{"id":399654,"date":"2025-07-25T05:28:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T23:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/ex-gemini-kraken-exec-appointed-as-ceo-of-crypto-advocacy-group-crypto-news\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T05:33:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T00:03:11","slug":"ex-gemini-kraken-exec-appointed-as-ceo-of-crypto-advocacy-group-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/ex-gemini-kraken-exec-appointed-as-ceo-of-crypto-advocacy-group-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Gemini, Kraken Exec Appointed As CEO Of Crypto Advocacy Group &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-v-43e640e6=\"\">\n<p>Ji Hun Kim, a lawyer who previously worked at cryptocurrency exchanges Gemini and Kraken, has been appointed permanent CEO of the Crypto Council for Innovation (CCI), after serving in the role in an interim capacity. <\/p>\n<p>In a Thursday notice, the CCI <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptoforinnovation.org\/ccl-appoints-ji-hun-kim-chief-executive-officer-adds-sofi-as-member\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"null\">said<\/a> its board of directors had appointed Kim as CEO after serving as president and acting CEO since January. He previously worked as the organization\u2019s chief legal and policy officer after three years at Gemini and less than a year at Kraken.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a pivotal moment of evolution for our industry, one that requires serious, informed engagement,\u201d said Kim. \u201cI look forward to continuing to build an institution that serves as a bridge between technology and public policy, grounded in facts, trust, and respect around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><template data-ct-widget=\"buzzsprout\" data-buzzsprout-podcast-id=\"2040516\" data-buzzsprout-episode-id=\"17523206\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The CCI\u00a0is one of many crypto advocacy organizations that periodically <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/us-crypto-groups-urge-sec-clarity-cryptostaking\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/us-crypto-groups-urge-sec-clarity-cryptostaking\">write to US lawmakers<\/a> and regulators on digital asset policy. Before Kim, Sheila Warren headed the council as CEO for three years, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/crypto-council-for-innovation-ceo-sheila-warren-resigns-ceo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/crypto-council-for-innovation-ceo-sheila-warren-resigns-ceo\">departing just a month<\/a> before the Trump administration took office.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related: <\/strong><\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/us-congress-crypto-regulation-hearing-2025\" title=\"null\"><em><strong>Crypto advocates call for post-Biden clarity on digital asset regulations<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Regulation of digital assets is front and center in US policy <\/h2>\n<p>Last week, the US House of Representatives passed three crypto-related pieces of legislation to address central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), market structure, and payment stablecoins. President Donald Trump <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/donald-trump-stablecoin-law-signed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/donald-trump-stablecoin-law-signed\">signed the stablecoin bill<\/a>, the GENIUS Act, into law on July 18.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Samson Mow on Why the Bitcoin Bull Run &quot;Hasn\u2019t Even Begun Yet&quot;\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DByVWY_br7Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Senate is expected to address the other two bills on CBDCs and digital asset market structure after the chamber gets back from its August recess. Leadership in the Senate Banking Committee set a September deadline for the market structure bill, though the legislation may need to pass back through the House for consideration.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Magazine: <\/strong><\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/robinhoods-tokenized-shares-poked-the-legal-hornets-nest\/\" title=\"null\"><em><strong>Robinhood\u2019s tokenized stocks have stirred up a legal hornet\u2019s nest<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"markets_outlook\" label=\"Subscription Form: Markets Outlook\"\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ji Hun Kim, a lawyer who previously worked at cryptocurrency exchanges Gemini and Kraken, has been appointed permanent CEO of the Crypto Council for Innovation (CCI), after serving in the role in an interim capacity. In a Thursday notice, the CCI said its board of directors had appointed Kim as CEO after serving as president [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391328,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[235,203,210,234,231,232,237,238,236,233],"class_list":["post-399654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blockchain","tag-bitcoin","tag-crypto-currency","tag-elon-musk","tag-ethereum","tag-hyperledger","tag-ibm","tag-mining","tag-nodes","tag-spacex","tag-tesla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399654"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":399655,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399654\/revisions\/399655"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}