Crypto Is Driven by Extraordinary Consumer and Investor Demand, Says Australi...
The chairman of Australia’s Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) says crypto is “being driven by extraordinary consumer and investor demand,” noting that “The implications for consumers are potentially huge.” The securities regulator is currently working with lawmakers to develop rules for cryptocurrencies. Regulator Sees ‘Extraordinary Consumer and Investor Demand’ for Crypto Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Chair Joe Longo talked about cryptocurrency at the Australian Financial Review’s Super & Wealth....
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He told an audience that the rise of blockchain currencies has been “nothing short of phenomenal.” Joe Longo, chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, or ASIC, spoke at the Australian Financial Review Super and Wealth Summit on Monday at the Fullerton Hotel in Sydney. The rise of crypto, he said, has been “nothing short of phenomenal, and impossible to ignore.” As a corporate and markets regulator, Longo admitted to a certain fascination with decentralized autonomous organizations, or DAOs. He said that they present certain challenges for national regulators like....
A new Crypto.com survey reveals a huge gap between consumer demand and merchant acceptance for crypto payments. The secret to fast-track cryptocurrency’s mainstream adoption lies within addressing a contradicted consumer demand for crypto payments across business verticals, reveals a new survey. In a study participated by crypto exchange Crypto.com’s 110,000 customers and over 1.5 million Worldpay merchants, roughly 60% of both merchants and customers shared their interest in crypto payments. However, the consumer demand does not reciprocate the business verticals that accept....
Image: Twitter. Well-known Bitcoin investor Michael Terpin believes Bitcoin is now at the point in its evolution where Bitcoin firms can reach out directly to the consumer, citing Purse.io as an example of success in this pursuit. "I think now we are the moment in Bitcoin where enough of the infrastructure has been built up we can serve the consumer," Terpin said. "In January 2014, I said at a conference that you could not have the Google of Bitcoin until you have the Yahoo, and you can't have the Netscape until you have the Cisco. Cisco is the mining equipment and brick-and-mortar of the....
A new Demand Institute's study finds that the demand for expanded access to financial services, which could add an estimated $650bln in Chinese consumer spending over the next 10 years, has been going largely unmet. The report, A Wealth of Opportunity: Chinese Consumers and Their Shifting Demand for Financial Services, states that there exists an untapped demand among Chinese consumers for household financial services products, including deposit accounts, credit cards and debit cards. It further elaborates that the evolution of this demand in China would be different to that of other....
Bitcoin's recent price rally received extensive coverage on various mainstream media outlets. The recent price rally exhibited by Bitcoin took the mainstream media by surprise. While the cryptocurrency community was waiting for it, others didn’t really expect it to happen so soon. Bitcoin, like any other commodity, is driven by demand and supply. In the past few weeks, the demand for Bitcoin has been high due to various economic and political factors across the world. Increased demand from investors looking for alternate financial assets, has driven its price above $900. Two months ago,....