Blythe Masters news and trends

Bitcoin’s Hospital Hack, FTC’s Bitcoin Scammer Crackdown
Bitcoin // February 19, 2016

Here we go again. When the words “bitcoin ransom” and “malware attack” show up in headlines together, is anyone really surprised anymore? How about the words “FTC charges” and “bitcoin mining operation?” Yep, here we go again. So, let’s begin with the first one. If...

Bitcoin ‘New Money’ PayPal Parody Gets Blocked
Bitcoin // February 12, 2016

The old saying “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” became particularly relevant in the bitcoin community this week. That was the case of what PayPal thinks about a new parody video that rips off its “New Money” commercial that was created to run during Super Bowl...

Blythe Masters’ Startup Blues
News // December 30, 2015

In early March, the bitcoin community got a major shot in the arm when former JPMC Commodities Unit Head Blythe Masters traded in her Wall Street ties to join Digital Asset Holdings. Digital Asset Holdings has created a distributed ledger technology to move financial assets...

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Digital Asset Loses CEO Masters

December 19, 2018
Digital Asset, the blockchain software company, is losing chief executive Blythe Masters, who is leaving for personal reasons, reported the Financial Times. Citing a statement from the company, the Financial Times reported Masters, who has been in her role for close to four years, is leaving Digital Asset for “personal reasons.” Masters, a former executive […]