Important CEO Announcement
Dear NEXT community, as current CEO, Lead Engineer, and Co-founder of both NEXT.exchange and NEXT.chain, I want to genuinely and sincerely thank all of you for continuously supporting the growth and development of our project.
As many of you are aware (at least those that keep up to date with our social media and official Telegram chat), we are nearing the completion (90%) of our huge (1.1 or perhaps even 2.0) update for our hybrid cryptocurrency trading platform.
NEXT.exchange combines the best of what centralized and decentralized exchanges have to offer. Our platform will operate on our in-house developed hybrid Blockchain (NEXT.chain), boast powerful security, cold storage, individual wallets per user, access to private keys, escrow, and convenient access to trade a multitude of cryptocurrencies against fiat and classic market pairings such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. For more information on both NEXT.exchange and NEXT.chain, refer to our Whitepaper.
So, as a recap, over the last year and a half we have:
- Built from scratch and made available our hybrid trading platform NEXT.exchange in public beta.
- Developed, tested with over 60 community members, and launched the Mainnet for a unique Blockchain, with over 65 Masternodes live.
- Drawn close to finalizing a very significant update for our trading platform which will make it competitively viable in today’s crypto exchange landscape.
- Fostered a large, mutually respectful and dedicated community of project supporters, Ambassadors, and individuals interested in a decentralized economy and what Blockchain has to offer.
- Brought together a team of dedicated, able, and responsible individuals whose main collective focus is to make NEXT a success.
- A market capitalization of over 1 million USD.
As CEO, I am happy with the current trajectory that our company is on, I am confident that we will hit our development goals and in our team.
Our company and community are growing. We believe that we have quite a bit to offer the market and collectively succeed. However, to do so requires us to be as efficient as possible with all of our resources. After some time of evaluation and discussion with the team, I have decided to focus exclusively on developing the technical aspects of NEXT.exchange and NEXT.chain. There are many challenges when it comes to constructing an ecosystem that we have set out to build, a massive amount of technical expertise is needed in order to achieve that, which I am fully committed to delivering. Therefore, the wisest and most efficient plan of action for our company and its future growth is for me to fully transition from the role of Chief Executive Officer of NEXT.exchange to Chief Technical Officer and direct the full brunt of my skill and experience towards he projects technical realization.
Effective today, NEXT.exchange will be lead by a new CEO. This individual is known by all of our community members and respected by our team, and I have no doubt that he will fulfill his new executive duties to the best of his abilities and lead our team, project, and community towards the creation of an entire decentralized economic ecosystem encompassing a hybrid cryptocurrency exchange and Blockchain, crowdfunding platform, and gateway for the masses to join the decentralized economy.
Why this decision makes sense.
Gleb has been involved with the project and demonstrated commendable dedication and responsibility since its inception phase. Over the last year and a half, he took it upon himself to build out our team and coordinate the majority of our efforts and day-to-days. Over his professional career, he has built accumulated experience in management, finance, and technology, proven himself to be a natural leader with solid principles and an understanding of both big-picture events and small but no less valuable details, an excellent communicator, and possesses a great awareness for the market and building interpersonal relations.
Gleb’s current role as Chief Operating Officer will be taken up by Sieger Joostens, our Head of Community. I have no doubts about their ability to work together.
Thank you for your time, over and out,
Christiaan Van Steenbergen, Co-founder & Chief Technical Officer at NEXT.exchange
