Cryptocurrency & ICO News

The founder of Morgan Creek Digital Assets, Anthony Pompliano, told CNN in an interview why he and other entrepreneurs are protecting Bitcoin and remain committed to new technologies even though the market is plummeting.

"We have very deep conviction on a long-term basis. And if you look at the fundamentals, the 24-hour transaction volume on the Bitcoin network is about $4.6 billion as of lately, and the market cap is $74 billion. So that's about a 16-times multiple of transaction volume for market cap. That's very similar to MasterCard which does about $11 billion worth of transactions and is valued at about $180 billion. So from a value perspective, it's right there on par with MasterCard," he said.

Spencer Bogart, a partner at Blockchain Capital, a venture capital firm, said in a conversation with Bloomberg that despite the long bearish cycle in the cryptocurrency market, cryptoactives still have enormous potential.

The expert still holds positive predictions about the future of Bitcoin, noting the critical role of "programmable money", whose popularity will continue to grow.

The head of the American Autodesk Corporation, Andrew Anagnost, spoke at the Autodesk University conference in Las Vegas with the statement that the blockchain technology can help eradicate corruption and increase confidence in the construction industry.

Financial analyst and co-founder of Fundstrat Global Advisors Tom Lee changed his forecast for the price of Bitcoin by the end of this year, cutting the figure almost twice.

Lee believes that predicting future quotes need to build on the cost of mining. Analysts at Fundstrat report that earlier the return on Bitcoin mining on the S9 Antminer device was $ 8,000, but now the figure has dropped to $ 7,000. According to Lee, the first cryptocurrency rate should exceed the payback index 2.2 times, so his forecast is $ 15,000.

A cryptocurrency credit startup "SALT Lending" and a former member of the board of directors of the company Erik Voorhees are under investigation by a US regulator. It is reported by the publication The Wall Street Journal, citing "sources familiar with the situation."

At a meeting with the Deputy General Counsel of the International Monetary Fund Ross Leckow, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse expressed the opinion that universal regulation would spur Bitcoin and blockchain adoption. The meeting was held as part of the Fintech Festival in Singapore.

The eccentric cryptocurrency enthusiast and creator of one of the first antivirus companies, John McAfee, once again confirmed his opinion about Bitcoin for a million dollars by 2020. Moreover, according to him, this is a very conservative forecast.

Despite the significant market downturn and Bitcoin prices, McAfee remains calm and optimistic about his prediction.

At the Web Summit conference held in Lisbon, venture investor Tim Draper once again confirmed his opinion that by 2022, Bitcoin will cost $ 250,000.

Initially, such a statement regarding the first cryptocurrency Draper made back in April of this year. He noted that it is not important what the public believes in - Bitcoin will add value.

Former chairman of Google, billionaire Eric Emerson Schmidt, gave an interview to economist Tyler Cowen at an organized Village Global event, which was held in San Francisco.

The dialogue covered various topics, such as the future of technology, the division of the Internet, recruitment methods and the reform of corporate governance. In addition, Schmidt expressed his opinion about Ethereum, stating that he has enormous potential and has every chance of becoming a powerful platform.

The developer, who formalized the code that underlies most of the primary token allocations (ICO), the Ethereum standard ERC-20, proposed a new approach in an attempt to make financing schemes safer for investors.

The head of the largest Bitcoin derivatives trading platform BitMEX Arthur Hayes expressed the opinion that the "bearish" trend in the cryptocurrency market may last another 18 months.

"My view is the volatility environment that exists right now could persist for another 12 to 18 months, the flatness. I am just basing it off my previous experience. I started in bitcoin in 2013, when the price went from $250 to $1,300. And then 2014 to 2015 was sort of the nuclear bear market. Price crashed, volume crashed — very, very difficult to make money," he said.

Former head of the US Federal Reserve Janet Yellen, known for her extreme skepticism about cryptocurrency, unexpectedly for herself became the owner of a small part of Bitcoin, having received it as a gift.

The well-known critic of the Federal Reserve and part-time supporter of cryptocurrency Ron Paul published an article entitled "Trump Is Right, Fed Is Crazy", where he urged to abandon the fiat money printed by central banks, and start using alternative calculation options, which include cryptocurrencies.

The founder and CEO of Xapo, Wences Casares, stressed that Bitcoin is an intellectual experiment that still needs years to prove its success.

During the international meeting of regulators held last week, a member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) positively assessed the potential use of the blockchain, emphasizing that the agency should respect the role of technology in financial markets.

The head of the Indian non-profit trade organization called the cryptocurrency "illegal" and urged enterprises to comply with local legislation.

Debjani Ghosh, president of the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM), consisting of more than 2,000 companies, said that, from an organization's point of view, cryptocurrencies in India are illegal. According to her, the "illegal" status of cryptocurrencies was because the government could not keep up with innovations.

The head of deVere Group, Nigel Green believes that in the coming years, the superiority of Bitcoin in the cryptocurrency market will significantly decrease. However, this will not prevent the first cryptocurrency to grow by another 5000%.

Green, however, recognizes the merits of Bitcoin and the revolution accomplished by this cryptocurrency, but believes that new technologies and cryptocurrencies will surpass the progenitor in time.

Dash Core Group CEO Ryan Taylor said that cryptocurrency issued by central banks is "the inevitable future." However, he noted that people themselves will decide what forms of money and when to use.

In a conversation with the Cointelegraph at the "Money20/20" conference, Taylor said that central banks have advantages in issuing their own cryptocurrencies. However, it all depends on the adoption of such coins by the market: "the free market can certainly develop a better embodiment of money than the government."