To that end, Paul will be tasked with spearheading Fireblocks’ effort to develop infrastructure necessary to integrate central bank digital currencies as well as explore benefits related to decentralized finance and digital asset adoption. Paul spent 14 years with the U.K. bank including 15 months as head fintech officer.
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Fireblocks Adds U.K. Central Bank Head of Fintech to Personnel Roster
Crypto custody tech provider Fireblocks has hired Varun Paul, who once served as the fintech chief at the Bank of England, as its newly created director of central bank digital currency and market infrastructure. So reports CoinDesk.
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