US investment giant Fidelity Investments is hiring developers to build a cryptocurrency[1] exchange[2], reports claim[3] June 6 citing internal correspondence.
Fidelity, with its $2.45 trln[4] under management, has allowed clients[5] to hold Bitcoin[6] alongside traditional assets, and is now reportedly circulating job offers related to building a “digital asset exchange.”
Specifically, executives notified employees the firm is looking for a DevOps System Engineer “to help engineer, create and deploy a Digital Asset exchange to both a public and private cloud,” according to Business Insider quoting the circular.
The move makes Fidelity one of an ever-increasing number of financial industry entities looking to increase direct interaction with cryptocurrency.
This week also saw Pennsylvania-based Susquehanna International Group[7] indicate it would begin offering cryptocurrency services, initially in the form of Bitcoin futures[8], with trading options reportedly to follow.
Last month, global heavyweight Goldman Sachs[9] revealed it had a similar roadmap[10] for clients.
Fidelity meanwhile will in future seek to offer “first-in-class custodian services for Bitcoin and other digital currencies,” according to an additional job offer.
The company’s CEO Abigail Johnson has been an outspoken supporter[11] of Bitcoin for several years, but along with other officials has so far declined to comment on the new initiatives, Business Insider reports.
References
- ^ cryptocurrency (cointelegraph.com)
- ^ exchange (cointelegraph.com)
- ^ claim (www.businessinsider.com)
- ^ $2.45 trln (www.wsj.com)
- ^ allowed clients (cointelegraph.com)
- ^ Bitcoin (cointelegraph.com)
- ^ Susquehanna International Group (www.nytimes.com)
- ^ Bitcoin futures (cointelegraph.com)
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