Binance is hiring big-name former government officials to set up a global Advisory Board, those names include former Obama White House advisor David Pluff and David Wright, a former Secretary General of the international organization of Securities commissions among nine others

According to a news release former U.S Senate Finance Committee, chairman and ambassador to China Max Bacchus will lead the team.

The board’s goal is to advise the World’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume on some of the most complex regulatory issues facing the industry, it quickly evolves into a statement.
Binance founder and CEO Ching Peng Zao said “we’re supercharging our ability to manage regulatory complexity by tapping into the highest level of expertise available anywhere in the world through the new Advisory Board.

Jesse Powell the CEO of crypto exchange Kraken is stepping down the co-founder will be replaced by the company’s Chief Operating Officer Dave Ripley Ripley’s new role comes after the Kraken news. Jesse Powell the CEO of crypto exchange Kraken is stepping down, the co-founder will be replaced by the company’s Chief Operating Officer Dave Ripley.

Ripley’s new role comes after the company spent a year conducting an external search looking for Powell’s replacement, the New York Times reported in June that Powell faced employee backlash after he posted about race and gender on the company slack channels, He also reportedly made clear the company’s libertarian values and said employees who disagreed with the policy could leave.

Powell isn’t leaving Kraken altogether though he’ll stay on as chairman where He will focus on industry advocacy and Innovation.

Kraken says that the search for a the new CEO has been going on for a year, they’ve been looking at internal and external candidates.

“We did a go through a process for a year looking across different candidates, I was one of those candidates that were part of the process,” said the new CEO