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Crypto startup MoonPay hires chief legal officer from Blockchain.com
(Reuters) – Cryptocurrency payments startup MoonPay said on Thursday it has hired Lindsey Haswell as its chief legal officer, marking the company’s first in-house legal hire.
Miami-based MoonPay provides payment infrastructure for crypto and non-fungible token (NFT) transactions. Haswell joined the company from crypto exchange Blockchain.com, where she also held the top legal role since May 2021.
Haswell said she is the “first and only attorney at the moment” at MoonPay. She said she wants to build a legal team of somewhere between seven and 20 attorneys, and that recent layoffs elsewhere could present hiring opportunities. Crypto-related companies have seen a wave of layoffs since last year.
Prior to joining Blockchain.com, Haswell worked in senior legal roles at urban mobility company Lime and Uber Technologies Inc. She previously practiced at the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
A Blockchain.com spokesperson said Tim Lubans has been promoted to general counsel, overseeing the legal and compliance teams.
MoonPay said last April that it raised $87 million from more than 60 high-profile investors, including singer Justin Bieber, rapper Snoop Dogg, tennis player Maria Sharapova and actor Bruce Willis as part of a previously disclosed Series A round in 2021 that valued the company. to 3.4 billion dollars.
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Haswell said in a statement that she cannot comment on pending litigation, but it is “safe to say that we disagree with the allegations in the complaint.”
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