Bitcoin miner Sphere 3D jumps after appointing new CEO
05/04/2022 13:54
** Shares of bitcoin mining co Sphere 3D Corp ANY.O up
8.3% at $2.35
** Co names turnaround and M&A expert Patricia Trompeter as
chief executive officer urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBw2HmKN1a
** Trompeter, who joined the board in April 2021, was
earlier a senior executive at GE Capital, the financial services
division of General Electric Co GE.N
** ANY also says it will pay salaries for board of directors
primarily in bitcoin
** Announcement comes day after co terminated merger deal
with Gryphon Digital Mining urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2W22HK
** ANY shares have shed nearly 30.5% YTD, as of last close
(Reporting by Niket Nishant in Bengaluru)
((Niket.Nishant@thomsonreuters.com;))