Pledge Finance Adds Bitfury CEO Brian Brooks to their Advisory Board
The blockchain space started as a niche corner of the financial world, with the technology beginning as the building block behind the massively successful Bitcoin. Since its inception, blockchain has grown exponentially and has been adopted by most industries. This growth shows no sign of stopping either, with the global blockchain technology market estimated to […]
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Former Binance.US CEO Brian Brooks has become the new CEO of Bitfury and will oversee the firm’s rapid expansion plans. Former Comptroller of the Currency and Binance.US CEO Brian Brooks has been announced as the new CEO of crypto (BTC) mining firm BitFury. According to a Nov. 4 announcement from Bitfury, Brooks was appointed last Friday and he will lead the firm as it prepares for a new funding round. Bitfury founder and former CEO Valery Vavilov will serve as Chief Vision Officer and the Chairman of the Board of Directors. “Mr. Brooks will lead the 10-year-old crypto unicorn as it....
Voyager chair Philip Eytan cited Brian Brooks' experience at crypto companies and his leadership behind regulatory initiatives as reasons for the hire. Crypto trading platform Voyager Digital announced Bitfury CEO and former Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks has joined the firm’s board of directors.In a Monday announcement, Voyager chair Philip Eytan said Brooks had joined the board as an “independent, non-executive director,” citing the former comptroller’s experience at crypto companies and his leadership behind regulatory initiatives in the United States during his time at....
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....
BitFury, a company which provides blockchain infrastructure and transaction processing, has just announced that Dr. James Newsome has been added to the company’s advisory board. Dr. Newsome was the ex-Chairmen of the Commodity Future Trading Comission and the former CEO of NYMEX. Newsome has a very impressive record of expertise, even being nominated by President Clinton and confirmed by the Senate to be a Commissioner of the CFTC. Later on in his career, Dr. Newsome was moved up to a Chairman.