Ms Masters had told bankers in 2015 that blockchain was analogous to “email for money” and that the world should be “​taking this technology as seriously as you should have been taking the development of the internet in the early 1990s”. She stepped down from her position as chief in December 2018 for personal reasons, stirring concerns that blockchain’s promise may struggle to live up to expectations. She remains a board member, adviser and investor in the company.

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