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Just months after the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said Binance should not be operating in the country, the world’s largest crypto exchange said it has hired staff and plans for file for regulatory approval. CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao told the Sunday Telegraph that relations have improved since its
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Cryptocurrency exchange Okcoin has announced Randi Zuckerberg — the sister of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg — will be joining the platform’s brand advisory council in its aim to bring more women into crypto.In a Thursday announcement, Okcoin said that in addition to hiring Zuckerberg, the exchange would be committing $1
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Australia’s largest digital assets exchange, BTC Markets, has announced it will be adding two new senior additions to its Advisory Board, David Raper and Garry Duursma. BTC Markets has 325 thousand Australian clients, who have traded over AU$17.1 billion on the platform. BTC Markets CEO Caroline Bowler told Cointelegraph that
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The European Central Bank (ECB) has tapped Evelien Witlox, ING’s global director of payments, as program manager for its digital euro, effective Jan. 1.In her new role, Witlox will work alongside the senior management team of the Directorate General Market Infrastructure and Payments.Witlox will work on the ECB’s investigation phase
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Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) scored another win with gaming giant Zynga’s announcement of the upcoming integration of NFTs and blockchain into the publisher’s portfolio.San Francisco-based game developer Zynga, best known for its FarmVille and CSR Racing series, appointed marketing veteran Matt Wolf as its vice president to oversee the company’s blockchain
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Binance has hired a veteran financial criminal investigation agent to head up suspicious activity reporting as it continues to strengthen its regulatory compliance front.Amjad Qaqish, a former criminal investigation special agent at the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), was named as the largest crypto exchange’s director of global suspicious activity
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Metropolises led the crypto-related hires in the United States during 2021, but jobs in the space are well dispersed around the country, LinkedIn data revealed.A new study conducted by LinkedIn for Bloomberg shows that there is not a single hub for crypto or blockchain specialists in the United States. Searching
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Bitcoin mining company Bitfury has hired former Binance US chief Brian Brooks as its new CEO, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.Brooks is replacing Valery Vavilov, who will stay on as Bitfury’s “chief vision officer,” the report said.Bitfury did not immediately respond to CoinDesk’s request to confirm the appointment.The appointment
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Cryptocurrency exchange FTX US has tapped former U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commision (CFTC) commissioner Mark Wetjen as its head of policy and regulatory strategy, the company announced Tuesday. The move comes at a time when the crypto industry is facing heightened scrutiny from regulators in the U.S. and around the
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“As we continue our evolution from a disruptive tech startup to a respected global financial institution, we recognized that it was paramount that we recruit leading compliance, communications, and government affairs experts,” said Binance co-founder Yi He, in a statement. Original Source
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