A number of bank blockchain specialists are leaving their roles and moving directly into cryptocurrencies . Alex Batlin , formerly of BNY plc , Ajit Tripathi , from PwC , and hedge fund 's Edward Budd have all recently left their jobs to pursue projects outside the restrictions of their previous organisations . All three are now directly employed by blockchain software firm ConsenSys , or on schemes developed by ConsenSys . wells , now at Trustology , said he was excited about " being able to take these ideas to production in a time - frame that I want to do it in " .
A number of bank blockchain specialists are leaving their roles and moving directly into cryptocurrencies. Alex Batlin, formerly of BNY Mellon, Ajit Tripathi, from PwC, and Deutsche Bank's Edward Budd have all recently left their jobs to pursue projects outside the restrictions of their previous organisations. All three are now directly employed by blockchain software company ConsenSys, or on schemes backed by ConsenSys. Batlin, now at Trustology, said he was excited about "being able to take these ideas to production in a time-frame that I want to do it in".