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Argo Blockchain CEO becomes first publicly-traded company exec paid in Bitcoin
4.3.2021
The crypto miner CEO makes Bitcoin history by being the first exec of a publicly-traded company to take their full salary in Bitcoin
GameStop Exec Leaves With $2.8 Million Severance
24.2.2021
GameStop chief financial officer Jim Bell is set to resign from his position on March 26, the video game retailer announced today. He’ll do so $2.8 million richer thanks to a lucrative severance bonus.Read more
Coinbase Hires Former Stripe Exec as Chief Compliance Officer
17.2.2021
Melissa Strait will take charge of Coinbase's compliance initiatives ahead of its planned public listing
Former HSBC Exec and Blockchain Expert Diana Biggs Joins Valour as CEO
11.2.2021
Biggs is an associate fellow at the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School, guest lecturing on blockchain technology and digital assets
Twitter Considering Bitcoin Options, Including on Balance Sheet, Exec Says
10.2.2021
Chief financial officer Ned Segal said the firm has been watching other companies to see what it can learn
ETH price surge could cause ‘gamma squeeze’ as bull market heats up: Delta Exchange exec
4.2.2021
Delta Exchange, a crypto derivatives platform, says many options traders didn’t expect Ethereum’s price to rise so quickly. Now, they’re sitting on huge unrealized losses
Former Bank of China exec joins BitMEX operator as non-executive board director
1.2.2021
Once reportedly the highest-paid executive at the Bank of China, Wai Kin Chim has joined BitMEX’s parent firm as an independent non-executive board director
Central banks must play ‘pivotal role’ in digital money, says BIS exec
28.1.2021
An exec at the Bank for International Settlements wants central banks to helm the evolution of digital money
Two Arrested for Orchestrating Escape of Wirecard Exec Accused of Fraud
25.1.2021
The collapsed financial firm had previously supplied cards to several cryptocurrency companies
Blockfi exec explains institutional outlook on altcoins
21.1.2021
He says that institutional players look for certain volume and market cap levels when considering altcoins
Former Coinbase Exec Might be Replaced With Former Ripple Advisor At OCC
21.1.2021
New American President Joe Biden’s team could comprise a regulator with a taste for crypto. Despite the gloom cast over the crypto world by United States Treasury secretary nominee Janet Yellen’s recent comments concerning her crypto “concerns,” reports are linking a former Ripple advisor to...
IHS Markit Likely to Join Race for Crypto Indexes on Wall Street: Exec
14.1.2021
"We have every millennial that works for us thinks we should have a major pricing, data services, software and participation," said CEO Lance Uggla
Former Coinbase compliance exec joins BitGo as new CCO
13.1.2021
BitGo hires Coinbase’s former CCO following a $100,000 settlement with the U.S. Treasury
BitGo Taps Former Coinbase Exec Jeff Horowitz as Chief Compliance Officer
13.1.2021
Jeff Horowitz led Coinbase’s global compliance program until his departure in October
Goldman Sachs Exec Says More Institutional Investment Would Calm Bitcoin Volatility
13.1.2021
Global head of commodities research Jeff Currie believes the amount of institutional money in bitcoin needs to grow to mature the asset
XRP tumbles despite former Amazon exec joining Ripple as engineering lead
12.1.2021
“Ripple’s all-star engineering team continues to grow,” Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said of the firm’s new senior VP
Bitcoin bull run could end if institutions go under, Komodo exec speculates
8.1.2021
The likelihood of such a scenario is tenuous, but not impossible
BTC Reaches a Whopping $40,000, Industry Exec Says ‘Bitcoin Rises in the Eye of a Perfect Storm’
7.1.2021
The price of bitcoin has astonished the masses once again surpassing $40,000 per coin across crypto exchanges worldwide. With well over $28 billion in global trade volume, the leading crypto asset’s overall market valuation is now a whopping $728 billion in value. Bitcoin’s Value Soars...
Chinese Miners Migrate to Nordic Regions, Mining Exec Says Hashrate Migration One of the ‘Biggest Developments’
31.12.2020
China has the largest concentration of bitcoin miners worldwide with estimates noting the country captures anywhere between 50-65% of the global hashrate. Xinjiang, the autonomous region of the People’s Republic of China, ostensibly accommodates 35% of the hashrate. This week a regional...
Total Tokenization, Taproot, Bitcoin ETF + More News
31.12.2020
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