from Hacker News

Bitcoin Startup Adds Former Barclays Chief Antony Jenkins

by alcio on 12/12/16, 11:30 PM with 32 comments

• by osrec on 12/13/16, 1:21 AM

  A retail banker, with little understanding of technology and little clout. Having served in the investment arm of Barclays during his tenure, I'm not sure he can add much.

• by AntonyJenkins on 12/13/16, 7:33 PM

  Antony Jenkins is NOT someone you want in a BitCoin startup if you want your customers' TRUST.

  He was fired from Barclays because he got his hand caught in the cookie jar - several times [1] (money laundering, management bonuses, tax avoidance, conflicts of interest, rate fixing, market manipulation on electricity and gold)

  [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barclays#Controversies

• by kylebenzle on 12/13/16, 1:35 AM

  Seeing more and more Bitcoin stories and HN these days, is something "happening" in that space finally?

• by imranq on 12/13/16, 1:06 AM

  This guy used to run Barclays tax evasion division, which while apparently completely legal, gave the wrong impression as Barclays accepted taxpayer money...