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Career news
- Major hedge fund Bridgewater Associates said that its founder Ray Dalio has finished a leadership transition that began in February. The necessary and required legal, regulatory, and investor requirements to finish the transition procedure have been completed, and, from now on, the fund will be led by co-CEOs Nir Bar Dea and Mark Bertolini, as well as co-chief investment officers Greg Jensen and Bob Prince.
- Daniel Leon, co-founder of bankrupt lender Celsius Network, has stepped down, Bloomberg reported.
- Infrastructure and technology solution Pool Data announced that Andrew Yang, former US presidential candidate, entrepreneur, and Web3 advocate, will join its team as a Strategic Advisor. Yang will support Pool Data’s mission to redistribute power, value, and control in the data economy, they said.
- Major crypto exchange Coinbase has hired a Goldman Sachs executive Usman Naeem as its new head of global derivative sales and agency trading in London, according to a LinkedIn post. Naeem also worked in the equity derivatives department of Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
NFT news
- South Korean tech giant LG announced a global partnership with Portuguese-based non-fungible token (NFT) platform Fr0ntier X to deliver interactive NFT integrations and experiences on LG webOS Smart Signage, said a press release. This partnership is built around Fr0ntierX’s suite of software solutions and its application that allows for authentication of NFT’s on-screen. This enables a new class of possibilities for brands and users to explore while maximizing NFT utility, they added.
Exchange news
- Coinbase is expanding its services in Australia with new product features, said an announcement….
