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Elsewhere, Anchorage Digital hires a former SEC lawyer and a GSR researcher becomes an ETF strategist at BlackRock

Elsewhere, Crypto.com has a new OTC trading head

Elsewhere, Hut 8 and CoinDesk got new CEOs

Elsewhere, Coinbase added a former UK finance minister and Polygon Labs made cuts

Polygon Labs CEO Marc Boiron said the layoffs aren’t financial, but rather “for the sake of enhanced performance”

Elsewhere, StarkWare’s CEO stepped down and Arthur Hayes joined an AI venture

Elsewhere, the Telos Foundation tapped a new executive director

Plus, layoffs come to a halt and DeFiance Capital’s head of growth departs

Uniswap Foundation and Ethena Labs brought on employees for their growth divisions this week

Around 50% of staff were cut. Also, Lido loses a business developer and DCG hires a defense lawyer for its impending legal battle

Fireblocks also made a key pickup with a former NYDFS regulator

Polkadot developer Parity is also weathering some shake ups in its 300+ roster

Ripple lost a key executive, and reportedly launched a search for a replacement

“A lot of teams come to me and say, ‘Hey, we’re going to raise another five, 10 million because we want to hire a head of marketing,’ and I’m like…you don’t even have a product,” Santos says

Unlonely is hoping to find out with its “Love on Leverage” live streams. Plus, OpenSea ends lazy minting and Yuga Labs announces layoffs

A key bitcoin mining expert also called it quits at Galaxy Digital this week

Yuga Labs CEO Daniel Alegre sent a message to employees Friday

Ledger is making cuts to its more than 700-strong headcount across multiple jurisdictions, grappling with bear market blues

A Binance.US spokesperson cited the SEC’s actions as having real-world consequences on American jobs and innovation

Coinbase and Binance have also significantly limited their staffing footprints in 2023

Beyond layoffs, government agencies in the US and UK are on the prowl for crypto experts

Binance.US announced the layoffs in an email to employees

Crypto exchange re-evaluating whether it has the right talent in top roles, but looks to continue hiring, according to spokesperson

Anchorage Digital Bank, the first federally-chartered digital asset trust bank, is not affected by the layoffs