Bitfury Group Appoints Jonathan Gould Chief Legal Officer

Bitfury Group ("Bitfury" or the "Company"), the Bitcoin mining and crypto tech pioneer, yesterday announced that Jonathan Gould has been appointed Chief Legal Officer. In this role, Mr. Gould manages the Company's core legal functions, provides strategic advice to management and the board, and engages with policymakers and regulators globally on behalf of Bitfury and its portfolio companies. He reports to Bitfury Chief Executive Officer Brian Brooks.

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Over the past decade, Mr. Gould has emerged as one of the most important voices on financial law and policy in the United States. Most recently, Mr. Gould served as the Senior Deputy Comptroller and Chief Counsel at the United States Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). In this role, Mr. Gould managed over 230 people and oversaw all of the agency's legal and licensing activities, including legal advisory services to banks and examiners, enforcement, litigation, agency administrative matters, legislative initiatives, the chartering of new banks, and changes in structure and activities of existing banks. He played a key role in the U.S. interagency bank regulatory process with his peers at the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Among his many achievements at the OCC, Mr. Gould led the agency's efforts to expand the scope of the national bank charter to encompass fintech and cryptocurrency activities, and he authored the OCC's pathbreaking guidance on stablecoins, crypto custody activities, and blockchain validator node functions.

Prior to joining the OCC, Mr. Gould served as Chief Counsel of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee and had senior roles at BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, and Promontory Financial Group, an important financial services and fintech consultancy.

Mr. Gould holds a bachelor's degree from Princeton University and a law degree from Washington and Lee University.