ChainCatcher News, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) officially announced that policy director Heather Slavkin Corzo will be leaving the agency. Corey Klemmer, who recently served as a corporate finance advisor to SEC Chairman Gary Gensler, has been appointed as the policy director.Gensler stated, "Over the past three years, Heather has been one of my most trusted advisors, providing sound advice and managing a policy agenda that has strengthened protections for the investing public and enhanced issuers' capital formation pathways through various achievements, from money market fund reform to shortening settlement cycles to strengthening corporate disclosures of significant cybersecurity incidents. I wish her the best."

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, Ripple's crypto custody company Metaco has lost five more executives and marketing team members after the departure of its CEO and Chief Product Officer in February.Sources revealed that Metaco's Chief Technology Officer and Chief Customer Officer Angel Nunez, Sales Director Craig Perrin, Marketing Manager Mei Li Powell, Product Marketing Director, and Marketing Officer Gene Peterson and Rahul Mudgal have also left the company.

ChainCatcher news, Navin Gupta, who served as the Managing Director for Ripple in South Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa, announced his departure from Ripple. Gupta joined Ripple in 2017 and has worked there for 7 years.According to LinkedIn, Navin Gupta worked at Citigroup for 4 years and at HSBC for 10 years before joining Ripple.

ChainCatcher news, DeFi protocol Opyn's CEO zubin koticha stated on the X platform that due to regulatory actions against Opyn, zubin koticha and co-founder Alexis Gauba will leave the crypto space.zubin koticha has resigned as CEO, and Research Director Andrew Lwone will take over as Opyn CEO.

ChainCatcher news, Nana Murugesan, Vice President of International and Business Development at Coinbase, posted on LinkedIn that he will leave Coinbase in the first quarter of next year and will serve as an advisor to Coinbase until July 2024 to ensure a seamless transition and complete board responsibilities.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg citing informed sources, Gemini Trust Co. Global Chief Technology Officer Pravjit Tiwana will leave the company this month.Tiwana also served as the Chief Executive Officer for Gemini in the Asia-Pacific region. He joined Gemini in January 2022, with responsibilities including overseeing product, engineering, and design, and establishing the company's operations in India. Before joining Gemini, he worked as a general manager at Amazon for over six years. Earlier this year, former Gemini Chief Operating Officer Noah Perlman also left to join Binance.Currently, Gemini is facing strict regulatory scrutiny, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accusing Genesis and Gemini of issuing and selling securities without registration. Last month, the New York Attorney General filed a lawsuit against Gemini and DCG for allegedly defrauding customers of $1.1 billion.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Binance UK's head Jonathan Farnell has left at the end of September.Farnell joined Binance in 2021 from retail trading company eToro, where he served as compliance lead. He was later appointed as the head of operations for Binance UK and in March 2022 was appointed as the CEO of Binance's newly launched payment company Bifinity.

According to ChainCatcher news and Cointelegraph, Stéphanie Cabossioras has resigned as the Executive Director of Binance France, becoming at least the 10th executive to leave Binance this year.Cabossioras joined Binance in April 2022 as the Legal Head of the cryptocurrency exchange's French division and was promoted to Executive Director in November of the same year.

ChainCatcher news, according to PitchBook News, Pantera Capital President and Managing Partner Jasper Lewitton has reportedly left the company.It is reported that his information has been removed from the Pantera Capital official website, and there is no mention of any association with Pantera Capital on his personal LinkedIn page. The specific reason for Jasper Lewitton's departure is still unclear, and neither he nor Pantera Capital has responded.

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, Warner Music Group's Chief Digital Officer Oana Ruxandra has resigned this week and will announce her next steps. Ruxandra has reportedly been advancing Warner's integration with emerging technologies such as blockchain and AI over the past three years, and has formed innovative partnerships with well-known blockchain organizations such as Polygon Labs, OpenSea, LGND Mudic, and The Sandbox.Additionally, although the reasons for Ruxandra's departure have not been made public, it seems unlikely that Warner will adjust the core position of NFT and AI in its current business strategy.

ChainCatcher news, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal citing informed sources, Helen Hai, who has served as an executive at Binance since 2018, has left the company. Hai was recently responsible for leading Binance's global fiat currency business, which involved working with payment processing companies and banks to ensure that customers could exchange US dollars and other traditional currencies for digital currencies. Due to investigations by financial regulators into Binance, some fiat service providers have severed ties with the trading platform.However, as of now, Helen Hai's LinkedIn page still shows her as the head of Binance's global fiat business and the chairwoman of the Binance Charity Foundation, indicating that she has not yet left.

ChainCatcher news, Binance's Head of Eastern Europe and Russia Gleb Kostarev and Binance's General Manager for Russia and the CIS Vladimir Smerkis announced their resignations on Facebook one after another.

ChainCatcher news, Bloomberg cites sources saying that Binance's head of Asia-Pacific, Leon Foong, has left the company. It is reported that Foong previously led Binance's expansion into markets such as South Korea, Japan, and Thailand.Recently, following a series of allegations against Binance by regulators in the U.S. and Australia, several Binance executives, including Chief Strategy Officer Patrick Hillman and General Counsel Hon Ng, have also departed.

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)