Bitreserve Names New CEO in Leadership Shift
Bitreserve has announced a change of leadership, one that sees its chief operating officer and president Anthony Watson taking on the role of CEO. Watson, who previous served as CIO for Nike, follows founder Halsey Minor in the CEO role. Minor will stay on as a board member and "chief visionary" with a focus on long-term product planning. In the announcement post, Minor wrote that Tim Parsa - who previously served as the company's CEO - has been named the company's chief compliance officer and head of regulatory affairs. Watson said that his promotion to the CEO role had been planned since....
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Following the pre-announcement of last week, Bitreserve is now open for business with real-time transparency data. Also read: Bitcoin Reserve "BitReserve" Banks To Open its Vaults Soon. Bitreserve Founder and CEO Halsey Minor says: "Today we are thrilled to announce we have fully launched Bitreserve and are now accessible to the public." Halsey Minor also founded CNET in 1993. In 2008, he sold that company to CBS for $1.8 billion and became an investor. Bitreserve is a next-generation financial service, which shields users from bitcoin volatility by enabling them to hold Bitcoin as the....
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,....
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