Blythe Masters Seeks $35M for Her Blockchain Startup
Less than two weeks after Reuters quoted one of the most powerful women on Wall Street, Blythe Masters, as saying that she is fully committed to her blockchain startup Digital Asset Holdings, it has come to our knowledge that the finance lady is looking to raise $35M in a financing round which is expected to be completed before Christmas Eve. According to the New York Post, even though the round is slated to close in less than 10 days from now, apart from a select few, investors are not so keen. Digital Asset Holdings is planning the blockchain technology to cut down on costs and speed up....
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Blythe Masters, the former JPMorgan executive who helped pioneer credit derivatives in the 1990s, has re-emerged as chief executive of Digital Asset Holdings. The Digital Asset Holdings is a venue for buyers and sellers of financial assets to meet and transact, switching currencies into bitcoin in order to cut the cost and time of settlement and make use of the decentralised Blockchain. Blythe Masters sits on the Top of blockchain technology startup Digital Asset Holdings, where she became the CEO in March. She spent 27 years at JPMorgan Chase, where she held some leadership positions,....
The Chamber of Digital Commerce (CDC), a digital currency advocacy group, has appointed former Wall Street executive Blythe Masters to its board of advisors. Masters who joined Digital Asset Holdings - a startup that uses blockchain tech to enhance the settlement of traditional and digital assets - as CEO in March spoke about her new advisory role. She said:
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....