Category: Executives

Dash appoints Venu Palaparthi as Chief Compliance Officer
March 11, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Dash appoints Venu Palaparthi as Chief Compliance Officer

Dash Financial Technologies today announced the appointment of Venu Palaparthi as its new Chief Compliance Office and Head of Regulatory Affairs. Mr. Palaparthi will be in charge of Dash’s corporate compliance strategy including the implementation of regulatory policies within the company and will lead efforts to comply with government rules and regulations. Mr. Palaparthi has…

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February 28, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Former PayPal security advisor Brett McDowell joins Hedera Hashgraph as Executive Director

Brett McDowell a former security advisor at PayPal was yesterday appointed as Founding vice Chair and Executive Director of Hedera Hashgraph’s Governing Council. Hedera Hashgraph is a public ledger created to diversify governance through scalable distributed consensus. McDowell has over 20 years’ experience within the IT industry and was also a founding executive at DMARC.org,…

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Ampleforth adds British historian Niall Ferguson to Advisory Board
February 08, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Ampleforth adds British historian Niall Ferguson to Advisory Board

Ampleforth (previously known as Fragments), a decentralized store of value protocol, announced today that historian, author, and financial expert Niall Ferguson will be joining its advisory board. Niall Ferguson is the author of fifteen books and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford, as well as the Center of European Studies at Harvard, where…

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Dash hires Brunswick Group's Scott Patrick as CFO
January 23, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Dash hires Brunswick Group's Scott Patrick as CFO

Dash Financial Technologies, the capital markets technology and execution provider, has just announced the addition of Scott Patrick as Chief Financial Officer. The company has recently added James Doherty as Managing Director, Head of Equity Product and has signed a definitive agreement to acquire eRoom Securities, LLC. Patrick will be in charge of financial operations and strategic planning…

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FlexTrade adds Paul Beatty to team
December 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Two new executives join CertiK's team

CertiK, the formal verification platform for smart contracts and blockchain audits, has added two new executives to its team. Daryl Hok will be the new Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and Yvan Nasr steps in as Head of Business Development and Partnerships. CertiK has recently expanded its headquarters in New York City. Commenting…

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December 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Blockchain Association adds eToro as a new Executive Member

FX broker eToro has announced that it has joined the Blockchain Association as an executive member. The broker will help the Association build more efficient financial systems and decentralized web applications. Other members of the Blockchain Association include Coinbase, global finance company Circle, Digital Currency Group, and Polychain. Guy Hirsch, USA Managing Director, eToro, said: As a…

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November 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

DSTOQ names David Holtzman Chief Security Officer

DSTOQ, the licensed stock exchange without borders allowing for peer-to-peer trading of tokenized securities, has announced that David Holtzman has been appointed Chief Security Officer. Holtzman previously held the position of Technical Advisor at DSTOQ. Commenting on the appointment, David Holtzman said: I am thrilled to be a part of the DSTOQ team, and am…

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FlexTrade adds Paul Beatty to team
November 13, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Draper Athena Venture Capital Director joins U.S. digital currency marketplace HBUS

HBUS, the exclusive U.S. strategic partner of Huobi, the blockchain asset solutions provider, today announced Jay Ryu as Vice President of Corporate Development. Ryu previously served as the Venture Capital Director at Draper Athena, where he led technology investments across Silicon Valley, Asia, and the Middle East, while working closely with portfolio companies on operational…

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