Goldman Sachs just made its first crypto hire to explore a potential bitcoin trading desk

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• Goldman Sachs has brought on former crypto trader Justin Schmidt to explore creating a bitcoin trading desk. 
• It's the banks first crypto-specific hire, according to a person familiar with the hire. 
• If Goldman does go ahead with a crypto desk, it would be the first major US bank to do so. 

Goldman Sachs has hired its first employee to focus exclusively on digital currencies as the Wall Street bank explores creating a bitcoin trading desk...