The U.K. financial technology industry received a boost from Chancellor of the Exchequer Phillip Hammond’s plans to inject £400 million ($504 million) into venture capital funds as well as other measures announced in November’s Autumn Budget Statement. While the support is welcomed by industry participants, some say that it does not go far enough to… Read More >>
Blockchain Startup Digital Asset Hires Conde and Church
Blockchain technology startup Digital Asset Holdings has hired industry veterans Cristóbal Conde, the former head of SunGard, and Chris Church, a North American executive for the SWIFT cooperative, underscoring the disruptive distributed ledger technology’s ability to bring together old and new school technologies and practices. The Blockchain ledger underpins the Bitcoin cryptocurrency by keeping track… Read More >>
