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Report: Leaked Audio Featuring Celsius Execs Uncovers Plans to Create an IOU Cryptocurrency
24.9.2022
According to leaked audio obtained by CNBC, the crypto lender Celsius wants to create an IOU cryptocurrency in order to pay clients back. The audio was provided by a Celsius customer and the recording explains the bankrupt crypto lender wants to create a form of “wrapped tokens” that...
Ex-Citadel execs raise $50M for high-frequency crypto trading platform
15.9.2022
Portofino’s backers believe that access to high-frequency trading, or HFT, could bring more hedge funds and institutional investors into crypto
Former Meta execs raise $300M to ‘accelerate adoption’ of Sui blockchain
9.9.2022
Investors included FTX Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Jump Crypto, a16z, Circle Ventures, among others
Crypto's adaptability, openness key to ideal monetary system, say BIS execs
3.9.2022
Some of the biggest flaws preventing present-day cryptocurrencies from mainstream adoption, pointed out by the BIS execs, are bottleneck congestion in DeFi and the reliance on volatile assets
‘Everything’s on sale’: Reddit founder, Galaxy and Genesis execs raise big money
31.8.2022
776’s fund is called “Kryptos” and is set to capitalize on the current bear market when it launches in October
Former JPMorgan, Barclays execs on why crypto jobs attractive even in bear market
17.8.2022
Former traditional finance veterans are debuting a crypto career at the crypto ETF issuer 21Shares despite the bear market
Wealth managers and VCs are helping drive institutional crypto adoption — Wave Financial execs
10.8.2022
“Things are much more encouraging, even though this is clearly a time of pain," said Wave Financial’s head of business development Mike Jones
Business Exec’s Noisy Illegal Ethereum Mining Rigs Left Employees Sweltering in 40°C Furnace
9.8.2022
A South Korean company executive at a major business group operated Ethereum (ETH) mining rigs “non-stop for three years” – using illegally sourced electricity.
MBN reported that the unnamed executive was a faculty management chief for “one of the five biggest business groups” in the nation. South...
Compass Mining retrenches 15% of staff, execs to take major pay-cuts
8.7.2022
Compass Mining parts ways with 15% of its workforce while senior employees and executives take major pay-cuts in the wake of the cryptocurrency downturn
Three Execs Leave JPMorgan this Week to Join Crypto Firms
6.7.2022
JPMorgan executives are leaving the mega-bank for gigs at Algorand and other crypto startups
Polkadot Builder Parity Technologies Adds 3 Execs to Leadership Team
4.7.2022
Parity Technologies, the firm building the Polkadot and Kusama blockchain ecosystems, has added three senior hires to round out its leadership team, alongside founder and CEO Gavin Wood
Former Binance Execs Create $100M Fund to Spur Crypto Adoption in Emerging Markets: Report
26.5.2022
A group of former executives of cryptocurrency exchange Binance have created a $100 million venture fund with a focus on the metaverse and bringing greater crypto adoption to Latin America and Africa
Celsius Network execs deny rumors of significant losses amid market volatility
11.5.2022
"Our front office teams [...] think and act like risk managers to ensure that we are not exposed in any significant way to market swings," said Celius CFO Rod Bolger
Former Citi Digital Asset Execs Launch Crypto-Focused Fund
9.4.2022
Unstoppable Domains Poaches Execs From Twitch, IBM for European and Asian Expansion
24.3.2022
Former Twitch VP Sajjad Rehman to lead Europe efforts while former IBM executive Nilkanth Iyer will head up Asia
Gaming industry to have a 'blockchain-connected' future, studio execs say
15.3.2022
“We believe strongly that there will be some element of play-to-earn or play-and-earn in most games within the next few years,” said WAX executive Michael Rubinelli
How crypto execs react to economic sanctions against Russia?
4.3.2022
Most companies in the United States and other Western nations are no longer allowed to conduct business or exchange money with Russian banks
Dapper Hires 2 Execs as NFL NFT Marketplace Debuts to $5M in Sales
28.2.2022
The NFL All Day maker is adding an SVP of engineering from Dropbox and a CFO from Recharge Payments as the company’s football marketplace goes live
Call Of Duty Execs Accused Of Using Microsoft Deal To Line Their Own Pockets
26.2.2022
Two Activision Blizzard shareholders have filed lawsuits against the Call of Duty publisher for making allegedly inadequate disclosures in its recent filings with the SEC about its deal to sell to Microsoft for $68.7 billion. The investors further alleged that big payouts for CEO Bobby Kotick...
BitMEX execs reveal EU expansion with German bank acquisition
18.1.2022
Founded by BitMEX execs, the BXM Operations plans to expand operations in Europe through the acquisition of the German bank Bankhaus von der Heydt