Cointelegraph's CEO is Leaving Crypto Media for the AI Industry

Yana Prikhodchenko has stepped down as CEO of Cointelegraph after nearly five years to join Phase, a startup building infrastructure for autonomous AI agents. She said her crypto media tenure taught her to distinguish between technologies people actually use and narratives the industry wants to believe, a skill she is carrying into the AI sector. The move marks a notable exit from crypto media leadership as AI agent infrastructure draws talent and capital. Details on her exact title at Phase and any successor at Cointelegraph were not specified. What to watch next: Cointelegraph's leadership transition and whether other crypto media executives follow talent into AI.