BTCS (NASDAQ:BTCS) on Tuesday appointed cryptocurrency developer Manish Paranjape as chief technology officer. Paranjape has been working as a consultant for BTCS since Q1 of last year, and brings more than 25 years of experience in the tech sector to his new CTO role. He previously served as vice president of technology and resarch at Corra, a digital commerce agency. Moreover, “Manish has been a tremendous asset as a consultant on the development of our proprietary digital asset analytics platform," said BTCS CEO Charles Allen. Meanwhile, shares of BTCS slide 3% in premarket trading as bitcoin (BTC-USD -3.0%) slumps to $37.6K. In December, BTCS named a new CFO.