Celsius Network has hired restructuring lawyers for consultation regarding their current financial challenges. Note that four days ago, the crypto lending colossus announced that it had paused all wit...
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Grayscale Hires Obama-Era Solicitor General in Preparation for SEC’s July 6 Spot Bitcoin ETF Verdict – crypto.news
Grayscale has added Donald B. Verrilli to its team, as the world awaits the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) final decision on the firm’s application to convert its GBTC investment product t...
BlockFi hires lobbyists to streamline talks with policymakers
? Want to work with us? CryptoSlate is hiring for a handful of positions! Renowned crypto lending platform BlockFi has hired lobbyists from Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP to work on regulatory a...
Polygon hires Airbnb’s HR director to head its decentralized workforce
Polygon, an Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution, has announced the hiring of the former director of human resources and director of employee experience at Airbnb, Bhumika Srivastava. Srivastava will wor...
Lone Pine Alum Gaonkar Hires From Rivals Third Point, Maverick for Hedge Fund Launch
(Bloomberg) — Former Lone Pine Capital Managing Director Mala Gaonkar is grabbing talent from industry rivals as she expects to launch her hedge fund early next year with at least $1 billion. Mo...
Grayscale Hires Donald B. Verrilli In Persuit Of Getting SEC Approval And Bitcoin ETF
Grayscale, the biggest crypto asset manager worldwide, has hired Donald B. Verrilli, the former Solicitor General of former US President Obama. This deal aims to get the SEC’s (Securities and Exchange...
Grayscale hires Obama’s former Supreme Court lawyer for legal push against SEC
Grayscale, a leading crypto asset manager, has retained a heavy hitter from the Obama-era Department of Justice. The new legal counsel, Donald B. Verrilli Jr., was the solicitor general under Presiden...
Coinbase Creates Directory for Revoked Hires to Connect Them with Future Opportunities
The move comes only one week after Coinbase communicated its intentions to rescind a few accepted job offers in light of the prevailing difficulty in the crypto market and the challenges the industry ...
Grayscale hires former Solicitor General to help force Bitcoin ETF approval
Grayscale Investments has hired a former U.S. Solicitor General in preparation for a potential legal spat with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), should the regulator reject its applic...
Grayscale Hires Former Solicitor General Ahead of Bitcoin ETF Decision
Key Takeaways Grayscale has retained the former U.S. Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. Verrilli will allegedly work to help the firm convert the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust to a spot Bitcoin ETF. ...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Hires Far-Right Firebrand Milo Yiannopoulos, Lauding His Conversion Therapy Background
Topline Controversial far-right figure and conversion therapy advocate Milo Yiannopoulous is now an intern for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), her office confirmed Monday in a statement praising ...
Coinbase pauses new hires and creates a reform for job offers
The most relevant crypto exchange in the world, Coinbase, recently paused new hiring and limited itself to publishing new job opportunities. Reportedly, the multinational company would be blaming the ...
Binance Hires New Global Crypto Crime Expert
Binance – the largest and most popular crypto exchange in the world – has added Jarek Jakubcek to its team as the new head of intelligence and investigations for Asia-Pacific. As a leading global expe...
Riot Blockchain Hires Nomura M&A Banker Jason Chung as Corporate Development Head
Riot Blockchain Inc, a Bitcoin infrastructure company based in Colorado, announced on Wednesday that it has hired investment banker Jason Chung from Nomura Holdings Inc as its head of corporate develo...
KPMG Hires CryptoUK Exec to Strengthen its Position in the Digital Asset Industry
One of the “Big Four” international accounting firms – KPMG – hired Ian Taylor to lead the company’s British crypto team and boost its Web3 offerings. He also serves as an Executive Director of Crypto...
Binance US hires former DOJ official as head of legal
Binance US has hired Krishna Juvvadi as vice president and head of legal, the crypto exchange operator announced on Thursday. Juvvadi has joined Binance US from Uber, where he served as global head of...
Trezor Hires Jan Andrascik as Chief Information Security Officer
Parent company SatoshiLabs announced on Wednesday that it has hired Jan Andraščík as Trezor’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). In the new role, Andraščík is tasked with protecting SatoshiLa...
TRM Labs Hires Ex-Deputy US Attorney as General Counsel
TRM Labs announced on Monday the appointment of former Associate Deputy Attorney General at the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the chairman of the task force that authored the 2020 DOJ Cryptocurre...
Chainlink Hires Google Vet Who Developed TensorFlow AI System
In brief Kemal El Moujahid, a Facebook veteran, oversaw TensorFlow at Google His AI expertise is likely to help Chainlink better identify authorities for its oracle. Chainlink is the most popular R...
Binance Hires a New Head of Intelligence and Investigations APAC
Binance, a major cryptocurrency exchange Cryptocurrency Exchange A cryptocurrency exchange is an online platform that supports the exchange of various currencies for a cryptocurrency or digital asse...
GCEX Hires Michael Aagaard as MD to Strengthen Denmark Operations
GCEX, with headquarters in London, announced on Friday the appointment of Michael Aagaard as the company’s new Managing Director for its operations in Denmark. The press release shared with Finance Ma...
Apple Hires 31-Year Ford Veteran to Ramp Up Electric-Car Work
(Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. has recruited a longtime Ford Motor Co. executive who helped lead safety efforts and vehicle engineering, a sign the iPhone maker is again ramping up development of an e...
Crypto.com hires Visa alum as new VP of policy for Europe, the Middle East and Africa
Exchange and service provider Crypto.com has hired Visa’s Head of regulatory affairs for Europe as its new Vice President, Policy and Engagement for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). R...
Hi-Res Records Launches With Focus On Analog Recording
Hi-Res Records founders David Swartz and Matt Linesch Michelle Shiers When producer and engineer Matt Linesch (Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Lauren Ruth Ward, Mika) bought the studio beside ...
Phunware Hires Matt Lull as Its Chief Crypto Officer
Phunware, Inc. – an enterprise cloud platform and services firm for global brands – is bringing Matt Lull onboard as its new executive vice president and chief cryptocurrency officer. Lull brings 30 y...
Millennium Hires Former Bitstamp Exec Merghart to Lead Digital Asset Strategy
The leader in news and information on cryptocurrency, digital assets and the future of money, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set ...
Coinbase Hires Former Snapchat Indian Executive to Lead Emerging Markets Business
Coinbase Inc, a global crypto exchange headquartered in the US, announced Sunday the appointment of Durgesh Kaushik – the former Managing Director in charge of Snapchat India and South Asia market dev...
Invast Global Strengthens Prime Services Team, Hires Harry Fry as Director
Australia-headquartered Invast Global announced on Monday the appointment of Harry Fry as the company’s Director of Prime services. He is the second recent hire of the broker to its prime services tea...