Sandeep Nailwal Amplifies His Role at Polygon
According to Blockworks, Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder of Polygon, has assumed an expanded role within the company, now serving as the Chief Business Officer. Polygon, which was previously known as the MATIC network, was founded by Nailwal in 2017. He has been the executive chairman of Polygon Labs and will continue in this capacity. His new responsibilities will include a heightened focus on Polygon’s zero-knowledge solutions, such as the Polygon CDK, an open-source software toolkit designed for developers to build layer-2 solutions on Ethereum.
Crypto Enterprises Centrifuge and Others Announce Executive Appointments
Following their recent fundraising efforts, two companies focused on cryptocurrency have announced new leadership appointments. The tokenized asset platform Centrifuge has appointed Julia Merkey as Chief Operating Officer and Sonam Joshi as Head of Product. Merkey previously served as the Chief Financial Officer at venture capital firm BlueYard Capital, while Joshi brings experience from UBS, Google, Amazon, and Abra. Centrifuge, known for facilitating pools of tokenized real-world assets, has approximately $280 million in assets within its liquidity pools.
Movement Labs and LMAX Group Welcome New Leaders
Movement Labs has welcomed Franck Cassez as its Head of Research. Cassez, a former researcher at Consensys and blockchain research lead at Windranger Labs, will aid the startup in integrating Facebook’s Move Virtual Machine into Ethereum. Additionally, LMAX Group has made a significant appointment by naming Chris Knight as Managing Director, a position he will take on this summer. Knight, who has held executive roles at XTX Markets and Standard Chartered Bank, will initially supervise LMAX’s institutional crypto exchange. Lastly, Ross O’Leary has enhanced Coinbase’s global communications team by joining as an Associate Manager.
