ChainCatcher news, BTIG policy research director Isaac Boltansky stated that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is about to undergo personnel changes. If approved by the Senate, Paul Atkins will replace Gary Gensler for a five-year term.However, Isaac Boltansky warned that despite the personnel changes at the SEC, there will still be "jurisdictional disputes" in the future, noting that the agency and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission sometimes clash over cryptocurrency regulation issues because "there are too many cooks in the kitchen, and they can't agree on what they are doing."Additionally, the key question of whether cryptocurrencies should be classified as securities is still being litigated in court, which is beyond the jurisdiction of U.S. federal regulators. The next Congress will have a slight Republican majority, which may at least lead to clearer regulations regarding stablecoins.

ChainCatcher news, OpenAI founder and CEO Sam Altman announced on social media that there are significant personnel changes happening at the company. Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, Chief Scientist Bob, and another executive, Barret, will be leaving. Altman stated that these decisions are independent and amicable. Mark will take over as Senior Vice President of the research department, leading the research team alongside Chief Scientist Jakub. Josh Achiam will serve as the Director of Mission Alignment, while Kevin and Srinivas will continue to lead the application team, and Matt Knight will become the Chief Information Security Officer.Altman emphasized that although this change is sudden, the leadership transition is a natural result of the company's rapid growth. He plans to refocus his energy on the company's technology and product aspects and will discuss these changes further in an all-hands meeting.

ChainCatcher news, SkyBridge Capital founder and Trump critic Anthony Scaramucci posted on X: "The implosion has begun. Trump's campaign is in chaos, and 'little' Trump is looking for some scapegoats and making personnel changes."

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, Binance's General Manager for Central and Eastern Europe, Kyrylo Khomiakov, has been promoted to head of the Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia region. Kyrylo will lead the teams in these markets to enhance the delivery of Binance products and services, with a particular focus on company development, educational programs, fiat channel development, and optimizing user experience, committed to overseeing marketing strategies and fostering constructive dialogue with governments and public entities in the Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia markets.Kyrylo Khomiakov has previously held various leadership positions at Binance, and with his deep understanding of the local markets, he will guide the development of 14 countries.

ChainCatcher news, Avalanche developer Ava Labs has recently appointed two former executives from Polygon and OKX, namely OKX listing director Devika Mittal and Polygon Labs India partnerships director Kamakshi Arjun, as the India head and India business development head respectively, to help increase Avalanche's adoption in India.

ChainCatcher news, the official announcement from the crypto investment firm CGV states that former Consensus Lab partner Kevin Ren has officially joined CGV as the Partner for the Asia region and General Manager of the Hong Kong branch, where he will be based in the Hong Kong branch and the New York office.According to the introduction, since 2017, Kevin Ren co-founded Consensus Lab and served as a founding partner, focusing on early incubation of crypto assets, primary market investments, and secondary market trading management. He has led investments in numerous projects including Polkadot, Filecoin, Casperlabs, Bitget, AlchemyPay, Bitkeep, Pocket, The Graph, and Republic, with a fund investment return rate exceeding 300%.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, PayPal has hired Alex Chriss as the new CEO and President. Chriss will take over the CEO position from Daniel Schulman on September 27 and will join the company's board of directors.Chriss previously served as the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Intuit's Small Business and Self-Employed Group. In 2021, he led the company in its $12 billion acquisition of the marketing platform Mailchimp, expanding Intuit's customer base.

ChainCatcher news, according to Fortune magazine, former Vice President of Polygon Labs Kelly DiGregorio has joined OpenSea as Vice President, where she will be responsible for global content partnerships at OpenSea.It is reported that Kelly DiGregorio completed collaborations with Starbucks, Disney, Mastercard, and others while at Polygon Labs.

ChainCatcher news, Paradigm appoints new head of government relations Alexander Grieve. Reportedly, Grieve has over a decade of experience in political and financial policy in Washington, D.C., and has experience in cryptocurrency lobbying during his time at Tiger Hill Partners. Paradigm stated that Grieve's addition will drive clearer regulation from the government.

