Former Wall Street executive Mike Novogratz has recently predicted that mass adoption of crypto and blockchain is “still five to six years away,” Blokt blockchain and tech news outlet reports July 19.

Speaking at the Beyond Blocks conference in South Korea, Novogratz, CEO and founder of crypto investment firm Galaxy Digital, still expressed confidence that many institutions will come into the industry “in the next two to three years,” claiming that “without that, we will be running in circles.”

However, the mass adoption of crypto and blockchain technology will come not earlier than in a half a decade, Novogratz added

“You won’t see mass adoption until the user experience does not feel like something new and that is still five to six years away.”

Novogratz explained that one of the major obstacles on the way to widespread adoption is the increasing “cost of technical talent” as well as the doubts of conventional investors, which are aggravated by “no clear precedent for the financial industry”:

“Think about how institutional investors operate. It’s hard to tell your boss ‘I have money in places you have never heard of.’ You need a trusted, name custodian — a Japanese bank or HSBC or ICE or Goldman Sachs — to allow institutional investors to feel comfortable.”

See more - https://cointelegraph.com/news/wall-street-exec-mike-novogratz-crypto-blockchain-mass-adoption-is-5-to-6-years-away

The UK’s Barclays, arguably the most powerful international corporate bank in the world, filed two crypto-related patents this week. The 300 year-old legacy bank gobbled up exclusivity over cryptocurrency transfers and distributed ledger data storage. There appears to be a trend for companies, both in and out of the ecosystem, aiming to lock up the potential of money’s future.


Maybe it’s a sign of things to come. Barclays, founded in London around the late 17th century, filed two patents with the United States Patent and Trademark Office this week. One concerns a method “and system for transferring digital currency from a payer to recipient comprising receiving an identifier of data describing the first entity,” application number 1511964.7 reads.

The other is a method “and system for recording data describing a first entity, the data endorsed by a second entity comprising the second entity validating data describing the first entity, wherein an identifier is associated with the data, the identifier being generated from a public key of the first entity,” crediting inventors Julian Wilson and David Fulton, both of Cheshire, Great Britain.

It doesn’t get more legacy financial than Barclays. It is a staple on English stock exchanges, along with a definitive seat on the New York Stock Exchange. At least one study published just a few years ago pins it as the most powerful bank in the world.

The bank has been particularly active in the cryptosphere the past two years. Summer of last year, it openly worried about crypto’s threat to its industry. Spring of the present year saw it team with Coinbase, and rumors are it’s considering its own crypto trading desk. The above patents will only add to speculation the bank is positioning itself in light of future fiscal reality.

See more - https://news.bitcoin.com/barclays-300-year-old-uk-legacy-bank-files-crypto-patents/

Новостное обновление 13 июля 2018

Патент: Как вы знаете ГатКоин будет первым проектом, где реализована технология направленного Аирдропа (и другой распределенной информации) по геолокации. Заявки на получение патентов были направлены в соответствующие бюро США и Китая. International Searching Authority уже подтвердила новизну и изобретательность поданных патентов. Итак, больше заявок на патенты будет направлено в разные страны в ближайшее время.

Прогресс в разработке: Мы трудимся над приложением, все идет по графику.

Open Collectors Network  заключила партнерство со Stox платформой.

На платформе Stox будет запущено 2 прогноза, с призовым фондом от Open Collectors Network, в рамках рекламы предстоящего ICO.

Каждый прогноз имеет призовой фонд в размере 320,000 ECTO и 5000 STX токенов.

Вопросы предсказаний будут следующими:

Как много whitelist регистраций будет иметь Open Collectors Network к 23 Июля?
Сколько ECTO токенов будет продано во время токенсейла Open Collectors Network?

https://blog.stox.com/open-collectors-network-partners-with-stox-to-offer-sponsored-predictions-38ef40669fa4
https://app.stox.com/predictions/Open-Collectors/prediction

Eastern European nations have been following closely regulatory developments in the West to better understand where the wind is blowing before addressing the challenges presented by cryptocurrencies. This strategy has proved fruitless, however, as developed western countries, and international organizations, have not been able to come up with a unified approach towards regulating the crypto space. The weightlessness goes on.


The adoption of the legislation meant to regulate the crypto industry in Russia has been delayed, despite President Putin’s July deadline for the legal framework. In the past weeks, Russian outlets have quoted officials expressing concerns that the draft laws introduced in the State Duma in March won’t be approved during the spring session. The three bills adopted on first reading in May were expected to pass a second vote before the parliament’s summer break.

