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Avivah Litan research analyst at Gartner
Bitcoin remains one of the hottest topics of debate in the financial world and beyond. The cryptocurrency also soared recently as companies like Tesla begin investing in and accepting Bitcoin as a form of payment. Visa recently announced support for Bitcoin trades through custodian banks in a new pilot, joining Square’s Cash App and PayPal in off...
05 May 2021 /payments /crypto
Adrian Pollard Trader and Crypto Enthusiast at ISTANEX
There is a rush globally to develop the first Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Trade regions like the Middle-East are uniquly positioned to take advantage of CBDC as big energy producers and price setters Some countries have already made huge strides in developing their CBDCs like China The risk of privacy invasion with CBDC seem almost imp
03 May 2021 /crypto /predictions
Paul Kitchener Technical Marketing Manager at Speakerbus
To say that cryptocurrency is having a moment would be as much of an understatement as saying this asset class, created way back in 2009, has had an ambiguous and volatile history. So why, as Bitcoin (BTC) and its now hundreds of lesser-known brethren (Alternative coins aka ALTs) seem to create and destroy wealth at an unrelenting pace while attrac...
29 April 2021
Louisa Murray COO Europe at Railsbank
There have been many headline-grabbing moments in crypto in recent months, episodes that have inspired breathless op-eds about the industry’s growing maturity and mainstream acceptance. Whether due to the activities of Visa, Paypal, Square, Tesla, or some other world-famous company, the enthusiasm coursing through the sector is palpable. And yet, ...
26 April 2021 /crypto /markets
Monty Metzger Co-founder & CEO at LCX
The years between 2014-21 witnessed an exponential growth in the cryptocurrency market globally. The strong growth in the market can be accredited to increasing digitization across industries. In addition to this, easy accessibility and increasing penetration of high-speed internet in our day-to-day lives is also facilitating the adoption of the c...
23 April 2021 /crypto
Nischal Shetty CEO at WazirX
Cryptocurrencies are known for being extremely volatile, and prices fluctuate drastically even in the space of minutes. Investors have the opportunity to participate in cryptocurrency trading around the world and at any time of the day. The combined effect of these factors limits the effectiveness of human cryptocurrency trading in a lot of ways.
21 April 2021 /crypto
Retired Member
In case you didn’t notice. Bitcoin is having a resurgence. At the time of writing, its value has surpassed USD$57,000. Citi Bank has projected the digital currency could reach as high as $318,000 by the end of 2021. While analysts are still trying to pin down the true causes of Bitcoin’s bounce-back within supply and demand, it appears financial i
09 April 2021 /crypto /predictions
In January 2021, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) issued a draft declaration intended to give partial effect to some of the recommendations contained in the 2020 Position Paper by declaring crypto-assets a financial product under the FAIS Act. The declaration would affect that any person furnishing advice or rendering intermediary se...
08 April 2021 /regulation /crypto
Ivan Soto-Wright CEO at MoonPay
In 2021 roughly a third of the entire global adult population remains unbanked — an estimated 1.7 billion people that have been left behind by the shortcomings of an outdated, inadequate, and inefficient financial system. If we are going to make this right, we need to overhaul current legacy systems and create something that’s fair, inexpensive, o...
26 March 2021 /payments /inclusion
Over the past three months, the main cryptocurrency has tripled in price. Experts have named the conditions under which it would grow twice more this year. On the night of March 18, the Bitcoin price again approached the $60K mark. The first cryptocurrency began to actively grow in price after it had broken the $20K mark in December last year. The...
19 March 2021 /inclusion /crypto
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