Ava Labs Inc., a blockchain startup founded by a Cornell University professor, has hired financial services and technology expert Lee Schneider as its first-ever legal and public policy leader.
Schneider, whose title at Ava Labs will be general counsel, comes to the company after spending more than three years as general counsel for Peter Thiel-backed blockchain software developer Block.one LLC.
“He remains a doyen of the blockchain industry and we wish him well in his new role,” Block.one chief legal officer Alex Erasmus said in a statement confirming Schneider’s departure.
At Ava Labs, which operates the open-source Avalanche platform for ...
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