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Kraken Taps Casa Co-Founder, Former CEO Jeremy Welch as VP of Product

Crypto exchange Kraken announced Thursday that former Casa CEO Jeremy Welch has joined its team as VP of product.

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Finance

Bison Trails Hires Ex-Goldman Sachs VP as Legal Head

Blockchain infrastructure provider Bison Trails has hired BlockTower Capital’s former compliance director to be its first general counsel.

Elizabeth Ralston (Mark Kronov Photography)

Markets

The DOJ Wants to Hire a Crypto Crime Attorney Adviser

The Department of Justice wants to hire an attorney adviser to specialize in cryptocurrency, dark web and hacking criminal cases.

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., headquarters (Orhan Cam/Shutterstock)

Finance

BlockFi Hires Former Deutsche Bank, Barclays Alum as General Counsel

The crypto lending platform has hired banking veteran Jonathan Mayers as general counsel in a bid to stay ahead of the regulatory curve.

BlockFi CEO Zac Prince

Finance

This Startup Is Forking Compound to Make Hiring More Efficient

Braintrust launched out of stealth mode Wednesday, backed by a $6 million seed round featuring True Ventures, Homebrew Ventures, Uprising Ventures, Galaxy Digital, IDEO CoLab, Kindred Ventures and Vy Capital.

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Finance

Genesis Hires Ex-Galaxy Digital Staffer to Run New Derivatives Trading Desk

The derivatives desk will expand the company’s suite of products as it aims to attract more institutional clients to its newly acquired prime brokerage arm.

Genesis Trading CEO Michael Moro speaks at Invest: Asia 2019.

Finance

Crypto Custodian Anchorage Teases Growth Plan With 2 Executive Hires

Anchorage now has six executives in its C-suite, hiring a head of finance and head of sales with experience in both tech and Wall Street.

Anchorage CEO Nathan McCauley

Markets

BlockFi Hires Credit Suisse, Prudential Execs to Drive Global Expansion

Crypto lender BlockFi has hired two execs from traditional finance to help launch a bitcoin rewards card and build out business teams in Europe and Asia.

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Markets

Bittrex Exec Joins Mortgage Giant Fannie Mae After Crypto Exchange's Brush With NYDFS

Reversing the pattern of government veterans jumping to crypto startups, Bittrex US’ former chief compliance and ethics officer has moved to mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae.

John Roth (Credit: Bittrex)

Finance

Facebook Affirms Libra Commitment With 50 New Job Openings in Ireland

Libra may have been scaled back but Facebook is significantly expanding the team working to support the stablecoin project.

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