Adam White, one of Coinbase's earliest employees, leaves the company

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White was Coinbase's fifth employee and led the company's institutional businesses which include GDAX, Coinbase's institutional trading platform. In a statement, Coinbase representatives said the company was "extremely sad to see him go, we’re also confident in that group’s ability to keep executing on the vision that he laid out to be the most trusted venue for institutional investors to trade cryptocurrencies." (Source: Bloomberg)

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