Cryptocurrency companies are snapping up general counsel at a brisk pace, as crypto usage grows mainstream. One of the newly minted GCs is Bittrex Global’s Oliver Linch, most recently a London-based senior associate for Shearman & Sterling,

Bittrex Global is a cryptocurrency exchange based out of Liechtenstein, which two years ago passed the landmark Token and Trusted Technology Service Provider Act, also known simply as TVTG or the Blockchain Act.