stellar Executive Director](https://cryptolately.com/articles/jed-mccaleb-steps-down-as-stellar-executive-director): The Stellar Development Foundation named Denelle Dixon its executive director and CEO on March 14, 2019, moving co-founder Jed McCaleb into a chief architect role focused on protocol growth. - [Jimmy Nguyen Steps Down as nChain Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/jimmy-nguyen-steps-down-as-nchain-chief-executive): Jimmy Nguyen left the chief executive job at nChain on March 7, 2019, as the company named David Washburn his successor and moved Nguyen to chair its Strategic Advisory Board. - [nChain Names David Washburn Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/nchain-names-david-washburn-chief-executive-officer): nChain named David Washburn chief executive officer of its London-based nChain Limited on March 7, 2019, succeeding Jimmy Nguyen, who moved to chair the company's advisory board. - [Blythe Masters Steps Down as Digital Asset CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/blythe-masters-steps-down-as-digital-asset-ceo): Blythe Masters resigned as chief executive officer of Digital Asset on December 18, 2018, after three years running the distributed ledger firm, handing the role to board chairman AG Gangadhar on an acting basis. - [Digital Asset Names AG Gangadhar Acting Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/digital-asset-names-ag-gangadhar-acting-chief-executive): Digital Asset named board member AG Gangadhar its chairman and acting chief executive on December 18, 2018, after Blythe Masters requested to step down from the role for personal reasons. - [Huobi Group Names Livio Weng CEO of Huobi Global](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Ethereum Foundation Names Aya Miyaguchi Executive Director](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ethereum-foundation-names-aya-miyaguchi-executive-director): Aya Miyaguchi left her post as Kraken Japan's managing director to become the Ethereum Foundation's executive director on February 1, 2018, succeeding Ming Chan. - [Ming Chan Steps Down as Ethereum Foundation's Executive Director](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ming-chan-steps-down-as-ethereum-foundations-executive-director): Ming Chan left the Ethereum Foundation's top staff role on January 31, 2018, after two and a half years guiding the organization through the DAO hack and the 2016 denial-of-service attacks. - [SoFi Names Anthony Noto Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/sofi-names-anthony-noto-chief-executive-officer): SoFi's board named Twitter COO Anthony Noto chief executive officer on Jan. 23, 2018, effective March 1, ending Tom Hutton's four-month run as interim CEO. - [nChain Group Names Jimmy Nguyen Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/nchain-group-names-jimmy-nguyen-chief-executive-officer): nChain Group promoted Jimmy Nguyen from chief business officer to chief executive officer on December 5, 2017, as prior CEO Stefan Matthews moved into the chairman's seat. - [SoFi Co-Founder Mike Cagney Resigns as CEO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/sofi-co-founder-mike-cagney-resigns-as-ceo): SoFi's board accepted Mike Cagney's resignation as CEO and director on Sept. 15, 2017, and named Executive Chairman Tom Hutton interim chief executive the same day. - [Dash Founder Evan Duffield Steps Back as Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/dash-founder-evan-duffield-steps-back-as-chief-executive): Evan Duffield handed the Dash Core Project's top job to Ryan Taylor on April 18, 2017, moving into a senior advisor role years after he started the cryptocurrency network. - [Dash Names Ryan Taylor CEO as Evan Duffield Steps Back](https://cryptolately.com/articles/dash-names-ryan-taylor-ceo-as-founder-evan-duffield-steps-back): Ryan Taylor became CEO of the Dash Core Project on April 18, 2017, as founder Evan Duffield moved into an advisory role, and Taylor was still Dash's CEO in May 2020. - [SatoshiLabs' Alena Vranova Steps Down as Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [SatoshiLabs Names Marek Palatinus Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Chris Larsen Steps Down as Ripple Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/chris-larsen-steps-down-as-ripple-chief-executive): Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen told CoinDesk on Nov. 1, 2016, that he would hand the chief executive title to president Brad Garlinghouse, effective Jan. 1, 2017, after four years running the company. - [Ripple Names Brad Garlinghouse Chief Executive Officer](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ripple-names-brad-garlinghouse-chief-executive-officer): Ripple's board moved Chris Larsen to executive chairman on Nov. 1, 2016, and gave his job to Brad Garlinghouse, the company's president and chief operating officer for the