-
Tim
Byun
was
CEO
of
U.S.
arm
Okcoin
between
2018
and
2020,
and
later
became
head
of
global
government
relations
at
OKX. -
Wei
Lan
was
head
of
product
and
ran
the
trading
desk
at
the
second-largest
exchange
by
volume,
according
to
a
person
familiar
with
the
setup.
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Happens
to
the
Spot
Ether
ETF
if
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Is
Deemed
a
Security
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Hong
Kong’s
‘Mind
Boggling’
Journey
to
Bitcoin
and
Ether
ETFs
Long-term
senior
OKX
executives
Tim
Byun,
who
was
in
charge
of
global
government
relations
at
the
world’s
second-largest
cryptocurrency
exchange,
and
Head
of
Product
Wei
Lan
have
both
recently
left
the
company,
according
to
people
familiar
with
he
matter.
For
two
years,
between
2018
and
2020,
Byun
held
the
position
of
CEO
at
Okcoin,
the
exchange’s
U.S.
subsidiary,
before
taking
up
the
government
relations
role.
Wei
Lan
oversaw
much
of
the
trading
desk
activity
at
OKX,
according
to
a
person
familiar
with
the
situation.
The
exchange
group
is
in
the
process
of
consolidating
its
parts
under
the
single
OKX
brand,
shifting
away
from
having
a
separate
U.S.
brand.
Other
recent
departures
include
OKX
Global
Compliance
Chief
Patrick
Donegan,
who
left
in
January
after
just
six
months.
OKX
declined
to
comment.
Byun
and
Lan
did
not
respond
to
requests
for
comment.
