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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 ...
KuCoin has announced the appointment of BC Wong as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). BC Wong, known internally as "BC", is an experienced leader who, during his tenure at BC, drove global regulatory engagement to address industry challenges.
OpenAI announced the appointment of BlackRock executive Adebayo Ogunlesi to the board of directors. As a founding partner, chairperson and CEO of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), one of the infrastructure investment platforms, and a senior managing director at BlackRock, Ogunlesi has extensive leadership experience and expertise in corporate finance, infrastructure investment, and global market strategy. The appointment further complements the Board's depth in technology, AI security, cyber...
US President-elect Trump announced on January 4 local time that he will appoint Stanley Woodward as assistant and senior adviser to the US president to join his White House legal team. It is understood that Stanley Woodward, a lawyer by profession, has been Trump's legal adviser for a long time and has represented a number of legal cases of people close to Trump.
The Sui Foundation has announced the appointment of Christian Thompson as its new Managing Director, driving the next phase of ecological growth. As a former Deputy Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for Meta and an early member of the Libra/Diem project, Thompson will have overall responsibility for the foundation's development efforts, driving Sui's developer and customer engagement around the world. Thompson said Sui's scalability and user-friendly design make it the first choice for m...
Jared Isakman, Mr. Trump's NASA appointee, said future Polaris missions by him and Mr. Musk's SpaceX "remain a question mark and may be on hold for a while".
President-elect Trump said he would appoint Andrew Ferguson as chairperson of the US FTC.
Trump has appointed Needham as a presidential advisor to the US State Department.
On December 6th, Cointelegraph reported that David Sacks, the newly appointed head of crypto in the Trump administration, is a strong supporter of Solana and an investor in crypto investment firm Multicoin Capital. In October 2021, David Sacks publicly disclosed in episode 50 of the All-In podcast that he had bought a large amount of Solana (SOL) at a discounted price. He also stated that he did not sell SOL after the FTX crash. And mentioned that Solana has the potential to replace Ethereum as ...
Trump said he appointed Adam Boehler as the presidential special envoy for hostage affairs.
