J. Christopher Flowers Says Majority of Bitcoin Startups Will Fail
Financial services investor, J.Christopher Flowers says that many bitcoin startups offering financial services will soon fail. The bitcoin community is hopeful for the digital currency to become the currency of choice across the world one day. However, it may not happen anytime soon. To start with, bitcoin has a long way to go both in terms of its adoption or the technical development. Even if it looks a bit farfetched, it will eventually get there. An old school financial services investor, J. Christopher Flowers has a different take on it. According to him, the fintech revolution what we....
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