prior year and a half. - [Blockstream Names Co-Founder Adam Back Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/blockstream-names-co-founder-adam-back-chief-executive): Blockstream's board unanimously appointed co-founder Adam Back chief executive on October 3, 2016, replacing Austin Hill as he stepped down to pursue other opportunities. - [Blockstream's Austin Hill Steps Down as Chief Executive](https://cryptolately.com/articles/blockstreams-austin-hill-steps-down-as-chief-executive): Austin Hill left Blockstream's board and the CEO job on October 3, 2016, handing the role to co-founder Adam Back after two years as its first chief executive. ## board-seats - [Coincheck Group Names Pascal St-Jean Executive Chairperson](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Coincheck Group Names Satoshi Hasuo Temporary Executive Director](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Coincheck Group's Takashi Oyagi Resigns as Executive Chairperson](https://cryptolately.com/articles/coincheck-group-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. - [Backpack US Appoints Kyle Samani to Its Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Barbara Humpton Steps Down From MARA Holdings Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Georges Antoun Steps Down From MARA Holdings Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [MARA Adds Craig Hart and Nancy Novak to Its Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/mara-holdings-appoints-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. - [MARA Holdings Appoints Nancy Novak to Its Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Core Scientific Appoints Mark Adams to Its Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [ProCap Financial Elects Benjamin Buchanan Independent Director](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Galaxy Digital Names Steven Bandrowczak to Its Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Andre Cronje Resigns From the Sonic Labs Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/andre-cronje-resigns-from-sonic-labs-board): Sonic Labs announced on June 19, 2026, that Andre Cronje would resign from its board with two other longtime directors. - [Michael Kong Resigns From Sonic Labs Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/michael-kong-resigns-from-sonic-labs-board): Michael Kong left the Sonic Labs board on June 19, 2026, eight years after joining Fantom, as Crowdfund Insider reported the S token down 97 percent from its all-time high. - [pcaversaccio Joins the Ethereum Foundation Board After 54 Job Cuts](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ethereum-foundation-board-and-layoffs-2026): Hsiao-Wei Wang left on June 18, 2026, the Ethereum Foundation cut 54 jobs on June 23, and pcaversaccio joined its board on July 29. - [Hut 8 Names E. Stanley O'Neal Board Chair](https://cryptolately.com/articles/hut-8-names-e-stanley-oneal-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. - [Backpack US Appoints Michael Piwowar to Its Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Twenty One Capital Appoints Paul Lalljie Independent Director](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Copper Names John Meserve to Its Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Copper Names Mike Kuehnel Chairman](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Lord Hammond Steps Down as Copper Chairman](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Bill Barhydt Chairs the Algorand Foundation's New Delaware Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/algorand-foundation-board-reset-2026): The Algorand Foundation moved its headquarters from Singapore to Delaware and seated four outside directors on January 14, 2026. - [Animoca Brands Appoints John Madden to Board of Directors](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [David Brickler Resigns From Animoca Brands Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [BitMine Immersion Names Jason Edgeworth Independent Director](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [BitMine Immersion Names Olivia Howe Independent Director](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [BitMine Immersion Names Robert Sechan Independent Director](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [0G Foundation Appoints Jonathan Chang to Its Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/0g-foundation-appoints-jonathan-chang-to-its-board): 0G Foundation named Dr. Jonathan Chang a director on September 30, 2025, after 0G announced the launch of Aristotle Mainnet, its decentralized AI network, to advance policy ties for the project. - [Bakkt Appoints Mike Alfred to Its Board of Directors](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Strive Names Pierre Rochard to Its Board of Directors](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Grayscale Founder Barry Silbert Returns as Board