Bitcoin leader joins PayPal board of directors 比特幣領導者加入PayPal董事會



In a telling move about the future of money, PayPal has added a Bitcoin entrepreneur to its board of directors.
談到未來貨幣的動向，PayPal新增了一位比特幣企業家來領導他們的董事會。

Wences Casares is a financial tech entrepreneur and the CEO of Xapo, a Swiss company that offers digital wallets and debit cards for the electronic currency Bitcoin.
Wences Casares是一位金融科技(FinTech)企業，也是一家提供電子錢包和電子貨幣比特幣的金融卡服務的瑞士公司Xapo的執行長。

Casares joined the board on Tuesday, PayPal announced Wednesday.
Casares參加星期二的董事會，Paypal星期三宣布。


PayPal is the leading company in Internet-based payments. For some time, it has indicated an interest in something called Blockchain, the technology that drives the online currency Bitcoin.
PayPal是線上付款的先驅公司，他對一個叫做「區塊鏈（Blockchain）」的東西表示興趣已有一段時間，一項驅動網路貨幣比特幣的技術。

Bitcoin is its own system of money, not advocated by any government but powered entirely by volunteer computers around the globe. It's an experiment in high-tech money. And while it's shaky and still unproven, it has shown the world a new way of making direct transactions -- one without any banks in the middle.
比特幣有一套自己的貨幣系統，不由任何一個政府發行，而是由來自世界各地的電腦自願者所賦予的權力，是一個高科技貨幣的實驗，雖然它還很震盪不安，而且未被證實，但比特幣顯現了世界進行直接交易的一個新方法，一個不用任何銀行為仲介的方法。



In a statement, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman said Casares' experience with Bitcoin would help PayPal adapt to a future of mobile payment and digital cash.
在一個報導中，PayPal的CEO Dan Schulman表示Casares跟比特幣相關的經驗可以幫助PayPal適應行動支付與電子錢的未來。

"Wences's unique line of sight into the future of commerce is ideally aligned with PayPal's vision of transforming the management and movement of money for people around the globe," Schulman stated.
「Wences對於商務未來的獨特見解正好符合PayPal轉換全球人民的貨幣經營與流動展望」Schulman這麼說。


In a statement, Casares said he is honored to work with a company "dedicated to driving the transformation of money on a global scale."
Casares說他很榮幸在一家以全球規模運作、致力於驅動貨幣轉換的公司工作。

It's yet another vote of confidence in Bitcoin's technology. As of last November, a record $1 billion has been invested in Bitcoin-related firms so far.

仍然有另一些人對於比特幣科技表示支持，在去年十月，一個跟比特幣投資有關的公司目前已經募集到十億美元。

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