Former Hut 8 (NASDAQ: $HUT) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jaime Leverton has been appointed to lead cryptocurrency miner Fortitude.

Fortitude is focused on mining Zcash (CRYPTO: $ZEC) and is preparing to go public via a combination with HeartSciences (NASDAQ: $HSCS).

Leverton will take the helm of Fortitude on Sept. 21 of this year, succeeding Andrea Childs, who will become the company’s chief operating officer (COO).

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Leverton will remain CEO after Fortitude goes public. The combined company will adopt the Fortitude name and trade on Nasdaq (NASDAQ: $NDAQ) under the ticker symbol “TUDE.”

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