According to Elina Sidorenko, head of the interdepartmental group assessing the risks associated with cryptocurrencies, the laws will be finalized after the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) develops its standards in the field, as news.Bitcoin.com reported. The news that the legislation will be postponed until the fall was confirmed by the chairman of the parliamentary Financial Market Committee, Anatoly Aksakov, who was quoted by RIA Novosti saying:

"We don’t have time during the spring session […]. The technology is rather complicated, it is largely transboundary. So, taking into account its characteristics, we wouldn’t like to write down norms that wouldn’t work. The documents will be ready by early fall. We expect the second and third reading in September."

“All this is just new for us and requires deep immersion into the features of this new technology and these new tools. Accordingly, time is needed to produce competent legal documents,” the Russian lawmaker added. As a result, the legal status of cryptocurrencies, mining, and crowdfunding in Russia remains undetermined.


Bulgaria, one of those EU member-states that await a pan-European decision on cryptocurrencies, has not made any significant progress towards regulating the crypto space, if we don’t count a clarification notice on crypto taxation issued by the National Revenue Service some time ago. However, the recent activity in Brussels, including the adoption of the 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive which entered into force last week, has provided enough stimulus for authorities in Sofia to do something.

The Bulgarian Financial Supervision Commission (FSC) adopted a “Strategy to Monitor Financial Technologies (Fintech) in the Non-Banking Financial Sector” (2018 – 2020). The document provides basic definitions of terms like crypto-assets, virtual currency, smart contract, blockchain technology, initial coin offering, and other.

The paper also calls for defining the requirements for a licensing or registration regime for companies offering “financially innovative products, services, and technologies,” and analyzes the need for regulations governing the outsourcing activities in the industry. The strategy speaks about setting up innovation hubs and sandboxes, as well as introducing mechanisms to manage the risks arising from innovations in the nonbanking sector.

See more - https://news.bitcoin.com/eastern-europe-regulation-postponed-tax-abandoned-banks-enlightened/

A congressional hearing before the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture today struck a positive tone towards the impact that cryptocurrency and digital assets can have for the economy and processes.

The hearing included academics, engineers, and entrepreneurs in the cryptocurrency industry. They included:

• Mr. Joshua Fairfield, William Donald Bain Family Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University School of Law, Staunton, VA
• Ms. Amber Baldet, Co-Founder and CEO, Clovyr, New York, NY
• Mr. Scott Kupor, Managing Partner, Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Park, CA
• Mr. Daniel Gorfine, Director, LabCFTC and Chief Innovation Officer, CFTC, Washington, DC
• The Honorable Gary Gensler, Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management, Brooklandville, MD
• Mr. Lowell Ness, Managing Partner, Perkins Coie LLP, Palo Alto, CA


The recent indictments of 12 Russia-linked hackers related to their alleged involvement in the 2016 U.S. elections was brought up. Bitcoin was mentioned as the means the hackers used to fund their activities and whether this helped hide their indentities.

However, committee members were informed that bitcoin’s public ledger allowed investigators to pinpoint the movement of funds much more easily than cash. The committee chairman, Michael Conaway, said, “As long as stupid criminals keep using bitcoin, that’d be great.”


With the numerous subject matter experts on the panel, the discussion went into much more detail than others, like the ones at the SEC.

Amber Baldet made a good case for current blockchain technology as an early open framework built on open-source technology, much like the infrastructure of the Internet. In its early state currently, blockchain technology has the potential to grow into new, foundational technologies like the SMTP email protocol. Baldet thus recommended a sensible and moderate regulation.

Baldet said, “the committee can take a more proactive approach to regulation” as a means to support a blockchain becoming a global infrastructure, as the United States did with the internet. This is in contrast to “reactionary” regulations.

See More - https://www.ccn.com/u-s-congress-strikes-positive-tone-on-cryptocurrency-in-latest-hearing/

The executive power in Uzbekistan has advanced towards legalizing cryptocurrencies and implementing blockchain technology in both government and economy. A new decree signed by President Mirziyoyev mandates licensing for trading and other activities related to the circulation of digital coins. The document also calls for regulating crypto mining and smart contracts.


Following in the footsteps of Belarus, Uzbekistan – another former Soviet republic – has taken steps to legalize its crypto sector as part of the efforts by the government in Tashkent to boost the country’s development through innovation. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has issued a special decree that will help prepare the legal ground for the implementation of blockchain technologies, the circulation of cryptocurrencies, and the regulation of mining.