Chairman](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Circle Appoints Adam Selipsky to Its Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/circle-appoints-adam-selipsky-to-its-board): Circle Internet Group named former Amazon Web Services chief executive Adam Selipsky to its board of directors on July 22, 2025, expanding the board to nine members. - [eToro Appoints Laura Unger to Its Board of Directors](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Core Scientific Appoints Elizabeth Crain to Its Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Jarrod Patten Leaves Core Scientific's Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/jarrod-patten-leaves-core-scientifics-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. - [Core Scientific Board Member Todd Becker Steps Down](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Riot Platforms Director Hannah Cho Retires From Its Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Riot Platforms Director Hubert Marleau Retires From Its Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Riot Platforms Names Doug Mouton to Its Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Riot Platforms Names Jaime Leverton to Its Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Riot Platforms Names Michael Turner to Its Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Block Names Afterpay's Anthony Eisen to Its Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/block-names-anthony-eisen-to-board): Block appointed Afterpay co-founder Anthony Eisen to its board of directors on February 6, 2025, growing the board to ten members and seating a founder of the business it bought in 2022. - [Interchain Foundation's Ethan Buchman Resigns From Foundation Council](https://cryptolately.com/articles/interchain-foundations-ethan-buchman-resigns-from-foundation-council): Cosmos co-founder Ethan Buchman stepped down from the Interchain Foundation's Foundation Council on December 10, 2024, as the foundation acquired Skip, and he formally confirmed the resignation in a February 19, 2025 letter. - [Bitfarms Adds CEO Ben Gagnon to Its Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Bitfarms Founder Nicolas Bonta Steps Down From the Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Chris Lehane Joins Coinbase Board of Directors](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Paxos Adds J. Christopher Giancarlo to Its Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/paxos-adds-j-christopher-giancarlo-to-its-board): Paxos announced on May 14, 2024, that it had added J. Christopher Giancarlo, the former Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairman known as CryptoDad, to its board of directors. - [Katie Haun Leaves Coinbase's Board After Seven Years](https://cryptolately.com/articles/katie-haun-leaves-coinbases-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. - [R3 Appoints UK Finance Chairman Bob Wigley to Its Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/r3-appoints-uk-finance-chairman-bob-wigley-to-its-board): Bob Wigley, chairman of the UK Finance trade body, joined the board of enterprise blockchain firm R3 as an outside director, R3 announced on February 22, 2024, after a tokenization taskforce he led published its own report the year before. - [Hedera Council Names Charles Adkins President](https://cryptolately.com/articles/hedera-council-names-charles-adkins-president): The Hedera Council appointed Charles Adkins president on December 13, 2023, bringing in an executive with prior roles at Aptos, Polygon Labs and the U.S. Treasury Department. - [CZ Steps Down as Binance.US Board Chairman](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Ripple Appoints Warren Jenson to Its Board of Directors](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ripple-appoints-warren-jenson-to-its-board-of-directors): Ripple named former Nielsen CFO Warren Jenson to its board on May 19, 2023, and made him chair of the audit committee overseeing the firm's financial reporting. - [Stellar Development Foundation Names Asiff Hirji to Its Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/stellar-development-foundation-names-asiff-hirji-to-its-board): The Stellar Development Foundation appointed MoonPay president Asiff Hirji to its board of directors on March 9, 2023, adding a former Coinbase president and chief operating officer to the nonprofit's governance. - [Anchorage Digital Bank Adds Julie Williams to Its Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Sarah Gow Resigns From Argo Blockchain Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Robinhood Welcomes Meyer Malka to Its Board of Directors](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Ripple Appoints Michael Warren to Board of Directors](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ripple-appoints-michael-warren-to-board-of-directors): Ripple named Michael