Blythe Masters Turned Down Barclays to Stay at Blockchain Startup

Blythe Masters Turned Down Barclays to Stay at Blockchain Startup

Blythe Masters turned down an offer to run Barclays' investment bank to stay with her blockchain technology startup Digital Asset Holdings, Reuters reported yesterday. The report, citing an unnamed source, said Barclays boss Jes Staley pitched his former JP Morgan colleague Masters to head the unit late next year. But Masters rebuffed the offer, saying she is "fully committed" to her startup, which plans to use blockchain technology to cut down settlement and clearing times for a variety of asset classes. Masters told Reuters: "I can't think of a better person than Jes Staley, nor a more....


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