CoinDesk appoints former Bloomberg exec as new CEO

CoinDesk, a news site specializing in bitcoin and blockchain, has a new CEO: Kevin Worth, former CFO of Bloomberg Digital Media.



In the late 90s, Worth worked in corporate strategic planning at the New York Times. Then he was founding CEO of The Deal, the financial data and news site funded by investment banker Bruce Wasserstein. Worth stayed on for a year after The Deal sold to The Street.



He spent the past couple of years as CFO of Bloomberg’s digital and television businesses.