Crypto Exchange LedgerX Places Twitter-Raging CEO Chou on Leave

The board of cryptocurrency exchange LedgerX placed co-founders Paul and Juthica Chou on administrative leave “effective immediately,” and appointed an interim chief executive officer.

No reasons for the changes were disclosed in a statement by parent company Ledger Holdings Inc. on Monday. In August, Paul Chou took to Twitter to blast the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission for “breaking the law” in several expletives-filled tweets following a premature announcement by the exchange of the availability of the futures to retail investors.

LedgerX, a U.S.-regulated Bitcoin derivatives exchange and clearinghouse, appointed Larry E. Thompson, as interim CEO to succeed Paul ...