BitFury Brings Jason Weinstein Former US Deputy Asst Attorney General On Board
BitFury’s work in both Bitcoin transaction processing (mining) and growing venture capital funding has also come with the growth of the company’s leadership team. Their latest addition is Jason Weinstein Former US Deputy Asst Attorney General. BitFury recently hired Young Sohn, Samsung Electronics, president and chief strategy officer; he also took a position on their strategic advisory board. Jason Weinstein has an interesting background with experience and connections that can help not only BitFury but Bitcoin itself.
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This piece has been updated with additional comment and information from BitFury. A former US Department of Justice official has been named to the board of strategic advisors at bitcoin mining firm BitFury. As reported by the Wall Street Journal, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Jason Weinstein will act as a regulatory and law enforcement liaison for BitFury. Currently a partner at Washington, DC-based law firm Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Weinstein will serve in a private capacity while continuing his work at the law firm. Weinstein resigned from the Justice Department in 2012 during a....
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Following the first Block Chain Summit this April - a widely publicized affair held at Sir Richard Branson's private Necker Island, lead event sponsor BitFury has organized a less talked about follow up in the United Arab Emirates. Though information on the event is scarce, the event is currently ongoing, running from the 7th to 10th October in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE. According to posts by attendees such as BitFury advisor and former US Department of Justice official Jason Weinstein, the summit will include "informal sessions and discussions" on blockchain technology and its....
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There's been quite a bit of news lately coming from BitFury. From mining products to strategic investments, it certainly seems like they are growing rapidly. And it will probably come as no surprise to learn that the company has brought in some new additions to their board of directors to keep them guided properly as their operations expand. Those new additions compose the company's new strategic advisory board, which will be responsible for working closely with BitFury leadership with relation to technology "to build on the company's silicon leadership position as it pursues more advanced....