Bitcoin bull Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy has added former Binance US CEO Brian Brooks and two other executives to its board of directors. This appointment follows Nasdaq's recent announcement of MicroStrategy's inclusion in the Nasdaq 100.
Brian Brooks, Jane Dietze, also a member of Galaxy Digital's board of directors, and Greg Winiarski, chief legal officer of Fanatics Holdings, have joined MicroStrategy's board of directors. Their additions bring the total number of MicroStrategy board members to nine, according to a Dec. 20 announcement. filing Cooperation with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Swan says signing Brooks is a 'huge deal'
Mr. Brooks, Mr. Dietze and Mr. Winarski will be “eligible for equity awards,” the statement said.
Bitcoin platform SwanBitcoin stated this in X newspaper on December 21st. postsaid Brooks' appointment was a “huge deal.”
“Mr. Brooks oversees the entire U.S. banking system as comptroller and has deep ties,” Swan Bitcoin said. In August 2021, Brooks resigned as CEO of Binance US after less than four months, citing “differences over strategic direction.”
Crypto Commentator MacroScope said Their 77,200 X followers say, “All 3 are good, especially Brooks.”
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Brooks, who served as acting Comptroller General of the Currency for nine months in 2021, has recently gained attention in the cryptocurrency industry as it was rumored that Donald Trump might nominate him to replace Gary Gensler as SEC Chairman. Ta.
On December 4, President Trump nominated crypto advocate Paul Atkins to replace Gensler as the new SEC Commissioner.
MicroStrategy added to Nasdaq 100
The announcement comes just one week after Nasdaq announced it would add MicroStrategy (MSTR) to the Nasdaq 100 Index starting December 23rd.
Nasdaq confirmed on December 13 that MicroStrategy is one of three companies to be added to the index, along with Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR) and Axon Enterprise, Inc. (AXON).
Related: If Bitcoin rises to $138,000, MicroStrategy will surpass the market capitalization of Starbucks and Nike.
Meanwhile, Illumina, Inc. (ILMN), Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), and Moderna, Inc. (MRNA) are excluded from the index.
The listing means that MicroStrategy, a software company that became the de facto Bitcoin (BTC) hedge fund in 2020, has entered the Nasdaq's top 100 stocks by market capitalization.
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