investment giant Fidelity Investments is hiring developers to build a , reports June 6 citing internal correspondence.
Fidelity, with its under management, has to hold 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 indicate it would begin offering cryptocurrency services, initially in the form of , with trading options reportedly to follow.
Last month, global heavyweight revealed it had a 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 of bitcoin for several years, but along with other officials has so far declined to comment on the new initiatives, Business Insider reports.
Published at Wed, 06 Jun 2018 14:42:47 +0000
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