A former executive at financial services giant Fidelity Investments has been appointed Chief Operating Officer at blockchain infrastructure firm Bloq, according to a press release Oct. 23.
Bloq's new COO, Hadley Stern, spent seventeen years at Fidelity, which administers over $7.2 trillion in client assets.
His most recent role was at the helm of the crypto and blockchain incubator within the company's innovation lab, Fidelity Labs - overseeing the launch last week of its new crypto-business, Fidelity Digital Assets.
Bloq's co-founder and chairman Matthew Roszak characterized the new appointment as emblematic of the increasing entwinement of the world of "Conventional" enterprises and the emerging cryptocurrency sector.
"Without coming off as doctrinaire or fundamentalist, it's fair to say that Satoshi Nakamoto delivered a true gift in the Bitcoin whitepaper, that is, a way to produce and account for a provably scarce, wholly digital asset. Satoshi was not-so-subtly concerned about vulnerabilities in the financial system [] Nearly a decade later, the Bitcoin project has proven stunningly resilient."
Stern's blog post further outlined three fundamental market areas to be undertaken at Bloq as part of the company's aim to further the management and integration of digital assets.
As reported early last week, Fidelity this month officially unveiled its new company, Fidelity Digital Asset Services, which will offer custody and trade execution services for digital assets, targeting institutional investors.
Ex-Fidelity Exec Joins Blockchain Company Bloq as Chief Operating Officer
Published on Oct 23, 2018
by Cointele | Published on Coinage
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