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In his new role he will be responsible for supporting “the [Yuga Labs] team broadly across Web3, metaverse, NFT and product initiatives,” according to a statement. He will be involved with initiatives for the company’s five mainstay non-fungible token (NFT) collections: Bored Apes, CryptoPunks, Meebits, Voyagers and Mutants. Source
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Digital Currency Group (DCG), which counts over 150 crypto companies in its portfolio, has registered its VP of Public Policy, Julie Stitzel, to lobby on its behalf with the U.S. federal government, according to an Aug. 15 disclosure filing. DCG owns CoinDesk as an independent subsidiary. Original Source
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Another top executive joins three co-founders of the crypto exchange BitMEX, pleading guilty in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The court case under the headline U.S. v. Hayes et al. goes on for two years, with BitMEX management being indicted for violating the
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A New York federal court previously sentenced the Mexico-based firm’s co-founders to probation time and fines for federal compliance failures. Source
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Bitcoin maximalist Michael Saylor has announced that he will step down as the chief executive officer of MicroStrategy, the business intelligence firm he helped co-found in 1989.In a Tuesday notice on its second quarter earnings for 2022, MicroStrategy said Saylor would be assuming the new role of executive chair at
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Business software firm MicroStrategy (MSTR) has appointed Phuong Le, the company's president, as its new CEO, replacing Michael Saylor, who had served as CEO and chairman of the board since he founded the company in 1989 and took it public in 1998, the company announced Tuesday as part of its
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The U.S. Treasury Department has delivered a framework for crypto assets to President Joe Biden, fulfilling its obligation as directed in the executive order on crypto that the president issued in March. U.S. Treasury Secretary Delivers Crypto Framework to Biden The U.S. Department of the Treasury published a fact sheet titled “Framework
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“Jasmine is a rare talent who possesses more than 20 years of deep knowledge in both fintech and high growth startup environments,” said Binance.US CEO Brian Shroder in a statement. “Her experience at Paypal, a public Fortune 500 company, in particular, will be invaluable as we chart our path to
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Top financier and banker Hussein Al Meeza has joined Islamic Coin – the Shariah-compliant cryptocurrency launched in the UAE. Having been named Best Islamic Banking Personality in 2006, Mr. Al Meeza is an acclaimed award-winning expert with over 40 years of experience spanning the Islamic banking, finance and insurance sectors,
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