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Former Activision Blizzard executive joins Yuga Labs as CEO

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Yuga Labs, the company behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and CryptoPunks NFT collections, has a new CEO: Daniel Alegre. The executive resigned as president and chief operating officer of the gaming giant company Activision Blizzard to join the NFT startup on April 1.  “Couldn’t be more excited for this next chapter,” he wrote on Twitter. Alegre was a key player in Activision Blizzard’s growth in the past years, overseeing popular gaming franchises like Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, and Candy Crush. Today is my last day as…

Ripple CEO Slams SEC Chair Gensler for Dictating Which Crypto Tokens Are Securities – Regulation Bitcoin News

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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has slammed Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler for claiming that he has the authority to determine which crypto tokens are securities, rather than relying on the legislation that governs his agency’s power. “It’s time for elected officials in the U.S. to take notice,” the Ripple executive stressed. Ripple’s CEO Slams SEC Chair Gensler Over What’s a Security The CEO of Ripple Labs, Brad Garlinghouse, has criticized the chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, for dictating which crypto tokens…

Tech Industry Leaders Call for AI Labs to Pause Development for Safety, Coinbase CEO Disagrees – Bitcoin News

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This week, 2,600 tech industry moguls and entrepreneurs, including Elon Musk, Gary Marcus, and Steve Wozniak, signed an open letter requesting artificial intelligence (AI) labs to pause research and development for six months. The signatories believe that safety programs and regulations need to be strengthened, as they assert that AI labs are currently in an “out-of-control race to develop and deploy” this technology. On Thursday, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong disagreed with this approach, stating that people should not “let fear stop progress.” The Debate on AI Safety: Tech Industry Leaders…

Crypto news site The Block gets new CEO and reported staff layoffs following admitted ties to SBF

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Larry Cermak, vice president of research at The Block, has announced that he will be taking the reins at the crypto and blockchain news website from interim chief executive officer Bobby Moran — the second change in leadership since reports surfaced that former CEO Mike McCaffrey financed the platform through loans from Alameda Research.  In a March 31 tweet, Cermak said he would be stepping up as CEO after roughly five years at the crypto news site. Axios also reported that The Block laid off roughly 33% of its staff…

Coinbase CEO Is Against Call to Suspend ChatGPT Development

Though the Coinbase CEO is very clear in his support for ChatGPT, many other tech leaders blatantly disagree with him. Brian Armstrong, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of American publicly traded crypto exchange Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ: COIN) has come out to kick against the call to stop the development of ChatGPT, the chatbot developed by OpenAI. Armstrong took to his Twitter page to dissociate himself from the call for the halt as he noted that for advancement to be made, fear must not be allowed to prevail over innovation.…

Sushi Swap CEO Says He No Longer Feels ‘Inspired’ Amid U.S. Regulators’ Crypto Crackdown

To fund the expected battle, Grey last week proposed the community reserve $4 million of the protocol’s treasury funds for a “Sushi DAO Legal Defense Fund.” The fund, which is almost as much as the DAO’s annual operating expenses, received swift backlash on the community’s Discord channels, becoming a sticking point on Thursday’s call. Source CEOCrackdownCryptoFeelsInspiredLongerRegulatorsSushiSwapU.S CryptoX Portal

Former FTX CEO Seeks $10M Insurance Fund for Legal Defense, Request Opposed by FTX Debtors and Unsecured Creditors – Bitcoin News

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Court filings reveal that the FTX co-founder is seeking access to a $10 million insurance plan to cover his attorney fees. FTX debtors and unsecured creditors have opposed Sam Bankman-Fried’s request, arguing that every dollar spent on his defense is “one less dollar” available to cover the losses of the debtors. FTX Debtors and Unsecured Creditors Oppose Sam Bankman-Fried’s Request for D&O Funds Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the former CEO of FTX, is seeking access to a $10 million legal insurance fund to cover his defense expenses. The filing notes that…

Elon Musk slams ‘heavy-handed’ Fed as ex-BitMEX CEO sees $1M BTC price

The United States Federal Reserve has been “too heavy-handed” in taming inflation, said pro-Bitcoin (BTC) Tesla and Twitter CEO Elon Musk. In a Twitter debate on March 29, Musk directly criticized U.S. macroeconomic policy, including “excess government spending.” Musk: Fed policy is a “serious issue” Bitcoin and crypto markets remain extremely sensitive to Fed cues on interest rate policy. Despite inflation gradually coming down, the Fed has continued to hike rates even as banks feel the pressure and several collapses. For Musk, this is already a case of going too…

UBS Names Sergio Ermotti as New CEO to Supervise Credit Suisse Acquisition

It is said that the new CEO is equipped as the “best pilot” to navigate the current business challenges. Investment banking company UBS has named former UBS Group CEO Sergio Ermotti as the new CEO to oversee the Credit Suisse takeover. UBS bought Credit Suisse for $3.2 billion last week as regulators seek to ramp up the global banking system. The Swiss National Bank referred to the acquisition as the solution to secure financial stability and the protection of the nation’s economy. Notably, the central banks worked with the government…