Polkadotâs co-founder Gavin Wood is leaving his chief executive officer (CEO) role at Parity Technologies, a blockchain infrastructure company, Bloomberg reported on Oct. 21.
According to the report, Wood would remain the companyâs majority shareholder while also retaining his role as the chief architect.
Parity co-founder Björn Wagner will take over as the CEO. Speaking on the development, Wood said, âthe role of CEO has never been one which I have coveted (and this dates back long before Parity), I can act at being a CEO well enough for a short while, but itâs not where Iâm going to find eternal happiness.â
Wood played an active role in developing the second-largest crypto asset by market cap, Ethereum. According to available information, he served as the blockchain networkâs chief technology officer. He later founded other blockchain networks like Polkadot and Kusama.
Polkadot Down 4%
Polkadotâs value has reacted negatively to news of Woodâs resignation. The digital currency shed roughly 4% of its value and is currently trading for $5.82 as of press time.
The picture is grimmer on the thirty days metric as it has shed 7.4% of its value. The asset is trading at 89%, away from its all-time high.
Polkadot is among the top 20 digital assets by market cap. According to CoinMarketCap data, the network is worth $6.5 billion.
With his resignation, Wood said he is focused on âmaking Polkadot and Web3 more relevant to large swathes of the population. This will begin by helping the community design and build several interesting chain-integrated social primitives, which I think are crucial for us to deliver a true Web3 platform.â
Polkdadotâs Gavin Wood Joins Crypto CEO Exodus
The recent resignation of the Polkadot CEO continues the recent exodus of crypto CEOs.
Several crypto firms have seen top executives leave their positions behind because of the market situation. Embattled crypto lender Celsius saw its CEO Alex Mashinsky resign from his position.
Apart from that, Krakenâs Jesse Powell, MicroStrategyâs Michael Saylor, and FTX US President Brett Harrison also left their position.
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