Digital Asset Board Chairman to Be Acting CEO Digital Asset, a provider of distributed ledger technology (DLT), reports that Blythe Masters, the company’s CEO since 2015, will step down, for unspecified personal reasons. AG Gangadhar, who joined the company’s board of directors in April of this year, has been named board chairman and will serve… Read More >>
Time for a Crypto Cop?
Many people have been wondering when the controversial crypto currency phenomenon will get the regulatory oversight needed to provide safeguards for investors and other participants. In the U.S., the SEC and CFTC are pursuing guidelines and enforcement actions as the crypto efforts move full speed ahead. I’m certain that the regulators would appreciate additional help… Read More >>
Digital Asset Launches Developer Program for Smart Contracts
Digital Asset, a pioneer of distributed ledger technology (DLT) for financial services, is launching a developer program for writing smart contracts via the Digital Asset Modeling Language, an attempt to bring DAML to “a wider audience” that will pave the way for more applications to run via the vendor’s flagship platform. “DAML is the enterprise… Read More >>
HSBC Shuffles Executive Lineup for 2018
Stuart Gulliver to Retire February 2018 HSBC Holdings plc reports that John Flint, 49, chief executive of retail banking and wealth management, will succeed Stuart Gulliver as executive director and group chief executive, following Gulliver’s retirement in February 2018. Flint’s remuneration in his new post will consist of a “base salary of £1,200,000 per annum… Read More >>
