CoinPayments Promotes Dennis Pederson to CEO

CoinPayments, the world's largest provider of cryptocurrency payment services, is pleased to announce that Dennis Pederson has been appointed as the Company's new Chief Executive Officer.

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The appointment comes as CoinPayments continues to experience significant growth amidst an increase in demand worldwide for alternative payment solutions. In 2021, the Company saw global transactions totaling over $7 billion, an increase of more than 100% from the previous year.

Pederson joined CoinPayments in 2016 as the Company's General Manager. Since then, he has held multiple leadership roles, most recently as Chief Operating Officer, managing the overall operations of the business. Pederson's contributions over the years have been instrumental in CoinPayments' exponential growth.

"As a co-founder, I couldn't be more elated with Dennis' appointment as CEO. He has already demonstrated incredible acuity in leading the Company, and I am certain in his new role, he will propel CoinPayments to the next stage of its development as we continue to scale and more payments move to the blockchain," said Sina Mirzaie.

(Source: PR Newswire)