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Kate Rouch will be joining major cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase after more than 11 years in various positions at Facebook. In a Thursday blog post, Coinbase chief operating officer Emilie Choi said the company had hired Rouch as its new chief marketing officer, responsible for overseeing the exchange’s global brand, as well
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Tech giant Amazon is looking to dive into digital currency and blockchain development with a new major hire within its payments-focused team.Amazon’s payments acceptance and experience team is seeking a digital currency and blockchain product lead to develop the company’s strategy of digital currency and blockchain as well as a
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According to The Telegraph, a senior Goldman Sachs executive has quit the firm after making millions from Dogecoin. Aziz McMahon, the Head of Emerging Market Sales, resigned after 14 years with the investment bank. It’s reported McMahon has opened a hedge fund with his gains. But an exact figure on how
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A senior manager at banking giant Goldman Sachs in London has reportedly left the company after making a fortune on a meme-based cryptocurrency, Dogecoin (DOGE).Aziz McMahon, a former managing director and head of emerging market sales at Goldman Sachs, had resigned from the investment bank, allegedly after netting major gains
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Cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp has hired Stephen Bearpark, a former finance director at tech giant Amazon, as its chief financial officer.In an announcement today, Bitstamp said it would be appointing Bearpark to the executive position where he will be responsible for overseeing the financial growth of the exchange. Bearpark worked at
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On Wednesday, British cryptocurrency mining company Argo Blockchain revealed that Argo CEO Peter Wall is now the first executive of a publicly-traded company to take their entire salary in Bitcoin.In a February operational update, the company — which trades on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker ARB — said
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The collapsed financial firm had previously supplied cards to several cryptocurrency companies. Source
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IHS Markit will likely join the cryptocurrency index game, the company’s President of Financial Services Adam Kansler said during the financial information giant’s Wednesday earnings call.Kansler told analysts that IHS Markit already has “tactical partnerships” with crypto firms like Lukka to source cryptocurrency pricing and reference data. These data points
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Amid legal action from the SEC, Ripple has brought in fresh blood from Amazon to lead its engineering team.In a statement released today, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse announced that former Amazon vice president of delivery experience, Devraj Varadhan, has joined Ripple as its new senior vice president of engineering. Ripple’s
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Nov 16, 2020 Bitcoin inches closer to $17,000 as a Citibank exec predicts BTC worth $318K, SEC seeks public comment on “qualified custodians,” miners shut down and seek to relocate amid China clamp down, and another Bitcoin Cash hard fork highlights community infighting. Source
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