Warren, a former Obama White House senior adviser, to its board of directors on March 16, 2022, as the company kept adding Washington veterans while it fought the SEC. - [Chris Giancarlo Joins Digital Asset's Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/chris-giancarlo-joins-digital-assets-board): Digital Asset named former CFTC chairman Chris Giancarlo to its board of directors on Jan. 25, 2022, the year before its Canton Network blockchain began trading real-world assets for banks. - [Rain Management Names Talal Al Zain to Its Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Circle Names Danita Ostling to Board, Audit Chair](https://cryptolately.com/articles/circle-names-danita-ostling-to-board-audit-chair): Circle Internet Financial appointed retired EY partner Danita Ostling to its board of directors and named her chair of the audit committee on Oct. 21, 2021. - [Bit Digital Appoints Brock Pierce to Board of Directors](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [BlockFi Names Ellen-Blair Chube to Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/blockfi-names-ellen-blair-chube-to-board): BlockFi announced on September 1, 2021, that William Blair managing director Ellen-Blair Chube had joined its board of directors, taking the seat left by former CFTC chairman Christopher Giancarlo. - [Christopher Giancarlo Steps Down From BlockFi Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/christopher-giancarlo-steps-down-from-blockfi-board): BlockFi said on September 1, 2021, that former CFTC chairman Christopher Giancarlo was leaving its board after four months, replaced by William Blair executive Ellen-Blair Chube. - [Fireblocks Adds Former SEC Chair Jay Clayton to Advisory Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/fireblocks-adds-jay-clayton-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. - [Jillian MacNab Succeeds Nathan Kaiser as Cardano Foundation Chairperson](https://cryptolately.com/articles/cardano-foundation-council-changes-2021): A Swiss financial lawyer took the Cardano Foundation Council's chair on June 9, 2021, and by Sept. 8 the members who preceded her had recruited their own successors. - [Rosie Rios Joins Ripple's Board as Kristina Campbell Becomes CFO](https://cryptolately.com/articles/kristina-campbell-and-rosie-rios-join-ripple-2021): Ripple named Rosie Rios to its board and Kristina Campbell as chief financial officer on May 4, 2021, five months into a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit over XRP. - [Galaxy Digital Names Michael Daffey Chair of the Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Stripe Welcomes Mark Carney to Its Board of Directors](https://cryptolately.com/articles/stripe-welcomes-mark-carney-to-its-board-of-directors): Stripe added Mark Carney, the former Governor of the Bank of England and the Bank of Canada, to its board of directors on Feb. 21, 2021, citing his experience in sustainable finance. - [Coinbase Adds Ex-Cisco CFO Kelly Kramer to Its Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/coinbase-adds-ex-cisco-cfo-kelly-kramer-to-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. - [Canaan Names Wenjun Zhang Independent Director](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Hubertus Thonhauser Takes the Tezos Foundation Chair From Ryan Jesperson](https://cryptolately.com/articles/tezos-foundation-board-and-leadership-changes-2020): The Tezos Foundation announced on May 18, 2020 that its president would leave the Council and Hubertus Thonhauser would chair it. - [IOTA Co-Founder Sergey Ivancheglo Resigns From the Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/iota-co-founder-sergey-ivancheglo-resigns-from-the-board): Sergey Ivancheglo submitted his resignation from the IOTA Foundation board on June 26, 2019, a move co-founder David Sønstebø made public on July 26, 2019, after Ivancheglo said he worked best in a less rigid setting. - [Ripple Names SBI's Yoshitaka Kitao to Its Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ripple-names-sbis-yoshitaka-kitao-to-its-board): Ripple announced on April 26, 2019, that Yoshitaka Kitao, chief executive of its Japanese partner SBI Holdings, would join its board of directors, replacing SBI Ripple Asia's own chief executive in the seat. - [Quant Network Adds Guy Dietrich to Its Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/quant-network-adds-guy-dietrich-to-its-board): Quant Network named Rockefeller Capital managing director Guy Dietrich to its board on April 10, 2019, the day it said it would expand into the US market. - [Digital Asset Adds AG Gangadhar to Its Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/digital-asset-adds-ag-gangadhar-to-its-board): Digital Asset named former Google and Amazon engineering executive AG Gangadhar to its board on July 18, 2018, five months before the board made him acting chief executive. - [Digital Asset Adds Stephan