Nasdaq Veteran Joins Ethereum Foundation as Security Lead
Nasdaq information security specialist Martin Holst Swende has officially joined the Ethereum Foundation as its full-time security lead. Despite it being one of his first days on the job, Swende was highly visible at Devcon2, the non-profit's annual conference, on Tuesday. There, he moderated a panel on smart contract security and gave an overview of his view on the state of the blockchain-based decentralized application network. Offstage, Swende opened up about his new role, explaining that he doesn't believe it was a risk for him to move from the stock market giant to the nascent....
Related News
A 30-year-veteran of the US National Security Agency (NSA) has joined the board of advisors at New York-based bitcoin exchange itBit. With the announcement, Ed Giorgio joins a board of advisors that includes Josh Rosner, managing director at research firm Graham Fisher & Co. Kang Global Investors managing partner Richard Kang; and Aitken Advisors founder James Aitken. In addition to Giorgio, itBit also appointed Jim Manzi, former CEO of Lotus Development Corporation, to its board of directors. The software industry veteran joins former FDIC chairman Sheila Bair; former US Senator Bill....
The Ethereum Foundation has confirmed a significant security breach involving its official email system managed through the third-party service provider, SendPulse. Tim Beiko, a prominent figure at the Ethereum Foundation, raised the alarm on the social media platform X, revealing that the “[email protected]” mailing list had been compromised. This breach has exposed subscribers to phishing […]
Dogecoin Foundation had been defunct for a while now. But an official reestablishment of the foundation has been announced. The foundation that was founded in 2014 has been revived with some prominent names in the crypto space. The foundation’s board includes individuals working on Dogecoin. While the Board of Advisors includes Dogecoin founder Billy Markus, […]
Ethereum developers may be pulling a rabbit out of a hat as they secure more than seven million ether and suggest that “[t]here are many plans in place to attack the child daos and either block the funds or recover them.” Indications that something was under foot were given yesterday later afternoon when Alex Van de Sande, lead designer at the Ethereum Foundation, twitted that a whitehat attack on the DAO was under way. After some tense hours, Sande explained in a public post that “a group of very smart people” which, according to Stephan Tual, were composed of “members of eth foundation,....
Another industrial-era executive has joined a Bitcoin startup. Paul Camp joins Bitcoin BankCircle as the Chief Financial Officer. An 18 year finance veteran, he has been hired by Digital Currency payment processor to serve as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Prior to accepting a position with Circle, Camp lead JP Morgan's global transaction services. Camp will bring that experience with him, potentially broadening Circles international capabilities. Circle is a cryptocurrency wallet provider that raised over $25m in funding last March. Perhaps best known for being one of the first....