Just In: BlackRock Veteran Becomes Co-CEO of Top Corporate ETH Holder

BlackRock veteran Joseph Chalom has been appointed as the co-CEO of SharpLink, the top corporate holder of Ethereum (ETH)

Chalom will be spearheading the company alongside co-founder and co-CEO Rob Phythian

The former BlackRock exec has stated that Ethereum (ETH) is becoming the "foundation" of global finance

The man behind BlackRock's crypto pivot

Chalom, who joined BlackRock all the way back in 2005, was responsible for developing and managing the financial behemoth's firmwide strategy with respect to digital assets and strategic investments in fintech and data ecosystems

In his social media post, Chalom noted that he had helped to launch the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) as well as the iShares Ethereum Trust ETF. BlackRock has also introduced BUILD, which is the leading tokenization fund

Barron's reported Thursday that Chalom had parted ways with BlackRock in June