The document, “On measures for the development of the digital economy in the Republic of Uzbekistan,” was signed on Tuesday and published on July 4. Decree №ПП-3832, which enters into force with its publication, notes that the technologies of blockchain, artificial intelligence, supercomputers, as well as the activities related to crypto assets are some of the main directions for digital development in many countries around the world.

Uzbekistan’s head of state has marked several tasks to further the development of the digital economy, the improvement of government systems and the creation of conditions for innovations in his country. Topping Mirziyoyev’s list is the introduction and expansion of activities related to the circulation of crypto assets, mining, smart-contracts, crowdfunding and blockchain technologies that can diversify investment and entrepreneurship. Some of these terms have been given proper definitions.

The decree also states that currency operations conducted by corporate entities and natural persons, including non-residents, related to the circulation of crypto assets, are not subject to taxation, and incomes received from such operations are not part of the taxable base. Also, crypto transactions by licensed entities will not be governed by the provisions of the regular currency law, according to the president.

See more - https://news.bitcoin.com/presidential-decree-sets-the-stage-for-legalizing-cryptocurrencies-in-uzbekistan/

Bleeping Computer, a technical support site, has warned cryptocurrency users to double check addresses to which they send cryptocoins before effecting transactions as a way of safeguarding against a growing type of malware that is re-directing transactions. This comes after the site said over the weekend that malware runners are monitoring more than 2 million crypto addresses with a view to replace them with addresses they control.

Interest in bitcoin and other cryptocoins usage has steadily grown over the past few years and according to surveys, more people are now aware of virtual currencies. Africa, Asia, and other regions have also shown strong interest in using cryptocurrencies.

However, experts have been warning that the malware, CryptoCurrency Clipboard Hijackers, is phishing crypto addresses and replacing them with a new one which they control. All the cryptocoins transferred will go into an address controlled by the hackers.

“This type of malware, called CryptoCurrency Clipboard Hijackers, works by monitoring the Windows clipboard for cryptocurrency addresses, and if one is detected, will swap it out with an address that they control,” Lawrence Abrahams, a computer forensics and creator of BleepingComputer wrote at the weekend.

The publication adds it has noticed that the current crypto malware is monitoring as many as 2.3 million cryptocurrency addresses. These addresses could be at risk of being replaced by addresses controlled by the hackers.

Bleeping Computer has cautioned that this type of malware “runs in the background with no indication that it is even running” hence it is “not easy to spot” that one’s computer would have been infected.

“Therefore it is important to always have an updated antivirus solution installed to protect you from these types of threats. It is also very important that all cryptocurrency users to double-check any addresses that they are sending cryptocoins to before they actually send them,” cautions Abrahams, who is also a malware removal expert.

He adds that the malware infection was this week as part of the All-Radio 4.27 Portable malware package distributed by BleepingComputer in the past week.

“When installed, a DLL named d3dx11_31.dll will be downloaded to the Windows Temp folder and an autorun called “DirectX 11” will be created to run the DLL when a user logs into the computer.”

https://www.ccn.com/bitcoin-thieves-are-monitoring-2-3-million-addresses-using-a-clipboard-malware-report/

Arthur Hayes, the Co-Founder and CEO of BitMEX, a Peer-to-Peer Trading Platform that offers leveraged contracts that are bought and sold in Bitcoin predicts that the pioneer cryptocurrency will sell for at least $50,000 by the end of 2018.

Hayes made his prediction while speaking on the CNBC Fast Money show on June 29 2018. This prediction has been described as a “SuperBowlish Forecast”.


According to Hayes, the cryptocurrency is just one positive regulatory decision away from climbing through $20,000 on its way to $50,000 by the end of the year.

Considering the slump in price that Bitcoin has experienced for most part of 2018, Hayes remains bullish, noting such as a normal correction.

“I think that something that goes up to $20,000 in one year can have a correction down to $6,000 and will definitely find a bottom at about $3,000 and $5,000 range”, says Hayes.

This insinuation definitely upholds the opinions of most long term investors who have continued to HODL, seeing every deep as an opportunity to buy more Bitcoins into their portfolios.


BitMEX is the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, and Hayes says that his company has so far tripled its total trading volume of 2017 already in what he describes as a great year.

While a lot of people may assume that cryptocurrency volatility, especially Bitcoin is simply all about price movement, Hayes, whose company actually thrives on volatility explains that the slump in price actually reduces the level of volatility in the market. Hence, for the market to be vibrant, increased capitalization is necessary.

