{"id":67786,"date":"2022-09-28T11:07:52","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T08:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=67786"},"modified":"2025-09-07T08:30:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T05:30:37","slug":"brett-harrison-resigns-as-president-of-ftx-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/brett-harrison-resigns-as-president-of-ftx-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Brett Harrison resigns as president of FTX US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, September 27, the president of FTX US, Brett Harrison, announced his resignation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1\/ An announcement: I\u2019m stepping down as President of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FTX_Official?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FTX_Official<\/a>. Over the next few months I\u2019ll be transferring my responsibilities and moving into an advisory role at the company.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brett Harrison (@BrettHarrison88) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrettHarrison88\/status\/1574782901748727809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cOver the next few months I will hand over my duties and move into an advisory role at the company,\u201d Harrison said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The top executive joined FTX US in May 2021, after moving from Citadel Securities, the market-maker subsidiary of the hedge fund Citadel.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, during that period the staff of the Chicago-based exchange exceeded 100 employees, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ftx-us-acquires-ledgerx-a-cryptocurrency-derivatives-exchange\">LedgerX<\/a> and Embed were acquired, and steps were taken toward shaping cryptocurrency policy in the United States.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">4\/ writing a retail equities trading platform and building a US brokerage; acquiring LedgerX and Embed; getting to know and work with regulators and lawmakers; participating in shaping crypto policy in the US; and many more.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brett Harrison (@BrettHarrison88) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrettHarrison88\/status\/1574782906735763463?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried confirmed Harrison&#8217;s transition to an advisory role and announced that the US office would relocate to Miami. Mayor Francis Suarez welcomed the exchange&#8217;s decision.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Very honored to have your new US headquarters moving to the MIA. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FTX_Official?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FTX_Official<\/a> is one of the most innovative companies on the planet and you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SBF_FTX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SBF_FTX<\/a> are one of the most innovative technologists. Welcome HOME! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YPiz9RS63G\">https:\/\/t.co\/YPiz9RS63G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayor Francis Suarez (@FrancisSuarez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrancisSuarez\/status\/1574799835777179650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Block reported that the position would be filled by Zach Dexter. He had led LedgerX, and after its acquisition by FTX US headed the platform&#8217;s derivatives division. The company has not commented on the information yet.<\/p>\n<p>The US arm of the exchange <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ftx-wins-auction-for-voyager-digital-assets\">won the auction<\/a> to sell the assets of the bankrupt lender Voyager Digital, offering about $1.4 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier it was reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ftx-plans-to-raise-1-billion-at-a-32-billion-valuation-according-to-sources\">FTX would raise $1 billion<\/a> and confirm the valuation of the previous funding round at $32 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog&#8217;s bitcoin news in our <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, September 27, the president of FTX US announced his resignation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1236],"class_list":["post-67786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-ftx"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"20","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67788,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67786\/revisions\/67788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}