46 key crypto hires, moves and exits: September 2025

This month’s hiring activity underscores three clear trends: the rapid build-out of stablecoin teams, the crossover of AI into Web3, and growing demand for seasoned legal and compliance leadership. Firms from Tether to Anchorage are expanding headcount around digital dollar infrastructure, while new entrants like Plasma and 0G are drawing senior talent to bridge stablecoins and AI-native protocols.

Exchanges and venture firms continue to strengthen their executive ranks, with high-profile additions in marketing, product, and strategy. Hashdex and others are scaling U.S. sales and business development, signaling deeper engagement with institutional investors. At the same time, legal and regulatory appointments remain a focus across custody, payments, and infrastructure providers, reflecting the heightened importance of governance in crypto’s next growth phase.

Hires

Aleo: Deborah Marfurt joined as Chief Financial Officer. She was formerly Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Sequence.
Anchorage: Tricia Collins was appointed Head of Strategic Partnerships. She was previously EVP of Research & Intelligence at Blockworks.
Circle: Arul Kumaravel was named VP of Engineering, AI and Platform. He was most recently Cofounder and Chief Technology Officer at Tazapay.
Coinbase: Catherine Ferdon joined as Chief Marketing Officer. She was previously Chief Marketing Officer at Cash App. Jacob Frantz and Zachary Salmon came on board via acquisition to lead development of DeFi tools. They were formerly the co-founders of Sensible.
Crucible Labs: Victor Chang was hired as Product Manager of Staking and Validating. He was earlier a Product Manager at OKX.
Eightco Holdings: Daniel Ives became Chairman of the Board. He also serves as Global Head of Technology Research at Wedbush Securities.
Etherealize: Steve Yelderman joined as General Counsel. He was previously Associate General Counsel at Coinbase.
The Ether Machine: Camilla McFarland was appointed Chief Growth Officer. She was most recently VP of Operations at Serotonin.
FalconX: Chris Clark was brought on as Head of Marketing. He was earlier an ETF Strategist at Jane Street.
Kraken: Evan Kohn was named Global Head of Marketing and Growth for Kraken Pro. He was formerly Head of Product Marketing and Growth at Anchorage.
M0: Thomas Scott joined as General Counsel. He was previously Chief Legal Officer at Tools for Humanity.
Multicoin Capital: Wills Reardon was appointed Director of Capital Formation and Investor Relations. He was formerly Head of Capital Formation at Galaxy.
NEAR Foundation: Alycia Tooill took on the role of Head of People. She was previously SVP of People Success at Flipside Crypto.
NuBank: Michael Rihani was named Head of Crypto. He was formerly Director of Product, Financial Services at Coinbase.
Omaze: Katherine Minarik joined as Chief Legal Officer. She was previously Chief Legal Officer at Uniswap Labs.
OKX: Gee Chuang was appointed Head of OKX Pay. He was most recently Senior Director of Product at OP Labs.
Ondo Finance: Peter Curley became Head of Global Regulatory Affairs. He was earlier Senior Advisor, Financial Markets Policy at Coinbase.
Pantera Capital: Scott Lawin was hired as President. He was formerly Cofounder and Chief Executive Officer at Candy Digital. Sam Lehman joined as Junior Partner. He was previously Principal at Symbolic Capital.
Polygon Labs: John Egan was appointed Chief Product Officer. He was formerly Head of Crypto at Stripe.
Republic Digital: Kat Sullivan was named Head of Business Development. She was previously Partner and Head of Investor Relations and Business Development at Reflexive Capital.
Tempo: Lindsey Haswell was brought on as Head of Legal. She was most recently Chief Legal & Administrative Officer at MoonPay. Simon Taylor joined as Head of Market Development. He is the Founder of Fintech Brainfood. Nischay Upadhyayula was hired as GTM Lead. He was earlier a Product and GTM Lead at Crossmint.
Plasma: Murat Firat joined as Head of Product. Adam Jacobs joined as Head of Payments. Usmann Khan joined as Head of Security.
Hashdex: Justin Taylor, Jaron Carter, Chris Eurich and Tommy Trost were appointed as Business Development Specialists.
Thesis: Victoria Chan joined as Chief Operating Officer. She was previously Director of Developer Global Services at Coinbase.
MEXC: Cecilia Hsueh joined as Chief Strategy Officer.
0G Labs: Aytunç Yıldızlı was appointed Chief Growth Officer. He was previously Chief Executive Officer at Avalanche.
Komainu: Paolo Mara was appointed Chief Legal Officer.
Tether: Benjamin Habbel was appointed Chief Business Officer. He was previously Chief Executive Officer at Limestone Capital and earlier held leadership roles at Google and several software ventures.
0G Foundation: Jonathan Chang was appointed Director. He previously held leadership roles at Fintopia, Shopify, Google for Education, and Heritage Singapore.

Promotions & Advisory

Circle: Kash Razzaghi was promoted from Chief Business Officer to Chief Commercial Officer.
Parity Technologies: Antony Lias was promoted from VP of Operational Support to Chief Operating Officer.
Quadria Capital: Asiff Hirji joined as an Advisor and Director of the Value Optimization Board. He was previously President of Figure.
Stripe: Subu Jayaram was promoted from Head of Sales, Strategic Accounts to Chief Revenue Officer, Stablecoins and Crypto.
Aptos Labs: Catherine Porter joined as a Strategic Advisor. She was previously Chief Business Officer at Prove.

Exits

Consensys: Ryan Jones departed as Executive Director of Product Management.
Superstate: Reid Cuming departed as Chief Operating Officer. He will remain as an Advisor.
Uniswap Labs: Katherine Minarik departed as Chief Legal Officer.