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Finance

Coinbase Taps Ex-Barclays Markets Exec to Head Institutional Coverage

Coinbase has hired former Barclays markets veteran, Brett Tejpaul, to lead institutional coverage at the San Francisco-based crypto exchange.

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Finance

Kraken Hires Lawyer Marco Santori to Ramp Up Acquisitions

Marco Santori, who helped write the SAFT framework, is leaving Blockchain.com to helm Kraken's expanding legal team.

Seema Mody, Jose Pagliery, Marco Santori and Maria Vullo. (Credit:  CoinDesk)

Markets

Binance Hires Ex-Uber Product Lead as VP of Global Expansion

Matt Shroder will help the Binance exchange scale its operations and services, especially in emerging markets.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao. (Credit: Binance)

Finance

Coinbase Hires Google VP as Chief Product Officer

Surojit Chatterjee becomes Coinbase’s first chief product officer since the departure of Jeremy Henrickson in December 2018.

Coinbase Chief Product Officer Surojit Chatterjee (left) poses with CEO Brian Armstrong. (Courtesy photo)

Finance

Gemini Hires Former Circle Compliance Officer to Oversee European Market

Blair Halliday becomes chief compliance officer for the U.K. and Europe at Gemini as the EU's Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD5) goes into effect.

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Tech

Blockstream Co-Founder Joins Bitcoin-Only Startup Rupiver Financial

Jonathan Wilkins, a co-founder of Blockstream, is joining up-and-coming bitcoin brokerage River Financial as Chief Security Officer.

GOT YOUR BACK: River Financial focuses on "what is best for users in the long term instead of pushing altcoins and encouraging more active trading in order to increase fees," says new CSO Jonathan Wilkins. Image courtesy of River Financial

Markets

Mastercard Is Building a Team to Develop Crypto, Wallet Projects

Payments giant Mastercard is seeking to hire several blockchain execs to lead cryptocurrency and digital wallet projects.

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Markets

BitGo Hires Former Wall Street Forex Trading Exec

Crypto custody provider BitGo has hired Nick Carmi, former head of forex trading at a number of Wall Street banks.

BitGo CEO Mike Belshe

Markets

Ripple Adds SBI President To Its Board of Directors

Ripple has added Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings' president and CEO Yoshitaka Kitao to its board.

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Markets

Facebook's Blockchain Hiring Spree Continues With 5 New Job Postings

Social media behemoth Facebook is advertising for five more blockchain-related positions – adding to the 20 posted by the company in recent weeks.

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