UK banking giant Barclays (LON:BARC) is reportedly looking to tap into the fast-growing cryptocurrency sector. Two employees of the lender have been working on the project, Business Insider revealed on Monday, pointing to their LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD) profiles.
Chris Tyrer, former head of energy trading at Barclays, now lists his occupation as “Head of Digital Assets Project: Barclays Investment Bank”. Meanwhile, Matthieu Jobbe Duval, the ex-director of oil options trading at the company, now describes his position as “Digital Assets trading – Consultant at Barclays”. He further mentioned in his LinkedIn profile that the bank had:
“Hired him to produce a business plan for integrating a digital assets trading desk into [the bank&rs...
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