ChainCatcher news, Zhao Changpeng responded to Fortune's report on Binance executives leaving, stating, "The reasons given by the news regarding some departure FUD are completely incorrect. With the changes in the cryptocurrency market and the global environment, as well as Binance's development and individual circumstances, every company experiences personnel changes. Binance will continue to BUILD and keep hiring. Thanks to all former team members for their contributions to Binance's growth, and I wish them all the best." (source link)

ChainCatcher news, digital asset custody provider Copper has announced the appointment of Stefano Maestri as Chief Technology Officer, Sam Goh as Chief Financial Officer, and Sam Brown as General Counsel. Copper has also recently appointed former Coinbase Country Manager for Germany, Sascha Rangoonwala, as Managing Director for EMEA.It is reported that last month Copper announced a strategic shift focusing on its custody, collateral, and settlement solutions as well as its rapidly growing over-the-counter trading and settlement network ClearLoop. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 domain project Unstoppable Domains recently announced the appointment of two female executives, promoting its Senior Vice President and Channel Chief Sandy Carter to Chief Operating Officer and Head of Business Development. Sandy Carter will continue to drive Unstoppable's partnerships while also leading business development, communications, and legal. Since joining in December 2021, Sandy Carter has helped increase partnerships from 61 to over 750. Prior to this, Sandy Carter was Vice President at AWS, responsible for driving partnerships in cloud, machine learning, and blockchain.In addition, Unstoppable Domains has promoted former IBM engineer Lisa DeLuca to Senior Engineering Director, where she will oversee the entire engineering and product team. Lisa DeLuca worked at IBM for over 16 years as an engineer and product management director, previously focusing on engineering and product management for emerging solutions within IBM's artificial intelligence applications division. DeLuca has submitted over 800 patent applications and has been granted over 650 patents. (The Block)

According to ChainCatcher, a source close to the company confirmed to CoinDesk that Arca's Vice President of Portfolio Management, Hassan Bassiri, has confirmed his departure from the company. The timing and reason for Bassiri's departure have not been disclosed. However, it can be confirmed that the Arca Digital Yield Fund, co-managed by Bassiri and Arca's Chief Investment Officer Jeff Dorman, has been closed for months due to the collapse of Terra. (CoinDesk)

ChainCatcher news, February 27, Axia8 Ventures announced recent important personnel updates, as follows: Zoe Peng has been promoted to General Partner of Axia8 Ventures, and will lead pre- and post-investment projects, as well as deep project incubation, assisting portfolio projects in empowerment and growth; Kira Su joins Axia8 Ventures as General Partner, primarily responsible for Axia8's asset management, risk control, and secondary market; Jessica Tian joins Axia8 Ventures as General Partner, leading business development in the Pan-Asian region, and focusing on managing post-investment resource integration, implementing the entrepreneurial spirit of symbiosis and mutual growth between Axia8 and projects.According to reports, Axia8 Ventures was founded by Wayne Lin in 2020 and has been managed for nearly three years. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, the crypto-friendly bank Signature Bank announced that co-founder, president, and CEO Joseph J. Depaolo plans to transition to a senior advisor role in 2023. Chief Operating Officer Eric R. Howell will succeed Depaolo as president starting March 1, while continuing to serve as COO and a board member. Depaolo will retain the CEO position and remain on the bank's board. After Depaolo completes his transition to senior advisor, Howell will then be appointed as the new CEO. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to BusinessWire, the Cardano Foundation has announced the appointment of former PwC executive Andreas Pletscher as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and former Swiss regulatory official Nicolas Jacquemart as Chief Legal Officer (CLO).Andreas Pletscher has served as a technology director at PwC and IBM, with over 25 years of experience in the international financial services industry, managing complex operations and IT transformation projects. Nicolas Jacquemart previously worked in the fintech department of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) and has also held positions at a well-known Swiss law firm, holding a PhD in law from the University of Zurich, focusing on the intersection of blockchain technology and financial market regulation. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to ACCESSWIRE, Bitcoin mining company Argo Blockchain announced a change in its board of directors. Peter Wall will resign as CEO and interim chairman, and Matthew Shaw has been appointed as the chairman of the board. The board has appointed Chief Operating Officer Seif El-Bakly as interim CEO, and Peter Wall has agreed to continue serving as an advisor to Argo for the next three months to support the transition. Argo intends to hire an executive search firm to assist in the recruitment of a CEO. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, crypto venture capital firm Paradigm has promoted risk partner Charlie Noyes and research partner Dan Robinson to general partners. Both have been with Paradigm for over four years, with Dan Robinson continuing to serve as research director. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, Blueport Interactive (08267.HK) announced the appointment of Lai Weifeng as Vice President of Overseas Web3 Business for Blueport Group, responsible for expanding the Web3 gaming platform and related businesses such as GameFi publishing, reporting to the company's Chairman and CEO Wang Feng.It is reported that Lai Weifeng has successively been in charge of the product website department of Blueport Games, has also served as the product head of the blockchain media Mars Finance, and was an early team member of the 178 gaming website under Perfect World Network Technology Co., Ltd.