Hayes expresses confidence in the predicted trend reversal citing historical patterns that have seen Bitcoin post some significant corrections in the past. In his opinion, the cycles are even expected to happen quicker these days considering the increased volume being traded in the market.

One of the key positive regulations that Hayes suggest will trigger this forecasted bullish rum for Bitcoin is the ETF. He notes that the ETF will bring real money to the table, as primary dealers have to go and get inventory, and there will be subscriptions for real money to buy the asset.

https://www.ccn.com/hayes-a-positive-regulatory-etf-will-push-bitcoin-to-50000-in-2018/

"The buy back of HBZ will be equivalent to more than $1m (ETH) and will be executed stage by stage."

I do not understand their policy, the current price is $0.007, but they are willing to buy between $0.01 and $0.04. Current price is at lest 30% lower than they had originally planned to spend. Perfect buy for them. If the goal to buy back a large amount of tokens - this moment is perfect.

The main fact which makes me believe in MWAT idea in long term is their real physical working business in Romania. Even on bearish market team are posting fresh news and updates, conclude new agreements and promote their business constantly.

2018 promises to be very hard for ico/blockchain startups survival, but for this project hodl strategy may be justified.

The development of scaling solutions, along with a decrease in Bitcoin transaction throughput, has allowed for Bitcoin fees to drop under a dollar. A Bitcoin ‘whale’ utilized these dropping fees, moving 48,000 Bitcoin for just four cents.


Bitcoin fees were the talk of the town in December 2017, as Bitcoin fees briefly reached $50 when the network confirmed nearly 400,000 transactions each day. Since then confirmed transactions have halved, dropping to an average of 200,000 transactions on a daily basis.



This decrease in transactions has allowed for Bitcoin’s mempool to clear, as the network became clogged with transactions in the latter half of 2017. According to info aggregated by popular cryptocurrency infrastructure firm, Blockchain, the number of transactions waiting for confirmation has dropped by over 95%, from an average of 100,000 to 5,000.

It was widely speculated that Bitcoin’s critics, hell-bent on ruining Bitcoin’s credibility and reliability, purposely inflated Bitcoin transaction fees. These critics reportedly filled up Bitcoin blocks with ‘spam’ transactions, using the Bitcoin network for no real purpose.

However, others observed that the exponential increase in transaction fees was also due to the growth in the interest of Bitcoin, with retail consumers looking to transact value using the ‘flavor of the month.’

A whale, unidentified at the time of writing, has proved this point, paying four cents of fees for the transaction of over $290 million worth of Bitcoin. The transaction occurred late last night, with the Bitcoin user moving 48,500 Bitcoin for mere pennies, a far cry from the fees of late 2017. The ‘Whale’ paid 0.00000675 Bitcoin in fees, offering a rate of 3 satoshis per byte of transactional data.

It came as a surprise to some that a user with such a large amount of cryptocurrency holdings would pay fees well-below the rate suggested by Blockchain, at around 5 satoshis per byte.

A Twitter user, with the handle, @martybent, said:

“Can you imagine trying to move $300M for $0.04 using the traditional banking system? No, no you can’t.”

However, users have sought for more, looking for ways to decrease transaction fees to the bare minimum, while increasing Bitcoin transaction throughput limits. This search has signaled the development of Bitcoin scaling solutions, pertinent to the future success of this world-changing network.

See more - https://www.newsbtc.com/2018/06/28/whale-moves-48000-bitcoin-for-4-cents-in-fees-as-scaling-solutions-develop/

The securities regulator in Canada's Ontario province raised concerns in a report that public knowledge of cryptocurrency appears to be lacking despite a growing interest in the nascent technology among local residents.

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) published a survey result on Thursday that sampled over 2,500 Ontario residents aged over 18 in March regarding their awareness and knowledge of cryptocurrency and initial coin offerings.

The survey found that five percent of Ontarians currently hold cryptocurrency assets such as bitcoin and ethereum. While the percentage appears to be relatively small, the OSC said the figure still translates to over 500,000 residents in the province – a number that is "sufficient to concern the OSC as a securities regulatory authority."

Among the surveyed cryptocurrency holders, nearly half of them bought the assets because of their enthusiasm for the technology while 42 percent did so for speculation with a purpose to make profits by selling at a higher price.

Adding to the OSC's concerns is a result that shows while the public are largely aware of cryptocurrency such as bitcoin, yet most of them do not understand basics of the technology.

