ItBit Adds NSA Veteran to Advisory Board

ItBit Adds NSA Veteran to Advisory Board

A 30-year-veteran of the US National Security Agency (NSA) has joined the board of advisors at New York-based bitcoin exchange itBit. With the announcement, Ed Giorgio joins a board of advisors that includes Josh Rosner, managing director at research firm Graham Fisher & Co. Kang Global Investors managing partner Richard Kang; and Aitken Advisors founder James Aitken. In addition to Giorgio, itBit also appointed Jim Manzi, former CEO of Lotus Development Corporation, to its board of directors. The software industry veteran joins former FDIC chairman Sheila Bair; former US Senator Bill....


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