LONDON, December 2017  — The nChain Group, the global leader in research and development of blockchain technologies, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jimmy Nguyen as Chief Executive Officer.

Nguyen has previously served in roles as Chief Business Officer, and Chief Intellectual Property, Communications & Legal Officer. Prior CEO Stefan Matthews will now serve as Chairman of the Board for nChain Group.

nChain’s mission is to enable massive growth of the Bitcoin network – focusing on Bitcoin Cash as the true Bitcoin – and thus create dramatic increase in the value of Bitcoin Cash for everyone’s benefit. nChain’s Chief Scientist is Dr. Craig Wright, who has been involved with Bitcoin since 2009 and is one of the earliest minds behind Bitcoin.

The nChain Group now includes four business units: 1) nChain Limited – a blockchain research and development business; 2) nChain Holdings Limited – an intellectual property holding and commercialization company; 3) nChain Reaction – a new investment entity; and 4) nCrypt – a Bitcoin wallet and exchange in Canada. nCrypt is currently known as nTrust, but will be re-branding in early 2018 to reflect its move to focus on Bitcoin. The group of companies has grown to a team of in excess of 60 world-class scientific research, engineering and other professionals primarily based in London, United Kingdom and Vancouver, Canada. Given the Group’s global business activities, Nguyen will not be based in any one location and will continue to travel the world as needed.