Leithner to Its Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/digital-asset-adds-stephan-leithner-to-its-board): Digital Asset named Deutsche Börse Group executive board member Stephan Leithner to its board of directors on July 18, 2018, pairing Deutsche Börse's post-trade expertise with the company's ledger technology. - [Digital Asset Adds Tony James to Its Board](https://cryptolately.com/articles/digital-asset-adds-tony-james-to-its-board): Digital Asset named Blackstone's Tony James to its board of directors on July 18, 2018, alongside two other new directors, as the DAML developer pushed to scale its ledger technology for banks. - [BitPay Elects Carl Stern to Its Board of Directors](https://cryptolately.com/articles/bitpay-elects-carl-stern-to-its-board-of-directors): BitPay announced on January 31, 2017, that Carl Stern, a former Boston Consulting Group chief executive, had joined its board as the payments company prepared for growth that year. ## layoffs - [Noah Tweedale Fires Dozens at Pump.fun Before Tokens Vest](https://cryptolately.com/articles/pump-fun-layoffs-before-token-vesting-2026): Pump.fun cut more than 40 staff in two rounds starting in early April 2026, weeks before the first quarter of their PUMP token grants was due to vest in June. The company's own team and investors collected a $102 million unlock in July. - [Exodus Movement Cuts a Quarter of Its Workforce](https://cryptolately.com/articles/exodus-movement-cuts-a-quarter-of-its-workforce): Exodus Movement cut about 25 percent of its global workforce on July 17, 2026, a move CEO JP Richardson tied to the company's shift into stablecoin payments. - [Gnosis Cuts Its Gnosis App Team, Spins Out the Product](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [BitGo Cuts 15% of Staff to Focus on AI, Stablecoins](https://cryptolately.com/articles/bitgo-cuts-15-of-staff-to-refocus-on-ai-and-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. - [Dune Cuts a Quarter of Its Staff, CEO Says](https://cryptolately.com/articles/dune-cuts-a-quarter-of-its-staff-ceo-says): Dune co-founder and CEO Fredrik Haga said on May 14, 2026 that the crypto data firm had let 25 percent of its team go that week, pointing to AI tools and institutional demand as the reasons to restructure. - [Block Cuts 40% of Staff, Citing AI Tools](https://cryptolately.com/articles/block-cuts-40-percent-staff-ai): Block told shareholders on February 26, 2026, that it was cutting its workforce by more than 40 percent, from over 10,000 employees to under 6,000, with CEO Jack Dorsey saying intelligence tools let a smaller team do more. - [Gemini Cuts 25% of Staff, Exits UK, EU and Australia](https://cryptolately.com/articles/gemini-cuts-25-of-staff-and-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. - [Lido Cuts 15% of Its Contributor Teams](https://cryptolately.com/articles/lido-cuts-15-percent-of-contributor-teams): Lido co-founder Vasiliy Shapovalov said on August 1, 2025, that Lido Labs, Lido Ecosystem and Lido Alliance would cut 15% of their contributor teams to control costs despite a market upswing. - [Safe Cuts 14 Jobs in Restructuring After Bybit Hack](https://cryptolately.com/articles/safe-cuts-14-jobs-after-the-bybit-hack-fallout): Safe co-founder Lukas Schor announced on April 16, 2025, that the self-custody wallet had laid off 14 employees and would split into three teams following February's $1.43 billion Bybit hack. - [Trung Nguyen Cuts 21 Percent of Sky Mavis Staff](https://cryptolately.com/articles/sky-mavis-layoffs-and-axie-reset-2024): Sky Mavis laid off 21 percent of its staff on November 23, 2024. - [Consensys Cuts 20 Percent of Its Workforce](https://cryptolately.com/articles/consensys-cuts-20-percent-of-its-workforce): Consensys cut 162 employees on October 29, 2024, a cut it put at 20 percent of its team, as CEO Joe Lubin told Cointelegraph the firm was moving to decentralize MetaMask, Linea and its other Ethereum products. - [PayPal Cuts 9 Percent of Its Global Workforce](https://cryptolately.com/articles/paypal-cuts-9-percent-of-its-global-workforce): PayPal CEO Alex Chriss told employees on January 30, 2024, that the company would cut about 9 percent of its global workforce, a cut PYMNTS put at roughly 2,500 positions. - [Emin Gün Sirer Cuts 12 Percent of Ava Labs Staff](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ava-labs-layoffs-and-reallocation-2023): Ava Labs founder and CEO Emin Gün Sirer confirmed a 12 percent staff cut on November 7, 2023, calling it a move to double down on growth. - [Roham Gharegozlou Cuts 51 More Jobs at Dapper Labs](https://cryptolately.com/articles/dapper-labs-cuts-51-jobs-under-ceo-roham-gharegozlou-2023): Dapper Labs CEO Roham Gharegozlou confirmed the company's third round of layoffs in eight months on July 13, 2023, calling the result leaner. - [Luno Cuts 35 Percent of Its Staff in Crypto