Category: Executives

June 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

CoinDesk launches CoinDesk Productions, hires two Bloomberg veterans

CoinDesk Inc., the digital media and information services company for the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry and producer of Consensus, the largest and most prominent blockchain technology conference in the world, has announced the launch of its digital media production arm, CoinDesk Productions. CoinDesk Productions will be producing documentary series and features rooted in crypto and…

Read more
May 29, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Crypto Facilities hires Euromoney Indices’ Sui Chung to head index and pricing

Crypto Facilities, the cryptocurrency trading platform and index provider, has today announced the appointment of Sui Chung to lead its index and pricing products business. Crypto Facilities offers individuals and institutions regulated, transparent and secure trading 24/7/365. The firm is also a provider of cryptocurrency indices, calculating the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate and Real…

Read more
May 14, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Blockchain tech company Block.one hires Commonwealth Bank exec Rob Jesudason as President & COO

Block.one, publisher of the EOSIO blockchain software and seller of the EOS token, a top-five cryptocurrency by market cap at approximately US$12.4 billion, announced that it has named Rob Jesudason as its Group President and Chief Operating Officer. Jesudason will be a member of Block.one’s Board of Directors and be responsible for scaling the group’s…

Read more
fintech
March 26, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fintech company Bankorus adds three new faces to its team

Bankorus, a fintech company and creator of China’s first robo-advisor, has announced three new additions to its team. Silicon Valley Bank’s former head of corporate Marketing, Anne-Flore Goldsberry, to lead long term marketing strategy as Bankorus’ first Chief Marketing Officer, Carl Bennetts, Co-Founder of Status, to advise on business and technical strategy and David Johnston,…

Read more
Arizona State University and Dash publish new research on blockchain scalability
March 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Dash Core Group hires Chart IQ, Citi and Morgan Stanley veteran Glenn Austin as CFO

The Dash Core Group, which leads development and maintenance of Dash, the digital currency for payments, just announced that it has hired financial industry veteran Glenn Austin as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Austin will be in charge of financial operations for Dash Core Group, including budgeting, planning, risk management, investor relations, and accounting…

Read more
February 12, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bitcoin pioneer Charlie Shrem joins BnkToTheFuture’s Token Sale Advisory Board

Global FinTech, Bitcoin and Blockchain investment platform BnkToTheFuture announced the appointment of Bitcoin pioneer Charlie Shrem to its advisory board for the launch of its BF Token. Since launching the Bitcoin Foundation in 2012, Shrem has become one of the world’s most sought-after blockchain experts, speakers, and advisors. Recently, he founded CryptoIQ.co as an educational…

Read more
October 26, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Ethereum co-founder Anthony Di Iorio joins Presearch advisory board

Presearch today announced the beta launch of its decentralized, community-driven search engine built to disrupt the multi-billion dollar internet search industry. Already in use since 2013 as an internal tool, Presearch will launch in beta November 9th, allowing users to search multiple engines including Amazon and Google and be rewarded with PRE tokens. Presearch has…

Read more
October 25, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Uber and Airbnb investor Jeffrey Wernick joins Qtum’s Advisory Board

Blockchain application platform Qtum today announced the addition of veteran investor Jeffrey Wernick to its advisory board. Jeffrey Wernick’s 40 years of experience includes investments in Uber and Airbnb, after which he turned his focus to bank transactions, lending platforms, and the blockchain industry. His advisory role will help guide Qtum’s international growth and development…

Read more