California state-chartered Silvergate Bank has hired Benjamin Richman, former director of business development and partnerships at Blockstream, to fill the bank’s newly created position of director of digital currency. Richman joined Blockstream in 2017 and was responsible for growing the company’s Liquid Network, a sidechain-based settlement network similar to Silvergate’s own Silvergate Exchange Network. “[Richman’s] […]The post Silvergate hires former Blockstream exec as its first-ever director of digital currency appeared first on The Block.
