Corporate Governance

Jon Paul Richardson has served as our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and as Chairman of our Board since co-founding Exodus with Daniel Castagnoli in 2016. Previously, Mr. Richardson also served as our President from July 2016 until July 2019. In 2021, he led Exodus in becoming the first U.S. company to conduct an SEC-qualified crypto-only public stock offering, making Exodus the only U.S. company to have its common stock digitally represented on the blockchain. Under Mr. Richardson’s leadership, Exodus has grown to serve millions of customers worldwide. Mr. Richardson holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

Daniel Castagnoli has served as a director since co-founding Exodus with Jon Paul Richardson in 2016. Since May 2023, he has served as president for our subsidiary, 3ZERO. Mr. Castagnoli previously served as president of Exodus Movement, Inc. from July 2019 to May 2023 and chief financial officer and secretary from July 2016 to March 2019. Prior to joining Exodus, Mr. Castagnoli designed experiences for Apple, BMW, Disney and Louis Vuitton.

Margaret Knight has served as a member of our Board since August 2023. Since 2016, Ms. Knight has held several leadership and faculty roles at Creighton University’s Heider College of Business, including leadership for the Business Intelligence & Analytics program, and currently serves as Chair of the Accounting Department and Director of the Master of Accounting Program. Prior to joining Creighton, Ms. Knight spent eight years with CHI Health in Nebraska, originally as System Controller, where she oversaw accounting, financial reporting, internal controls, budgeting, financial analysis, capital planning, benchmarking, and decision support for the health system. She later served as the Chief Financial Officer for the organization’s primary and specialty care physician networks, supporting more than 800 providers across approximately 140 locations and leading comprehensive financial oversight for the enterprise. Prior to her time at CHI Health, Ms. Knight spent seven years in public accounting, six of those with KPMG. Ms. Knight is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Nebraska and is also a Chartered Global Management Accountant. She earned her Doctorate in Business Administration at Creighton University in 2018. We believe Ms. Knight is qualified to serve as a member of our Board due to her considerable experience in accounting.

Carol MacKinlay has served as a member of our Board since February 2024. Ms. MacKinlay has served as the Chief Human Resource Officer for Pebl (formerly Velocity Global), a company focused on providing global employment services, since December 2024. She formerly served as the Chief People Officer at Binance.US, a U.S. digital asset exchange, from November 2021 to January 2024. Prior to that, Ms. MacKinlay worked as Chief People Officer at UserTesting, a video-first platform to experience how real people engage with products, designs and brands, from 2017 to 2021, where she took them through a public offering of their shares. She also previously served as an executive for Plantronics, a premier electronics manufacturer; Xero, a vendor of accounting software; Coverity, now Black Duck; and Matterport, a 3D media technology company. Ms. MacKinlay has also worked as a management and Board consultant with the KPMG financial strategy and executive compensation consulting teams and as a founder of Compensation and Performance Management, Inc., a boutique executive compensation consultancy. She holds a B.A. in Applied Mathematics from U.C. Berkeley and an M.B.A. in Venture Management from the Marshall School of Business at USC.

Tyler Skelton has served as a member of our Board since February 2024. Mr. Skelton's career bridges traditional financial services and the digital-asset/DeFi ecosystem. Currently, Mr. Skelton serves as Chief Financial Officer of 2UniFi (2UFi), a digital ecosystem focused on helping small and medium-sized businesses access modern banking tools and services, a role he has held since August 2025. Previously, Mr. Skelton served in senior finance leadership roles across the digital asset industry, including Head of Finance at Ava Labs, the blockchain platform company building the Avalanche blockchain, from September 2024 to June 2025, Head of Finance at Gemini, a New York-based digital asset limited purpose trust company, from January 2023 to May 2024, and Chief Financial Officer at Bakkt, a New York-based digital asset limited purpose trust company, from May 2019 to July 2021, where he led the finance team through its SPAC merger and IPO in 2021. Earlier in his career, Mr. Skelton held finance and accounting roles across banking, payments, and public accounting, including positions at KPMG, Bank of America, SunTrust (now Truist), and First Data (now Fiserv). Mr. Skelton is a Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA), a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Georgia, and an FRM Certified Professional, and he holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. We believe Mr. Skelton is qualified to serve as a member of our Board due to his experience across financial services and digital assets, along with his knowledge of accounting, risk management, and emerging financial technologies.