Winter](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Kraken Cuts 1,100 Jobs as Crypto Winter Deepens](https://cryptolately.com/articles/kraken-cuts-1100-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. - [Stripe Cuts 14 Percent of Its Workforce](https://cryptolately.com/articles/stripe-cuts-14-percent-of-its-workforce): Stripe laid off around 14 percent of its roughly 8,000 employees on Nov. 3, 2022, with CEO Patrick Collison telling staff the company had 'overhired for the world we're in.' - [Hodlnaut Lays Off 40 Employees Amid Singapore Police Action](https://cryptolately.com/articles/hodlnaut-lays-off-80-percent-of-its-staff-amid-singapore-police-proceedings): 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. - [OpenSea Lays Off About 20 Percent of Its Staff](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Bitpanda Lays Off Staff to Scale Down to 730 Employees](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Coinbase Cuts 18% of Its Workforce in First Layoff Round](https://cryptolately.com/articles/coinbase-cuts-18-percent-of-its-workforce): 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. ## Leadership & Talent - [Ryan Dennis Pitches TON to Telegram's 800 Million Users](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ryan-dennis-pitches-ton-to-telegrams-800-million-users): A court blocked Telegram's Gram tokens in 2020; from 2023, Ryan Dennis spoke for the TON Foundation as a TON wallet opened inside Telegram. - [Ryan Dennis Questions Token Sales in ICO Alert's Paid Reports](https://cryptolately.com/articles/ryan-dennis-questions-token-sales-in-ico-alerts-paid-reports): In 2018, Ryan Dennis bylined seven archived ICO Alert reports that disclosed a fee; the SEC later fined two other ICO sites over undisclosed fees. ## Bitcoin & Mining - [Alex Gladstein Turns Human Rights Money Into Bitcoin Code](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Michel Rauchs Helps Count Bitcoin's Watts, and Cambridge Recounts Them](https://cryptolately.com/articles/michel-rauchs-counts-bitcoins-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. - [Pieter Wuille Splits the Signature, and Bitcoin Splits Too](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Joseph Poon and Thaddeus Dryja Bolt a Network Onto Bitcoin](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Wladimir van der Laan Merges Bitcoin Core, Then Hands Off](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Slush Pools Bitcoin's Miners, and Pools Win Nearly Every Block](https://cryptolately.com/articles/slush-pools-bitcoins-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. ## Wallets & Consumer Apps - [Mike Peterson Pays El Zonte in Bitcoin and Tags Bukele](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Dieter Shirley and William Entriken Give Each Cat a Deed](https://cryptolately.com/articles/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. - [Jordan Kelley's Robocoin Serves Bitcoin in a Vancouver Café](https://cryptolately.com/articles/jordan-kelleys-robocoin-serves-bitcoin-in-a-vancouver-cafe): Robocoin's kiosk opened in a Vancouver café on October 29, 2013; FTC data put 2023 losses to Bitcoin ATM scams above $110 million. ## Analysis ## The Signal: weeks - [2026-W42: Schwab Opens Crypto To All Clients As Blockchain Association Changes Leadership](https://cryptolately.com/signal/2026-W42): 4 moves. - [2026-W40: 4 Leadership Moves Across Crypto This Week](https://cryptolately.com/signal/2026-W40): 4 moves. - [2026-W39: 6 Leadership Moves Across Crypto This Week](https://cryptolately.com/signal/2026-W39): 6 moves. - [2026-W38: 6 Leadership Moves Across Crypto This Week](https://cryptolately.com/signal/2026-W38): 6 moves. - [2026-W37: 2 Leadership Moves Across Crypto This Week](https://cryptolately.com/signal/2026-W37): 2 moves. - [2026-W36: 1 Leadership Move Across Crypto This Week](https://cryptolately.com/signal/2026-W36): 1 moves. - [2026-W34: 6 Leadership Moves Across Crypto This Week](https://cryptolately.com/signal/2026-W34): 6 moves. - [2026-W33: 1 Leadership Move Across Crypto This Week](https://cryptolately.com/signal/2026-W33): 1 moves. - [2026-W32: 6 Leadership Moves Across Crypto This Week](https://cryptolately.com/signal/2026-W32): 6 moves. ## Publication - [About and masthead](https://cryptolately.com/about) - [Editorial standards](https://cryptolately.com/editorial-standards): sourcing, confidence labels, right of reply, corrections, personal-data allowlist. - [Corrections](https://cryptolately.com/corrections) - [Terms of service](https://cryptolately.com/terms) - [Privacy](https://cryptolately.com/privacy) ## Optional - [Full text](https://cryptolately.com/llms-full.txt): every article and analysis piece in one plain-text file. - [Signal JSON](https://cryptolately.com/api/signal): the weekly feed and annual rosters as JSON. - [RSS](https://cryptolately.com/feed.xml) - [Sitemap](https://cryptolately.com/sitemap.xml)