For instance, the survey shows that over 80 percent of all respondents indicated they have heard of bitcoin. But as the OSC presented six statements about bitcoin to ask respondents to verify their correctness, about 30 percent can answer four or more of the questions correctly. And, only three percent got all the questions right.

Meanwhile, for respondents who currently hold cryptocurrency assets, the survey said around 15 percent of them answered the six questions correctly.

In addition, the survey reported that 1.5 percent of the respondents said they participated in an initial coin offering, meaning over 170,000 Ontarians bought cryptocurrency assets through a token sale before.

In fact, the report said around 10 percent of the respondents expressed they had been solicited by a token offering scheme. However, the OSC raised concerns that a majority of the respondents who had heard of cryptocurrency before taking the survey (67 percent) do not know who regulates ICOs and 18 percent of them believed ICOs are not regulated.

The survey is the OSC's latest work to gauge public knowledge of the cryptocurrency industry as the regulator is beefing up efforts to monitor token sale activities that target at Ontarian residents.

It also comes just a month after the regulator has joined the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) to start working with counterparts in the U.S. to scrutinize ICOs projects.

https://www.coindesk.com/regulator-survey-5-ontario-public-hold-crypto-assets/

Возможно в конце текущей неделе будет распределение баунти токенов. Довольно внушительная сумма собранных средств - 12 млн дол. Скоро должна быть запущена торговая пара  LCS/BTC на бирже HotBit.

А пока купить/продать LocalCoinSwap  можно на децентрализованных биржах ForkDelta, EtherDelta, EtherNext.

О последней бирже EtherNext первый раз слышу, кто работал с ней, поделитесь отзывами, на сколько она надежна.

Many in the cryptocurrency community thought that Bitcoin bottomed at $6,000, as it held over that price level for weeks on end. However, Bitcoin dropped under $5,800 on the weekend, leading some to believe that Bitcoin’s price could move even lower. Brian Kelly, leading cryptocurrency trader and analyst on CNBC, drew attention to four reasons why he believes the most popular cryptocurrency has found a price bottom.


Kelly opened up his segment by acknowledging that Bitcoin had reached a yearly low of approximately $5,779. Although new lows would traditionally be seen as a negative sign, the CNBC trader noted that the quick rebound off $5,779 is indicative of Bitcoin finding a price bottom. Kelly elaborated on this point, saying:

“Over the weekend we saw Bitcoin hit new lows, I think we saw Bitcoin hit $5779. Then within about 10 or 15 minutes you have a huge ramp up, 100 to 200 points. This is typically the action that Bitcoin has shown at bottoms.”

Brian Kelly also mentioned that the average mining cost of one BTC sits around $5,900, indicating a potential for strong support over that level. Tom Lee, co-founder of analysis firm Fundstrat, also believes that the mining costs are a vital level for the most prominent cryptocurrency to hold.

In an appearance on CNBC, Lee noted that prices for Bitcoin have historically held above mining costs, especially in the cryptocurrency bear market of 2014.

See More - https://www.newsbtc.com/2018/06/27/brian-kelly-believes-bitcoin-could-be-nearing-a-price-bottom/

Bitcoin, a digital asset most people would consider a high-risk investment, is progressively becoming an option for millennials who find that putting money into property is not the wisest choice. A research study conducted in the United Kingdom found that 21% of the population aged between 21 and 35 would rather invest in Bitcoin instead of property.


UK-based build-to-rent developer Get Living conducted a poll among 3,000 millennials to better understand their position on property investment. It found out that three-quarters said they believe there are more rewarding investments to be made than putting money into real estate.

The study found that 57% of millennials consider property a ‘high risk’ investment decision over the next five years and Bitcoin is seen as a better investment by 21% of them.

“For Millennials the soaring performance of Bitcoin – followed by an almost equally profound correction – holds more intrigue than the prospect of steady growth in house prices. This translated to 27% of male Millennials polled believing Bitcoin represents a better investment than property.”

Over a third of homeowner participants in the poll said that the value of their property dropped in first 12 months and 57% admitted to having underestimated the cost of buying their first home. Monthly costs for 45% of them are much higher than when they were renting and 49% lived in more convenient locations before becoming home owners.

Neil Young, chief executive of Get Living, analyzed the insights into ‘a generation in the vanguard of the new on-demand subscription society.’

“What we’ve found in this report is that ‘generation rent’ are cautious when it comes to property investment, are optimistic for the future and value the flexibility that renting offers. These shifts can’t be ignored.”

