Originally Posted by matfx Ex Goldman Trader Opens Bitcoin Exchange Yuzo Kano quit Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) twice: once for a rival bank, the second time to open Japan’s first bitcoin exchange since the collapse of Mt. Gox. When Kano, 38, left his job as a derivatives and convertible bonds trader in December, bitcoin had climbed to a record $1,151. Three months later, it was worth half that after a $530 million heist at Tokyo-based Mt. Gox bankrupted ...
Bitcoin News Mash-up: Former VISA Executive Joins BitPay; CoinLab Assists Mt. Gox; RBA Views on Cryptocurrencies Former Visa Executive Joins BitPay BitPay , the world leader in offering Biitcoin payment processing, recentky announced that it will appoint former VISA emploee Tim Byun as Head of Legal and Compliance of the company. In his tenure at VISA, Tim was the head of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism department. ...