Xapo Adds Former Visa and Citibank Execs to Board of Advisors

Xapo Adds Former Visa and Citibank Execs to Board of Advisors

Bitcoin services provider Xapo has appointed a number of notable businessmen to its recently inaugurated board of advisors, including founder of Visa, Dee Hock. Joining Hock on the Xapo board are John Reed, the former chairman and CEO of Citibank; and Lawrence H. Summers, Secretary of Treasury under Bill Clinton's administration. The newly appointed board members praised digital currency's potential, with Hock claiming "bitcoin represents not only the future of payments but also the future of governance". "We live in the 21st century but are still using command and control organisational....


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