Robert Shiller, the U.S. economist and Nobel Laureate for his work on speculative manias including the housing bubble, has been vocal about bitcoin, recently calling it an ‘epidemic of enthusiasm.’ The Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University said Bitcoin is another attempt at reinventing money and that no one can explain how cryptocurrencies work.

Cryptocurrency entrepreneurs are addressing virtually every business sector, including the real estate market. WestLand Storage Company, who has been operating on real estate for over 17 years, has recently launched a blockchain-based technology that aims to decentralize the real estate market and tokenize any real estate.

The Floating Island Project, founded by billionaire cryptocurrency enthusiast Peter Thiel and Patri Friedman, is set to develop an off-shore housing that uses its own currency and operates outside of government regulations. If the pilot program works out, the project aims to build hundreds of islands over the years.

https://www.newsbtc.com/2018/06/27/a-fifth-of-uk-millennials-would-rather-invest-in-bitcoin-than-in-real-estate/

Модератор в телеграмм группе savedroid написал что Beta App может быть выпущена в течении нескольких дней. Затем возможен немедленный листинг.

"We expect to receive the approval to launch our Beta App within a few days. Afterwards our way is free for immediate listing"

Japan's top financial official is cautious about the idea of his nation changing how it taxes gains from cryptocurrencies.

During a meeting with the budget committee of the Upper House on June 25, Senator Kenji Fukimaki asked whether Japan's tax policy on cryptocurrency profits could be changed from its current "miscellaneous income" classification to "separate declared taxation," Reuters reported. Taro Aso, the deputy prime minister and minister of finance, said he was cautious about making such a change.

Aso explained that, in his view, it was "doubtful" that the general public would understand such a change. He cited the "international nature" of cryptocurrency as one reason why Japanese residents might dislike a change in tax classification. The finance minister also said he was unsure about the "tax fairness" of implementing such a change.

At present, profits earned by investors in cryptocurrency can be taxed between 15 and 55 percent, due to the miscellaneous income rules, according to Bloomberg. Stock profits, which are treated more like separate declared taxes, are taxed at roughly 20 percent in the country.

While the finance official has doubts about cryptocurrency taxation, he still expressed support for blockchain technology in general, saying they have uses apart from cryptocurrencies.

https://www.coindesk.com/japans-finance-minister-balks-at-changing-crypto-tax-rules/

Research company Ipsos on behalf of ING Bank B.V. has conducted a study on how cryptocurrencies are perceived across Europe, Australia and the U.S., which reveals that interest in the technology is expected to double in the future.

While only 9 percent of respondents own crypto, 25 percent said they will own some in the future. The highest percent (18 percent) of crypto ownership is reported in Turkey, while the lowest (4 percent) is in Luxembourg.

The survey is reportedly conducted several times a year and takes into account gender, age and population in each country, while consumer figures are an average. The latest study, which was carried out between March 26 and April 6, 2018, compared 15 countries, with about 1,000 respondents surveyed in each.

According to the study, 66 percent of Europeans have heard of cryptocurrency, of which 77 percent are men and 55 percent are women; 35 percent agreed that crypto is the “future of spending online,” while 35 percent said it will increase in value in the following 12 months.

The share of awareness of crypto is equal to or exceeds 50 percent in every surveyed country, with the highest rate in Austria (79 percent) and Poland (77 percent). In the U.S., 57 percent of respondents have heard of cryptocurrency.

Fewer than one in ten in Europe owned crypto, with similar figures in the U.S. and Australia. The survey revealed that people in Europe who are mobile bankers are much more likely to own crypto (12 percent) than those who are not mobile bankers (4 percent).

The study revealed that most respondents recognize crypto as a riskier investment than cash, real estate, government bonds, or the stock market. Among preferred sources of information on potential Bitcoin (BTC) investments in 11 of 15 countries, people chose specialist websites. Respondents from Spain, France, and Luxembourg preferred to rely on financial or bank advisors, while Italians said they would prefer both specialist websites and professional advisors.

Earlier this month, consulting firm Capgemini found in its World Wealth Report 2018 that interest in cryptocurrencies has notably grown among high-net-worth individuals. According to the report, nearly one-third of surveyed individuals expressed high interest in cryptocurrencies. Interest in crypto was much higher among younger investors, with 70 percent of respondents under 40 attaching great importance to having their wealth managers provide information crypto, compared to only 13 percent of respondents 60 and over.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/ing-bank-survey-reveals-interest-in-crypto-will-double-in-near-future

Ответы на некоторые вопросы от членов команды:


Новость от 20 Июня.

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