American Express, through its venture capital arm American Express Ventures, is looking to use its recent investment in bitcoin remittance startup Abra's $12m Series A as a way to more closely observe the digital currency industry and the technology behind it.
AmEx Ventures managing partner Harshul Sanghi told CoinDesk in a recent interview that, for the 165-year old company, it's too soon to predict how it might leverage the technology or what use cases might take shape.
"It's very, very early days for us, right? And ... we get to explore and see how the space is going to evolve," he said.
In the meantime, AmEx will "test the waters" through its work with Abra, and in return, provide resources and advice to the startup.
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