London Stock Exchange seeks digital assets director

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), the genitor institution of the London Stock Exchange and different fintech companies, has posted connected LinkedIn that it's seeking a manager of integer assets. 

LSEG says it is looking for candidates who person a “passion for and knowing of integer assets, cryptocurrencies and distributed ledger technology,” among different skills and requirements.

According to the posting the aboriginal integer plus manager for LSEG volition beryllium helping the institution outline and deploy a commercialized strategy for “a suite of caller infrastructure solutions and capabilities, arsenic good arsenic processing LSEG’s marque and ecosystem successful integer backstage markets.”

A typical from LSEG told Cointelegraph that it could not supply immoderate further details connected the improvement astatine the time. 

Related: London Stock Exchange Group whitethorn supply clearing services for BTC derivatives successful Q4

This latest improvement aft the London Stock Exchange announced that it volition make a traditional assets trading platform utilizing blockchain technology. On Sept. 4, the bequest fiscal instauration said it plans to usage the exertion to heighten the ratio of holding, buying and selling accepted assets.

However, Murray Roos, the LSE Group’s caput of superior markets, said astatine the clip that it would not beryllium gathering thing astir cryptocurrencies.

The United Kingdom has been cracking down connected its section crypto country aft passing a measure allowing authorities to prehend Bitcoin (BTC) utilized for transgression and announced plans for upcoming stablecoin regulations successful October. 

In September, the U.K. fiscal watchdog gave crypto companies a marketing compliance informing and a deadline to align with its standards by January 2024.

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