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BitMEX CEO predicts dire economic effects after Russia sanctions
The former CEO of BitMEX, Arthur Hayes, has predicted that the recent sanctions imposed against Russia could lead to dire economic effects. Hayes has predicted that there will be an influx of investme...
FTX CEO criticizes crypto exchanges over their stand on Russia sanctions
Cryptocurrency exchange platforms have been under intense pressure from global regulators to ensure that Russia does not use crypto to avoid Western sanctions. The CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, has e...
FTX CEO Frustrated With Allegations About Russians Using Crypto to Bypass Sanctions
With the start of the war between Russia and Ukraine, cryptocurrencies have taken a few roles, being sent as donations to aid the attacked nation but also in speculations that Russian oligarchs used s...
Mass Adoption Will Drive Bitcoin Up 10x in Price by 2025, Says Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead
The chief executive of a crypto-focused hedge fund thinks mass adoption could drive the price of Bitcoin (BTC) up to $400,000 in as little as three years. Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead says in a ne...
FTX CEO Expresses Concern Over Perceived Stance Of Exchanges On Sanctions ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     SBF believes crypto exchanges are not effectively communicating their stance on Russian sanctions. Recently politicians have mounted pressure on exch...
FTX CEO Criticizes Industry Stance on Russia Sanctions
Key Takeaways FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has criticized exchanges for making their Russian policies appear to be against regulation. Bankman-Fried says that he takes issue with the presentation of thos...
Crypto Could be an Alternative to Gold, Says DBS Bank CEO
Piyush Gupta – CEO of Singapore’s largest financial institution DBS Bank – believes cryptocurrencies could turn into an alternative to gold and its role in the current financial system. However, he do...
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla received $24.3 million in total compensation for 2021
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla addresses a press conference after a visit to oversee the production of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine at the factory of U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer in Puurs, Bel...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Is Working On Master Plan 3. Investors Are Excited.
Text size Elon Musk. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images A Thursday tweet from Tesla CEO Elon Musk seems to be helping the stock. All it says is “working on Master Plan Part 3,” but people who follow the ...
Russia-Ukraine Conflict Pushes Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Down; Pantera Capital CEO Predicts BTC Price At $400k by 2025
For the first time since July 2021, Bitcoin mining difficulty has dropped significantly. Interestingly, the drop has happened not once but twice within the space of this month alone. Meanwhile, Panter...
Get rewarded with Play-to-earn: An interview with Worlds of Dr. Hems CEO Cengiz Atmaca
Play-to-Earn or P2E games give players a chance to get rewarded while playing games. Worlds of Dr. Hems is a game built on this P2E model that not only gives its users a chance to earn rewards while p...
Former CEO Says Russia Sanctions Will Push Bitcoin Price Towards $1M
Arthur Hayes has written an extended post explaining how the economic sanctions against Russia will result in a new monetary era. This era could see both gold and bitcoin rise in value as investors tu...
Security Should be at the Heart of Crypto Ventures, HashCash CEO Says
The skyrocketing number of digital asset services shows increased crypto awareness and adoption, which necessitates heightened security features, according to HashCash Consultants CEO Raj Chowdhury. ...
CoinPayments Announces Appointment of Dennis Pederson as CEO
Cryptocurrency payment services provider, CoinPayments announced yesterday that the company has elevated Dennis Pederson, one of the well-known names in the global blockchain and crypto ecosystem, to ...
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse Says Recent Court Victory Against the SEC Is a Win for the Whole Crypto Industry
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse is celebrating a recent court decision to deny the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a motion seeking to strike the payment company’s fair notice defense. In t...
Signet expects to keep taking market share, investing in growth, says CEO
Signet Jewelers expects to further expand its market share in the coming years, CEO Gina Drosos told CNBC on Thursday, contending the company’s successful transformation has made those ambitions...
Inside Flat Capital, the little-known investment company founded by Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski
Quick Take In her first English language interview, Flat Capital CEO Hanna Wachtmeister lifts the lid on going public, the firm’s investment strategies, and why crypto isn’t likely to be on the horizo...
Impossible Foods taps top Chobani executive for its new CEO
Impossible Foods CEO Pat Brown in 2019 Robyn Beck | AFP | Getty Images Impossible Foods founder Pat Brown is stepping down as CEO, and Chobani’s departing operating chief, Peter McGuinness, will...
IQ Labs CEO Tom Tirman on Unlocking Utility for NTFs With Collateral-Less Renting Framework – Interview Bitcoin News
IQ Protocol is a decentralized money market for digital asset renting and on-chain subscriptions. The next money lego that allows users to rent wrapped expirable versions of digital assets without col...
Yang Qiumei Rejoins HKEX as Managing Director and Advisor to the CEO
HKEX announced that it has rehired Yang Qiumei as Managing Director and Advisor to the CEO. According to a press release shared with Finance Magnates, Yang Qiumei, who was previously the CEO of Asia P...
Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel has sold more than $400 million of company stock during the pandemic
Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel Steven Ferdman | Getty Images Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel has sold $408 million in company stock since the beginning of the pandemic — averaging roughly $3.6 million a week...
Vladimir Kardapoltsev, CEO of PointPay Speaks Exclusively to CryptoNewsZ
In crypto we trust: the CEO of PointPay, Vladimir Kardapoltsev, shares his thoughts about investing in crypto in 2022 We would love to know more about PointPay, the first crypto ecosystem and the prod...
Tomorrow’s Price of Bitcoin is the Least Interesting Part: Says PayPal’s CEO
PayPal’s CEO Dan Schulman recently shared his views on the crypto industry and its potential in a recent speech. The kind of utility they can provide in payments is the real exciting thing about digi...
Starbucks CEO announces retirement: ‘I find it quizzical’
Shares of Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) are up 8.0% on Wednesday after CEO Kevin Johnson announced retirement; to start on April 4th. Howard Schultz to serve as the interim CEO Starbucks expect...
Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson is retiring, Howard Schultz returns as interim chief
Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson is retiring after five years on the job. Howard Schultz will return as interim CEO, once again taking the helm of the company he elevated into a global brand while the comp...