London quoted Upper Thames Holdings plc (AQSE: UPPT) announces today that Mr Vinay Gupta, a leading global figure in the blockchain sector, has joined the Company, in a non-board capacity, as Chairman of the Advisory Committee with immediate effect.

Vinay Gupta is a specialist in the blockchain space. He co-ordinated the release of the Ethereum blockchain platform in July 2015 and was the strategic architect for ConsenSys Systems, a technology hub focusing on the Ethereum blockchain and its related applications.

Richard Poulden, Upper Thames’ Chairman, commented; “Vinay is a frontier leading and globally recognised name in the blockchain, cryptocurrency and bitcoin sectors. His achievements have helped transform and shape the future of this fast growing and unstoppable new technology. The Company is extremely fortunate to have Vinay join as Chairman of the Advisory committee, and his skills and expertise will help guide Upper Thames’s strategy to quickly create a significant global business. Upper Thames plans to add other leaders in this field to create a team capable of assisting with this objective. ”

Vinay Gupta commented; “As the journey begins towards integrating fully regulated financial instruments into the blockchain ecosystem, the depth of experience in the Upper Thames team will deliver a decisive advantage and the clear leadership required to shape the next phase of its evolution. The defi (“decentralized finance”) revolution has radically shifted the blockchain paradigm in the past year and paved the way for a much deeper integration into the real world, as can be evidenced by the recent news that Tesla have acquired US$1.5 billion of bitcoin. As the enormous success of recent blockchain stablecoin projects has demonstrated, the blockchain space needs the real world just as much as the real world needs the blockchain. Upper Thames is very well positioned to build vital infrastructure for the future of integrated global trade.”

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