Tag: CTO
Walmart CTO says crypto will become a ‘major’ payments disruptor
Walmart’s global chief technology officer (CTO) Suresh Kumar has tipped cryptocurrency to become a "major" area of disruption, particularly in how cus [...]
Tether commercial paper exposure now under $50M, says CTO
Stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT) has nearly completely slashed its commercial paper holdings, with less than $50 million worth of commercial paper unit [...]
Crypto Investment-Product Firm 21.co Hires Former Goldman Alum as CTO
David Josse led Goldman Sachs’ business intelligence and engineering efforts for the bank’s Marcus product.
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Crypto Tracer Elliptic Hires SaaS Veteran Jackson Hull as CTO
Elliptic, which licenses crypto transaction tracing tools to governments and corporations, pointed to Hull’s experience building software subscription [...]
El Salvador Bitcoin bond delayed due to security concerns: Tether CTO
El Salvador, the Central American nation that adopted Bitcoin (BTC) as a legal tender in September last year, has delayed the launch of its billion-do [...]
El Salvador retrasa la emisión de los bonos bitcoin, según Paolo Ardoino, CTO de Bitfinex
El presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, anunció en noviembre pasado por primera vez los planes para recaudar $1000 millones a través de bonos resp [...]
Thai SEC alleges Bitkub CTO committed insider trading
Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, announced enforcement actions against the chief technology officer of crypto exchange Bitkub, w [...]
Ripple CTO lashes back at Vitalik Buterin for his dig on XRP
David Schwartz, the chief technical officer of Ripple, didn’t take Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s dig on XRP very kindly. In a discussion that [...]
Blockchain’s use in healthcare ‘essential’ to protect sensitive data: Zelis CTO
Kali Durgampudi, the CTO of healthcare payments company Zelis, believes that the implementation of blockchain tech is vital for protecting patients' s [...]
How will NFTs bridge traditional gaming with blockchain? Enjin’s CTO Witek Radomski explains
When it comes to nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, the subject is often a hit or miss for traditional gamers. While some players welcome the idea of being [...]
Tether CTO refutes stablecoin FUD as short-sellers circle
Tether chief technology officer Paolo Ardoino has confirmed that the stablecoin has been the subject of a “coordinated attack” by hedge funds looking [...]
Ex-Sushi CTO Raises $8M for NFT Lending Platform Astaria
The platform, led by CEO Justin Bram of DeFi vet Joseph Delong, aims to provide instant liquidity for your JPEGs and should be available to the public [...]
Tether is ‘instrument of freedom’ and ‘Bitcoin onramp,’ says Bitfinex CTO
On a sun-splashed day in the Swiss Alps, the chief technology officer of Bitfinex and Tether, Paolo Ardoino, shed light on the Plan B Lugano strategy, [...]
USDT-dollar peg wobbles as markets continue to struggle: Tether CTO weighs-in
Cryptocurrencies markets continue to suffer major losses following the depegging of Terra (LUNA) ecosystem's stablecoin UST - causing discrepancies be [...]
Tether is gaining momentum against competing stablecoins, says Tether CTO
Paolo Ardoino, the chief technology officer of Tether and Bitfinex, is confident that Tether will preserve its status as the most used stablecoin, des [...]