CFTC forms new Tech Advisory Group, appoints high-profile crypto executives

Executives from Circle, TRM, Fireblocks, and other companies have been appointed by the CFTC to its new Tech Advisory Committee (TAC). In an official statement, Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero n...

Honeywell appoints COO Vimal Kapur to succeed Darius Adamczyk as CEO

Honeywell International Inc. HON has appointed 34-year company veteran Vimal Kapur to succeed Darius Adamczyk as CEO. Kapur will assume the company’s reins on June 1 and was appointed to the company’s...

GFT US Appoints Chief Revenue Officer as It Scales Regional Ambitions in Banking, Private Equity, Insurance and Manufacturing

New CRO Scott Hofmann Will Accelerate GFT’s Success, Transforming the Infrastructures of Some of the Country’s Largest Enterprises Into New Cloud-Based Opportunities NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Global di...

Algorand Foundation Appoints Security Firm Halborn To Battle Breaches

Algorand Foundation brings in Halborn to investigate MyAlgo wallet breaches. It is collaborating with Chainalysis to trace compromised wallet transfers. The foundation advises contacting law enforceme...

Fallout As FIFA Appoints Supermodel Adriana Lima As ‘Fan Ambassador’ Of Women’s World Cup

Topline Soccer’s governing body, FIFA, has been criticized for appointing supermodel Adriana Lima as the “global fan ambassador” for this year’s Women’s World Cup, the latest controversy surrounding t...

Web3 Foundation Appoints Chief Financial Officer to Strengthen the Executive Management

Thomas Fecker Boxler joins Web3 Foundation from Serpentine Venture AG ZUG, Switzerland–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#cfo–Today, Web3 Foundation, whose flagship project is the Polkadot blockchain protocol, announce...

YouTube appoints Web3-friendly exec as new CEO

Google-owned YouTube has appointed Web3-friendly exec Neal Mohan as its new CEO following the departure of Susan Wojcicki this week. Wojcicki stepped down from YouTube on Feb. 16 after nine years at t...

YouTube Appoints New CEO, Sets Out For Web3 Integrations

Roughly over a year after the video platform announced that it is integrating Web3 features into its products, YouTube has announced that it will be having a new chief. According to a blog post by Sus...

NHL Players’ Association Appoints Former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh As New Executive Director

Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh has signed on to take over the NHL Players’ Association. … [+] (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Getty Images The NHL Players’ Association has...

Cardano Foundation Expends Team, Appoints New COO and CLO

The move is meant to support the organization’s mission to bolster Cardano adoption. The Cardano Foundation, the Swiss-based non-profit responsible for driving the adoption of the Cardano chain, has d...

JCPenney Appoints New Chief Transformation & Strategy Officer

JCPenney department store in Fair Oaks shopping mall in northern Virginia getty JCPenney’s announcement of appointing Keith Melker as the Chief Transformation and Strategy Officer shows another step f...

Binance Appoints Former Gemini Executive as New CCO

Binance’s brand relation in the Paxos-BUSD dispute is under scrutiny. Noah Perlman worked for more than 3 years at the crypto exchange Gemini since 2019. The largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance on...

Elon Musk Appoints New Twitter CEO, Is It DOGE, SHIB, or FLOKI?

It follows a period of intense criticism as the Twitter boss. Elon Musk has jokingly unveiled a dog as the new chief executive officer of Twitter. “The new CEO of Twitter is amazing,” Musk wrote, shar...

Tassat ® Group Appoints Zain Saidin as Chief Operating Officer

Saidin brings over three decades of technology operations experience to Tassat NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Tassat Group Inc., the leading provider of real-time digital payments solutions for commercial b...

Kohl’s Appoints Tom Kingsbury To CEO Role

The exterior of a Kohl’s store in California on January 24, 2022 at the time that the retailer … [+] received an unsolicited $9 billion takeover bid from activist investor Starboard Value ...

Mumbai Upgrade Benefits Tezos, Algorand Foundation Appoints New Top Official, And Snowfall Protocol Jumps 3700%

This article will look into how Snowfall Protocol (SNW) has grown by 3700% during its presale phase, surpassing all the long-standing cryptos like Tezos (XTZ) and Algorand (ALGO). Snowfall Protocol (S...

