According to CoinMeta, an Ethereum organization announced the appointment of former Coinbase Global Investment Research Director David Duong as the head of the US region, responsible for promoting cooperation with American institutional investors and facilitating their further participation in the Ethereum ecosystem. Before joining Ethereum, David Duong was in charge of crypto market research for exchange institutional clients at Coinbase, covering areas such as macroeconomic analysis, valuation models, and market structure. He also worked on seller-side macro strategy research at HSBC, Santander Bank, and Deutsche Bank for a total of 17 years.