Digital Asset
A digital asset is anything that exists in a digital format and comes with the right to use. Data that do not possess that right are not considered assets. Digital assets include but are not exclusive to digital documents, audible content, motion picture, and other relevant
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Cryptocurrency Set Up
In simplistic terms, Cryptocurrency is a digitized asset spread through multiple computers in a shared network. The decentralized nature of this network shields them from any control from government regulatory bodies. The term “cryptocurrency in itself is derived from the encryption techniques used to secure the network.
Digital Assets Management: Alex Kriete
Alex Kriete, co-head of digital assets at Citi, announced his resignation from the banking giant after 11 years at the firm on Thursday via LinkedIn. He stated in his post that he intends to devote himself full-time to developing a new cryptocurrency company but provided no additional details at the time.
Kriete co-led the digital assets group with Greg Girasole for less than a year since the unit launched in June 2021. Girasole also announced his departure via LinkedIn and together, he and Kriete plan to start their own blockchain-related venture. The two said they would share more details about it in the coming weeks.
Importance of Global Capital Markets in Crypto
Kriete‘s excitement for his new undertaking stemmed from the belief that digital assets will “continue to grow in importance to global capital markets and the formation of new business models.” He added that a personal interest in blockchain-enabled digital assets started over five years ago and has now led him to want to “assist in the maturation of this market” on his own terms.
While Kriete and Girasole oversaw the digital assets group within Citi‘s wealth management division, the bank has another digital assets unit within its Institutional Clients Group that is led by the recently appointed Puneet Singhvi.
Hivemind Capital Partners
Another Citi executive Matt Zhang also jumped ship to launch a $1.5 billion crypto fund called Hivemind Capital Partners whose first technology partner is Algorand. And, in a similar corporate leadership move, a longtime Goldman Sachs executive Roger Bartlett decided it was “time to embrace the crypto economy” and left the bank to run global financial operations at Coinbase.
Metaverse Trends: JPMorgan Chase
Meanwhile, another bank making pioneering moves into the Metaverse is JPMorgan Chase, having opened a virtual lounge in the Decentraland metaverse, as it hopes to capitalize on a $1 trillion market opportunity, according to the bank.
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