Ji Hun Kim, a former lawyer who worked at Cryptocurrency Exchanges Gemini and Kraken, has been appointed permanent CEO of Crypto Council for Innovation (CCI) after playing a role in interim capacity.
In a notice Thursday, CCI said the board has appointed Kim as CEO after serving as president and acting CEO from January. He previously worked for Gemini for three years and less than a year at Kraken as the organisation’s chief legal and policy officer.
“This is a vital evolutionary moment for our industry and requires serious, informed engagement,” Kim said. “I look forward to continuing to build institutions around the world that serve as a bridge between factual, trust and respectful technology and public policy.”
CCI is one of many crypto advocacy groups that regularly write to US lawmakers and regulators on digital asset policies. Before Kim, Sheila Warren led the council as CEO for three years, leaving just a month before the Trump administration took office.
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Regulation of digital assets is the forefront and center of US policy
Last week, the US House of Representatives passed three crypto-related laws to address central bank digital currency (CBDC), market structure and payment stability. President Donald Trump signed the law on July 18th, the stablecoin bill, Genius Act.
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The Senate is expected to address the CBDC and two other bills on the digital asset market structure after the chamber returns from its August break. The Senate Banking Committee leadership has set a September deadline for the Market Structure Bill, but the law may need to pass the House for consideration.
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