Wall Street Veteran to Head Bitcoin Trading Startup
Former JP Morgan executive Blythe Masters has agreed to become the chief executive officer of Digital Assets Holding LLC, a New York-based Bitcoin trading company. An acclaimed Wall Street banker by profession, Masters, 45, is credited as the creator of modern credit default swaps back in 1994. In her own words, she is not a fan of Bitcoin but do appreciate its underlying technology that emphasis on better transparency. Basically, it was the 2008-financial crisis that inspired Masters to look beyond the traditional methods of economical trust. Bitcoin was itself born as an answer to the....
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