2025年4月加密貨幣領域50個重要的人事任命、離職與調動

加密公司上個月繼續招聘，法律、政策、增長和生態系統角色的招聘穩步進行。儘管加密貨幣價格保持低迷，團隊仍在進行選擇性增員，特別是在與收入、合規和用戶獲取相關的職能上。

我們還看到政策和倡導領域的活動增加，幾位前監管者和政策專家進入了新角色。這反映了監管對話的重要性。同時，匿名的建設者和創作者繼續擔任正式職位，這表明加密原生經驗的價值觀正在發生更廣泛的轉變。

四月的招聘活動表明，團隊正在為下一個週期奠定基礎——在價格和市場情緒逐漸恢復的同時，建立分銷、法律基礎設施和通信能力。

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招聘

• Miller Whitehouse-Levine 已經離開了加密政策遊說公司 DeFi 教育基金——儘管他將留在其董事會——以創建 Solana 政策研究所。
• 新的 Solana 政策研究所進行了一系列重大招聘，包括前區塊鏈協會首席執行官 Kristin Smith、曾任 Cedar 創新基金參與總監的 Colin McLaren 和前 Filecoin 市場負責人 Rachel Green Horn。
• 長期加密倡導者和前 SEC 委員 Paul Atkins 已正式宣誓就任美國證券交易委員會新主席。他的任命標誌著監管語調的重大轉變，業界許多人預計對數字資產和去中心化金融的態度將更加開放。
• Joe Salama 被任命為 Coinbase 的首席合規官。Salama 之前擔任 Coinbase 的全球訴訟負責人，並擁有公司法和政府執法的背景。
• 加密交易所 Kraken 已聘請 Cynthia Del Pozo 擔任北美總經理，重點關注加拿大。該公司表示，過去兩年其加拿大團隊人數翻了一番。
• Jacob Wittman 加入了 Plasma Foundation 擔任總法律顧問，將領導該組織在全球範圍內推動穩定幣採用的政策工作。
• Emre Tekisalp 加入 Uniswap 擔任幕僚長。Tekisalp 之前領導 O(1) Labs，幫助推出 Mina Protocol，並在 Coinbase 擔任產品職位。在宣布此舉的帖子中，他回顧了一年的休假，並表示很高興能與 Uniswap 團隊合作，“解鎖普遍的所有權和交換。”
• Salman Banaei 加入 Plume Network 擔任總法律顧問。他之前曾擔任 Uniswap Labs 的公共政策負責人，並在美國證券交易委員會擔任高級特別顧問。
• 前 Kraken 首席法律官 Marco Santori 加入 Pantera Capital 擔任普通合夥人。Santori 是一位資深的加密法律專家，曾在 Blockchain.com 和 Cooley LLP 擔任高級職位，並在塑造美國加密政策方面發揮了重要作用。
• OKX 任命前紐約州金融服務部主管 Linda Lacewell 為新任首席法律官。
• Jito Foundation 任命 Thomas Uhm 為首席商務官。Uhm 之前在 Jane Street Capital 工作，帶來了與 Jito 專注於 Solana 質押和 MEV 的機構交易經驗。
• 前 BlockTower Capital 首席運營官 Diana Zhang 被任命為 Grayscale 的首席運營官。Zhang 帶來了運營經驗
d fund management experience to the role as Grayscale continues to broaden its product suite and institutional reach.
• Andrew Dempsey, formerly of Wellington Management and Fidelity, has joined Borderless Capital as a partner to lead institutional capital formation, as digital asset managers increasingly seek to bridge traditional finance.
• Stavros Psyllos has joined Cryptopay as Chief Commercial Officer. He will be responsible for driving expansion strategies, with a focus on targeting CFD brokers.
• The pseudonymous builder 0xWenMoon has joined Kaito AI as Head of Ecosystem and Special Projects. Known for user-centric product development, WenMoon will focus on tools that help crypto founders navigate the attention economy.
• Another pseudonymous operator, 0xG00gly, has joined the Plasma Foundation. With a background in traditional finance and stints at Uniswap and Gnosis, Googly will help develop Plasma — an EVM-compatible Bitcoin sidechain focused on stablecoin infrastructure.
• Maximilian Crown, co-founder of MoonPay, has been appointed CEO of the TON Foundation. Crown previously served as COO and CFO at MoonPay and will retain a seat on the board there.
• Maartje Bus, formerly Head of Research at Messari, has been appointed President of the Medici Network, according to Decrypt .
• Former CoinDesk journalist Danny Nelson has joined Bitwise Asset Management’s research team. He’ll focus on analyzing Solana, Ethereum, and Layer 2 networks.

Promotions & Advisory

• Following Whitehouse-Levine’s departure from the DeFi Education Fund, the firm’s Chief Legal Officer, Amanda Tuminelli, has also assumed the role of executive director.
• The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has re-appointed CEO Nikhil Rathi for a second five-year term, reflecting a push for regulatory consistency as the UK scales its digital asset policy efforts.
• Kevin Weil, Chief Product Officer at OpenAI, has joined Circle as an advisor. CEO Jeremy Allaire announced the move, citing Weil’s experience scaling platforms at Twitter, Instagram, Novi (Facebook), and now OpenAI.
• Zac Prince, founder and former CEO of BlockFi, has joined Galaxy as a Managing Director. Prince brings deep operational and institutional knowledge from his time building BlockFi into a major crypto lender.
• In a surprising geopolitical shift, Pakistan has brought on former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao as a crypto policy adviser — a stark contrast to India’s more cautious stance.
• Andrew Cuomo, former Governor of New York, has reportedly joined OKX in an advisory capacity following the exchange’s $505 million federal settlement. Cuomo’s involvement is expected to focus on regulatory strategy and political engagement in the U.S.
• Dana White, president of the UFC, has joined VeChain as a strategic advisor. The appointment follows VeChain’s long-term sponsorship of UFC events and reflects a deepening relationship between the blockchain project and the global sports brand.

Exits

• Jonathan Hugh quietly stepped down from his role as CFO at Zodia Custody earlier this year, according to CoinDesk. Last month, COO Samuel Howe also left for a role in traditional finance.
• Mauricio Beugelmans has departed as Chief Legal Officer of OKX. He was succeeded by Linda Lacewell, who had served on the exchange’s board since 2023.
• Christine Kim has left her role at Galaxy to pursue solo entrepreneurship. She plans to continue her protocol research and governance coverage — expanding beyond Ethereum — under her own independent brand.