Ripple Labs Appoints New President Amid SEC Lawsuit

The selection of Monica Long as Ripple’s new President is a crucial move for the company. Blockchain firm Ripple appointed a new president as it prepares for the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (...

LiveOne Appoints Jim Berk to PodcastOne Board of Directors

Former CEO of Hard Rock Café International and Participant Media brings 25+ years C-level experience with prominent entertainment and public companies LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, the award-winn...

The Central African Republic Appoints a Committee to Design Crypto Legislation

One of the poorest countries – the Central African Republic (CAR) – formed a team of 15 agencies, whose responsibility will be to draft a “comprehensive” cryptocurrency bill. The nation made the headl...

Central African Republic Appoints 15-Member Committee to Draft Crypto Bill

The committee is made up of top experts from about five government ministries in CAR. The Central African Republic (CAR) has intensified efforts to boost its economy by developing a robust regulatory ...

Genius Group stock rallies more than 200% after it appoints former F.B.I. director to investigate alleged naked short selling

The stock of a Singapore-based ed-tech and education company called Genius Group Ltd. rallied more than 200% on Thursday, after it said it appointed a former F.B.I. director to lead a task force inves...

Kraken Appoints Dan Ciporin to Board of Directors

Accomplished fintech investor bolsters company’s advisory team SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kraken, one of the world’s leading crypto platforms, today announced the appointment of Dan Ciporin to its ...

Zodia Custody appoints former Bitstamp exec Julian Sawyer as CEO

London-based crypto custodian Zodia Custody, a subsidiary of UK investment bank Standard Chartered, has appointed Julian Sawyer as its CEO. He will take over the role from Maxime de Guillebon, w...

Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms Appoints Its Chief Operating Officer Geoffrey Morphy as New Boss After CEO Resigns

“In a little over two years, Geoff helped transform Bitfarms from a purely Canadian company trading on the TSX Venture Exchange with five farms in Quebec to an international powerhouse traded on...

Panther Ventures Appoints Asheesh Birla as Advisor

The renowned angel investor and Web3 product manager/builder will advise Panther in its effort to create a privacy layer for DeFi. Panther Ventures Limited, a tech startup developing Panther Protocol,...

Yuga Labs Appoints Activision Blizzard President and COO Daniel Alegre as New CEO

Company will expedite its ambitious vision for blockchain gaming, metaverse development, and community-building under Alegre’s leadership MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Yuga Labs, web3 leader and home of Bored...

US DOJ Appoints Creditor’s Committee, SBF Files New Bail Request

The US Dept. of Justice’s Office of the US Trustee has appointed a Committee of Unsecured Creditors to represent FTX account holders and other creditors in the bankruptcy case of the collapsed crypto ...

Horizen Labs Appoints Zain Cheng as Chief Technology Officer

Expanded role includes scaling the Horizen team and reimagining the Horizen ecosystem NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Horizen Labs, a leading blockchain innovator securing the world’s transition to Web3, ann...

a16z appoints ex-CFTC commissioner Quintenz head of policy

Brian Quintenz has been made head of policy at crypto and web3 venture firm a16z. The former Commodity Futures Trading Commission official joined the investment group last year as an advisor, the firm...

Coinbase shuffles APAC leadership, appoints new regional policy lead

Crypto exchange operator Coinbase today announced leadership changes in its Asia-Pacific team. The San Francisco-based company said in a blog post that John O’Loghlen, who joined as country dire...

CoinTracker Bolsters Marketing Team; Appoints Renaud Besnard As Head of Marketing

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CoinTracker, the market leader in cryptocurrency tax and portfolio tracking for consumers, today announced the addition of Renaud Besnard to its leadership team. A vetera...

TON Foundation Names Ambassadors, Appoints New Board Member

Vladislav Sopov Orbs’ Tal Kol and Tonkeeper’s Oleg Andreev become new TON Foundation ambassadors Contents TON Foundation names Tal Kol, Oleg Andreev as ambassadors Kingsway Capital’s Manuel Stotz beco...