Digital Asset Holdings

Digital Asset Holdings is a blockchain technology company that provides settlement and ledger services for financial assets.[1][2] It was founded circa 2014 by Sunil Hirani and Don Wilson. It is headquartered in New York City.

In March 2015 the company appointed Blythe Masters as CEO.[3][4][5][6][7]

In September 2015 the company software was used in the US$5 million initial public offering of Pivit, a gaming company.[8][9]

Acquisitions

In June 2015 the company acquired blockchain technology companies Hyperledger and Bits of Proof.[10] On June 25, 2015 the Moneybeat column from The Wall Street Journal wrote that the "acquisition of HyperLedger might raise eyebrows in the bitcoin community, where there is aversion to the idea that Wall Street might co-opt blockchain technology and strip it of the its decentralized nature."[11]

In October 2015 the company acquired the blockchain technology company BlockStack.[12][13][14]

References

  1. ↑ "Blythe Masters Tells Banks the Blockchain Changes Everything". Bloomberg.com. 1 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "How Blythe Masters’ Digital Asset Holding plans to make money using bitcoin technology on Wall Street". New York Business Journal. 1 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Michael J. Casey (11 March 2015). "Ex-J.P. Morgan CDS Pioneer Blythe Masters To Head Bitcoin-Related Startup". The Wall Street Journal.
  4. ↑ "Derivatives Pioneer Blythe Masters Tackles Digital Currency". Institutional Investor.
  5. ↑ "Swaps Pioneer Masters to Lead Virtual-Currency Startup". Bloomberg.com. 11 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Masters joins cryptocurrency start-up". Financial Times.
  7. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/12/business/dealbook/former-jpmorgan-executive-blythe-masters-joins-bitcoin-related-start-up.html?_r=1
  8. ↑ Sarah Krouse. "Pivit Raises $5 Million With Help of Blythe Masters-Led Start-Up". WSJ.
  9. ↑ "Ditial Asset Holdings' CEO, Blythe Masters, unveils bitcoin security for Pivit". New York Business Journal. 9 September 2015.
  10. ↑ Andrew DeSantis. "Blythe Masters’ Digital Asset Holdings Acquires Hyperledger and Bits of Proof". Bitcoin Magazine.
  11. ↑ Sarah Krouse. "Blythe Masters Quick Off the Block With Startup Buys". WSJ.
  12. ↑ "Blythe Masters' firm buys blockchain start-up". ft.com.
  13. ↑ "Digital Asset Holdings CEO, Blythe Masters, enters rapidly growing blockchain app space". New York Business Journal. October 29, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Digital Asset Holdings to Acquire Blockchain Startup Blockstack". CoinDesk.

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