Management

Messari's Ryan Selkis (Suzanne Cordiero/Shutterstock for CoinDesk's Consensus)

Finance

Ryan Selkis Quits as Messari CEO Following Inflammatory Tweets

"This week was the first week in 6.5 years that my politics and rhetoric put the team in [harm's] way," he wrote. "As such, I have decided to step aside as CEO."

Messari's Ryan Selkis (Suzanne Cordiero/Shutterstock for CoinDesk's Consensus)

Jul 19, 2024 at 3:11 p.m. UTC

Jul 19, 2024

Ryan SelkisMessariManagement

Finance

Tether Taps Chainalysis Chief Economist Philip Gradwell as Economics Head

Gradwell will be responsible for quantifying the Tether economy to regulators.

Jul 15, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. UTC

Jul 15, 2024

TetherManagementEconomicsStablecoins

Tulip Siddiq, the new U.K. City Minister (UK Parliament)

Policy

Tulip Siddiq Appointed as UK City Minister With Responsibity for Financial Services, Crypto

She has previously called for crypto to be regulated while recognizing the technology's potential.

Tulip Siddiq, the new U.K. City Minister (UK Parliament)

By Camomile Shumba

Jul 10, 2024 at 9:47 a.m. UTC

Jul 10, 2024

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An inside view of the Orb, Worldcoin's custom hardware that makes cryptographic IDs based on iris scans. (Worldcoin)

Finance

Worldcoin Hires Former Google, X and Apple Execs to Beef Up Privacy, Security

Tools for Humanity (TFH), a contributor to the Worldcoin project, hired four executives to advance its mission to ensure a more just economic system, the company said on Tuesd...

An inside view of the Orb, Worldcoin's custom hardware that makes cryptographic IDs based on iris scans. (Worldcoin)

Jul 2, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. UTC

Jul 2, 2024

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Antonio Juliano (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

DYdX Founder Antonio Juliano to Step Down as CEO of the Decentralized Exchange; Ivo Crnkovic-Rubsamen Takes Over

Juliano will become chairman and president of dYdX Trading.

Antonio Juliano (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

By Danny Nelson

May 13, 2024 at 2:16 p.m. UTC

May 13, 2024

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Finance

OKX’s Global Compliance Chief Left After Six Months

Patrick Donegan, whose LinkedIn profile says he managed a team of 300 people around the world, was at OKX from August 2023 to January 2024.

Mar 28, 2024 at 3:56 p.m. UTC

Mar 28, 2024

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Jaime Leverton (Hut 8)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Hut 8 Shares Slide as CEO Departs Weeks After Short-Seller Report

Former CEO Jamie Leverton is succeeded by president Asher Genoot.

Jaime Leverton (Hut 8)

By Aoyon Ashraf

Feb 7, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. UTC

Feb 7, 2024

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Barry Silbert. CEO & Founder Digital Currency Group (DCG)

Finance

Barry Silbert Resigns as Grayscale Chairman, to Be Replaced by Mark Shifke

Shifke is the CFO of Silbert's Digital Currency Group and will take over Jan. 1, Grayscale said in an SEC filing.

Barry Silbert. CEO & Founder Digital Currency Group (DCG)

By Sheldon Reback

Dec 26, 2023 at 1:47 p.m. UTC

Dec 26, 2023

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Former BCB Group CEO Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie (BCB Group)

Finance

Crypto Banking Firm BCB Group CEO Quits 5 Months After His Deputy

Oliver Tonkin has replaced Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie at the crypto banking firm.

Former BCB Group CEO Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie (BCB Group)

By Jamie Crawley

Nov 22, 2023 at 12:59 p.m. UTC

Nov 22, 2023

BCB GroupbanksManagement

(Microsoft)

Finance

Sam Altman, Former OpenAI CEO, Lands at Microsoft

Altman and other departed OpenAI staff will join a new advanced AI research team at the software giant.

(Microsoft)

By Sam Reynolds

Nov 20, 2023 at 9:11 a.m. UTC

Nov 20, 2023

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