Stuart Hoegner, the long-time normal counsel of sister corporations Tether and Bitfinex, seems to have left the agency. That is based mostly on a change to his bio on X, which now reads, “Former GC @Bitfinex @Tether_to.”
This ends a decade at these corporations. Hoegner initially joined Bitfinex again in 2014, in response to his LinkedIn account.
Archives for Tether’s “About Us” web page present that Hoegner was nonetheless listed because the agency’s normal counsel as lately as Christmas Eve.
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Now the web page solely lists Chief Exec Paolo Ardoino, Chief Monetary Officer Giancarlo Devasini, and Chief Working Officer Claudia Lagorio.
For Bitfinex’s half, archives present that Hoegner was nonetheless listed in November however presently isn’t.
Tether lately eliminated its Chief Compliance Officer Leonardo Actual, whereas Bitfinex eliminated its Chief Compliance Cfficer Peter Warrack from these “About Us” pages.
Protos reached out to Bitfinex and Tether to find out the id of their present normal counsel, however at press, neither had responded. Protos moreover reached out to Gaming Counsel, a agency run by Hoegner, however at press had not acquired a response.
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