[2015-03-11] WSJ: Ex-J.P. Morgan CDS Pioneer Blythe Masters To Head Bitcoin...

[pawel7777]

Ex-J.P. Morgan CDS Pioneer Blythe Masters To Head Bitcoin Trading Platform

http://www.wsj.com/articles/ex-j-p-morgan-cds-pioneer-blythe-masters-to-head-bitcoin-trading-platform-1426048878

Former  J.P. Morgan  Chase & Co. executive Blythe Masters has become one of the most high-profile Wall Street bankers to join the burgeoning digital-currency sector, taking on the leadership of a new trading platform for bitcoin and other digital assets.

Ms. Masters, best known for helping pioneer the credit-derivatives markets in the 1990s, has agreed to become the chief executive of Digital Asset Holdings LLC, the company said late Tuesday. It was founded last year by Don Wilson, the CEO of proprietary trading firm DRW Trading and Sunil Hirani, the CEO of trueEX LLC, an exchange for interest rate swaps.
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[Stifler]

I actually think it's positive to see bankers getting involved. I would certainly rather have them interested and taking part than avoiding and trying to smear it with negativity. Hopefully we can gain or sway more bankers into joining the revolution.

[pitham1]

I actually think it's positive to see bankers getting involved. I would certainly rather have them interested and taking part than avoiding and trying to smear it with negativity. Hopefully we can gain or sway more bankers into joining the revolution.

Blythe Masters is not any banker. She is a legend in the financial services industry.
This is definitely good news for Bitcoin, from the PR perspective.

[Armis]

This is clearly a "second chance move" for this super high-roller, I wish her the best.

[LiteCoinGuy]

http://www.coindesk.com/former-jp-morgan-exec-blythe-masters-swaps-wall-street-for-bitcoin/