Former SEC Commissioner Dan Gallagher Joins Symbiont Board
A former commissioner for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has joined the board of directors for blockchain startup Symbiont. Dan Gallagher served as a commissioner for the SEC from 2011 to 2015. According to the agency, Gallagher was first hired in 2006, acting as counsel. He went on to become deputy director for its Division of Trading and Markets in 2008, going on to serve as co-director from 2009 to the start of 2010. Prior to being appointed commissioner by the Obama adminsitration, Gallagher worked as a partner for Washington, D.C. law firm WilmerHale, advising on....
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We have reached out to the candidates for the upcoming Bitcoin Foundation Elections and asked each candidate a set of questions. In the interest of fairness, all candidates were asked the same questions at the same time, and all responses (that did respond) have been received before the publication of this article. Colin Gallagher. Is currently a volunteer as Interim Chair, Education Committee of the Bitcoin Foundation, and is on the Advisory Board(s) at The Lifeboat Foundation, including the New Money Systems Board. He is running for one of the Individual Director seats of the Bitcoin....