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The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has appointed Tommaso Mancini-Grifoli, one of the world's most influential digital currency economists, as the next head of the BIS Innovation Hub, effective March 2026. The BIS said on Tuesday that Mancini-Grifoli will "lead the central banking sector...
According to BecauseBitcoin's post on the X platform, Trump's newly appointed FBI Director Kash Patel holds $115,000 worth of bitcoin.
According to Bitcoin Magazine, Trump's newly appointed Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick, said: "I think bitcoin should be freely traded around the world like gold."
According to market sources, the United States and Russia have agreed to appoint a working team to end the conflict in Ukraine.
Market news: The Israeli government has approved the appointment of Eyal Zamir as the next Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces.
Blockchain.com appointed Justin Evans, the former head of Goldman Sachs crypto investment bank, as chief financial officer, and Mike Wilcox, the former investment manager at Point72 Asset Management, who also served as CFO of Velocity Global, as chief operating officer. The company plans to expand its staff by 50% to further advance its IPO plans. Evans said Blockchain.com is taking the necessary steps to prepare for a listing.
President Donald Trump has appointed Jonathan Gould, a former blockchain executive, to head the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). Gould previously served as chief legal officer of Bitfury, and before that, he served as senior deputy comptroller and chief legal counsel for the OCC, which oversees and oversees national banks and federal savings associations. Ron Hammond, senior director of government relations at the Blockchain Association, said Jonathan Gould would be "in the best ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's appointee to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, holds assets worth between $6.90 million and $29.50 million, according to forms published Wednesday by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. Under his ethics agreement, he holds at least $1 million in bitcoin, his most valuable asset, which he does not plan to sell. Trump has promised to provide a more friendly regulatory environments for cryptocurrencies than the administration of former President Joe ...
US President Donald Trump has appointed Danielle Sassoon as interim head of the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, with responsibility for Manhattan and surrounding areas. Sassoon led the prosecution of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, which ended in a 25-year prison sentence for Bankman-Fried. In addition, she was involved in the Department of Justice case against Terra founder Do Kwon. Sassoon is a graduate of Harvard and Yale Law School and served as the clerk to the la...
The new appointment document released by the White House shows that Mark Uyeda will serve as the acting chairperson of the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). It is reported that Uyeda is a Republican member and has served as an SEC commissioner since June 30, 2022. Before becoming an SEC commissioner, Uyeda served at the SEC for more than 15 years. FOX Business previously reported that Mark Uyeda wants to help Trump fulfill his promise to end the Biden administration's so-called "cryptocurren...
