Former Nike CIO Joins Bitreserve

Just Do It' might have been the last words that come to the mind of Anthony Watson when he decided to quit his job at Nike, eventually to join a Los Angeles-based Bitcoin startup four months later. Bolstering the Bitcoin, at BitReserve. The young management veteran, as Fortune reports, recently joined the CNET-man Halsey Minor to help him bolster his new Bitcoin-based money transfer company BitReserve. Watson was previously heading Nike's information technology department as its Chief Information Officer (CIO). Prior to this, the man also had brief successful tenure at Barclays while....

"Bitcoin and digital money are where finance is headed." Describing it as a process to "democratize money", Anthony Watson, the former Nike CIO who earlier this week was announced as Bitreserve's new president and COO, says he believes his company's platform will help spearhead a push to what he called "cloud-based money". "Technology and cloud-based money are pushing the boundaries of our financial industry and reinforcing technology's transformative impact. Finance is the one sector that hasn't really seen competition or disruption to date," he said in an email. According to a blog post....

Bitcoin startup Bitreserve, which earlier made great news for bringing on board Nike CIO Anthony Watson, has hired the sportswear giant's chief of security, William 'Bill' Dennings. In a statement released by the startup via its blog, the company said that, "Bill's leadership will be instrumental as we continue to drive, innovate and fortify world-leading 'Anti-Money Laundering' and 'Know Your Customer' programs. Mr. Dennings, who has now become the startup's first Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), is also the former MasterCard CISO. In a statement released, Mr. Dennings said,....

Nike has filed a lawsuit against an online reseller using unauthorized Nike shoe images in non-fungible tokens (NFTs). “Those unsanctioned products are likely to confuse consumers, create a false association between those products and Nike, and dilute Nike’s famous trademarks,” Nike alleges. Nike Sues Online Retailer Over NFT Sales Sneaker giant Nike filed a lawsuit against online reseller Stockx in New York federal court last week for selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) using unauthorized images of Nike shoes. Detroit-based Stockx, valued at more than $3.8 billion....

San Francisco-based Bitcoin startup Bitreserve has added Facebook lawyer Craig Clark as the Executive Vice President and General Counsel, the company announced in a blog post. The move comes a couple of weeks after the company promoted the former Nike CIO Anthony Watson as the new Chief Executive Officer and a member of The Board of Directors. According to the blog post, Craig will work alongside the leadership team to oversee Bitreserve's legal efforts. Craig has worked for the social networking giant Facebook for almost six years where he was involved in everything from intellectual....