Ryan Selkis, the CEO and co-founder of blockchain analysis firm Messari is stepping down. Co-founder Eric Turner and chief income officer will assume the position of interim-CEO.
The transfer comes with Selkis going through backlash over a barrage of more and more controversial social media posts associated to U.S. politics.
Selkis will stay concerned with the corporate as a senior advisor after his 6.5 12 months stint as CEO, which noticed Messari blossom into one of many main blockchain analysis companies.
Messari is an all-encompassing analysis agency providing customers crypto-intelligence companies. The platform contains an in-house analysis group, datasets, toolsets, newsletters, and fundraising data for its paid customers.
Upon the announcement Selkis took to social media and mentioned, “A leader’s first responsibility is to his team. This week was the first week in 6.5 years that my politics and rhetoric put the team in harm’s way. As such, I have decided to step aside as CEO.”
