na da geht die eine Grossbanke die Andere an
Goldman Sachs Says Bitcoin ‘Is Not A Fraud’, Plans Trading
https://cointelegraph.com/news/goldman-sachs-says-bitcoin-is-not-a-fraud-plans-trading“It resonates with us when a client says, ‘I want to hold Bitcoin or Bitcoin futures because I think it is an alternate store of value,’” she told the publication.
“...It is not a new risk that we don’t understand. It is just a heightened risk that we need to be extra aware of here.”
She added that Goldman “had concluded Bitcoin is not a fraud,” a poignant statement in an industry where competitor JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon’s infamous description of Bitcoin still resonates.
die alte Börsenweisheit gilt nicht für cryptos
und wenn nur ein GANZ GANZ kleiner Teil davon, cryptos benutzt um das kapital um die Welt zu schicken, viel billiger und VIEL schneller, plus Spekulanten und Langzeitinvestoren
also reden wir mal von 1%, dann heben Cryptos ab!
bei 5% gehen sie durch decke ...
Goldman Sachs to Open a Bitcoin Trading Operation - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/technology/bitcoin-goldman-sachs.htmlnun wie geschrieben wenn US Anleger Kapital abziehen und es neu platzieren wollen, dann sind cryptos perfekt um zwischen zu lagern und schnell um die ganze Welt zu schicken.
Sell In May and Go Away? Not for Bitcoin Bulls
www.coindesk.com/...n-may-and-go-away-not-for-bitcoins-bulls/Und sachs öffnet die tore zur richtigen zeit
Sorry schreib vom handy
Stochrsi im tageschart am boden und der preis steigt, das ist bullish zu werten
Erst ist sogar noch am fallen
12k kommen sehr schnell
Bitfinex ist tatsächlich der Preistreiber cryptowatch.de/
1 Mrd kaufwütige Chinesen sind nicht zu unterschätzen
China National Radio (CNR), a high-level government mouthpiece, has aired doubts about the legality of services offered by OKEx, the Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange launched by OKCoin, previously one of the "Big Three" trading platforms in China.
Through its podcast channel "Voice of China" on Thursday and later an article titled "Exchanges that still prevail after the ban," CNR alleged that OKEx violated rules by offering bitcoin contracts to mainland Chinese investors after it claimed to have moved its business overseas.
The broadcaster cited two sources with the surnames Yang and Zhang, allegedly investors who had used OKex's services, claiming that the firm's bitcoin contracts trading is essentially betting on unregulated bitcoin futures with the option to add leverage to increase returns, and risk.
The article went on to blast OKEx for apparently dodging regulations by registering itself in Belize, while having its headquarters based in Hong Kong, a special administrative region outside of mainland China's jurisdiction.
https://www.coindesk.com/china-national-radio-questions-legality-of-okex-bitcoin-futures-trading/und nach Banken naa, naaa, die den scheiß ja nie kaufen würden ^^
Versicherungen
microinsurance / micropayments
Inclusive Insurance? Businesses See Blockchain As Change-Enabler
The concept of microinsurance is getting a shot in the arm from new technologies, not least among them blockchain.
A term coined at the turn of the millennium, "microinsurance" is often defined as coverage for people on very low incomes. However, the concept has run up against many of the problems faced by microfinance generally. In theory, it's a great idea, but the practicalities of distribution and operational costs make it unsustainable in many cases.
The most commonly cited use case is coverage to protect small farmers in developing countries from abject weather conditions. From an insurer's perspective, this can involve writing policies or overseeing a claims-handling process for a single-hectare farm (not much bigger than a soccer field) in the African bush. The associated costs far outweigh the meager premium these types of customers can afford.
Or, to put it in layman's terms, the juice isn't worth the squeeze, from the insurer's point of view.
However, a perfect storm of new tech including blockchain, the internet of things and big data analytics is changing the outlook for microinsurance. Indeed, many experts are now saying these technologies, put together, could upend the whole value chain.
While specialist groups like Microinsurance Network have been touting blockchain's potential for a couple years, there is now a steady groundswell of startups such as Etherisc and InsurePal looking at combining microinsurance and blockchain.
The potential is also reaching beyond the world of insurtech, with even large insurance companies like Zurich and Axa experimenting with blockchain for this type of coverage.
To push things forward, Etherisc, an insurtech company that builds products on the ethereum blockchain, recently hired an expert on developing-world microinsurance, Michiel Berende, as its inclusive insurance lead.
Berende, who previously lived in India under a grant program to study how coverage can be cheaply deployed, told CoinDesk:
"Today, it is non-insurers that are managing to make inclusive insurance possible, to make it profitable, and to make it interesting."
Cutting costs
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And in this specific iteration using a blockchain, other costs are mitigated as well - because, unlike large insurers with thousands of employees, smart contracts don't need to be paid or housed in skyscrapers, as Etherisc co-founder and CEO Stephan Karpischek likes to point out.
Similarly, Zurich Insurance Group recently revealed a prototype of microinsurance crop insurance on ethereum.
Designed by Martin Baier, Zurich's program manager for business innovation and development at Zurich, the prototype used an external weather data source API as the oracle to trigger the automatic payout in case of drought or flooding.
The project earned Zurich the distinction of being the only incumbent from its industry to make it to the finals of an insurtech competition held in Zug, Switzerland (nicknamed "crypto valley" for its concentration of blockchain startups).
Another insurance giant, AXA, which recently launched a blockchain-based parametric flight delay product (if the plane is two hours late, the customer gets an automatic payout), is looking at similar applications for rural microinsurance.
Again, the key is having an external data source that would ping the blockchain in the event of payout-triggering events.
"To assess the [crop] yield on a one-hectare farm would be expensive. To significantly reduce costs, you have to use remote-sensing technologies, for example from satellites, to monitor vegetation developments," said Tanguy Touffut, CEO of AXA Global Parametrics.
https://www.coindesk.com/inclusive-insurance-businesses-see-blockchain-change-enabler/"Ihre massiven Zusatzkosten machen Micropayments unmöglich" ... "einer elektronischen Währung, die auf einem kryptografischen Beweis beruht und kein Vertrauen in Mittelsmänner benötigt, ist Geld sicher und kann mühelos transferiert werden."
spät dran der gute harry
