CoinDesk

Named in 8 pieces

1. Executive Hires

   Fireblocks Names Madan Gadde Chief Customer Officer

   Fireblocks named Madan Gadde chief customer officer on March 7, 2024, hiring him from FIS as CoinDesk independently reported the same day.

   Mar 7, 2024

2. Executive Hires

   Fireblocks Names Michael Levine Chief Financial Officer

   Fireblocks named Michael Levine chief financial officer on March 7, 2024, hiring him from Payoneer's finance team as CoinDesk reported the same day.

   Mar 7, 2024

3. Executive Hires

   Fireblocks Names Michal Ferguson Chief Marketing Officer

   Fireblocks named Michal Ferguson chief marketing officer on March 7, 2024, hiring her from the cybersecurity platform Snyk as CoinDesk reported the same day.

   Mar 7, 2024

4. Protocol Research

   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.

   Apr 10, 2019

5. Bitcoin & Mining

   Pieter Wuille Splits the Signature, and Bitcoin Splits Too

   Pieter Wuille proposed segregated witness in Hong Kong in December 2015, and 97.5 percent of Bitcoin transactions spent SegWit in September 2026.

   Dec 7, 2015

6. Bitcoin & Mining

   Joseph Poon and Thaddeus Dryja Bolt a Network Onto Bitcoin

   Joseph Poon and Thaddeus Dryja posted the Lightning Network paper in February 2015, and public channels fell from 81,755 to 32,518 between 2022 and 2026.

   Feb 28, 2015

7. Bitcoin & Mining

   Wladimir van der Laan Merges Bitcoin Core, Then Hands Off

   Wladimir van der Laan maintained Bitcoin Core from April 2014, made about 24 percent of its merges in 2020, and stepped back in January 2021.

   Apr 7, 2014

8. Wallets & Consumer Apps

   Jordan Kelley's Robocoin Serves Bitcoin in a Vancouver Café

   Robocoin's kiosk opened in a Vancouver café on October 29, 2013; FTC data put 2023 losses to Bitcoin ATM scams above $110 million.

   Oct 29, 2013