The CEO of the upcoming cryptocurrency platform Bakkt, which is being developed by the operator of the New York Stock Exchange ICE, together with Microsoft and Starbucks, said it intends to carry out a "revolution" in the industry, similar to the one that happened with energy resources fifteen years ago.

Blockchain has enormous potential that the World Bank must use if it intends to keep up with innovative technologies. This opinion was expressed by World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, speaking at the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and world banks.

Kim drew attention to the feasibility of using the blockchain to combat corruption and poverty, as well as to improve wealth in general.

On October 8, the blockchain-company and the mining pool ViaBTC completed the initial placement of tokens (ICO) using the Wormhole protocol and the Bitcoin Cash network. According to exchange data, ICO ViaBTC Token attracted $ 3,700 per second, collecting a total of $ 30 million in just over 2 hours.

ViaBTC recently released a new token called Viabtc Token (VIAT) using the Wormhole protocol. The company calls VIAT an ancillary service that enhances the value of the core service with its availability and a bonus token that can be used as a "gas" or cost transfer method. When VIAT was released on the Wormhole network, the developers set a fixed number of coins to be issued at the level of 2 billion tokens.

Popular cryptocurrency analyst and host of the television show Cryptotrader on the American channel CNBC Ran Neuner is sure that the price of Bitcoin is "about to explode." On October 7, he wrote in his Twitter account: "I just bought Bitcoin for my parents. It's too obvious that it's about to explode... "

The ratio of Neuner to the price of Bitcoin has almost always been optimistic. In a recent interview with the hedge fund owner Michael Arrington expert said that by the end of the year Bitcoin will reach $ 25,000.

Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen entered the Forbes 400 list this year. He was the 383rd among the richest people in the world in the opinion of the publication, and became the first who entered the list due to the state earned exclusively on cryptocurrencies.

The well-known Bitcoin-optimist and former hedge fund manager Michael Novogratz, who previously assumed the price movement of Bitcoin to new historical heights until the end of 2018, revised his forecast.

The American hedge fund Tiger Global, most of whose investments are related to consumer brands, plans to invest $ 500 million in the Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange.

If the negotiations are successful, the company's market value will approach $ 8 billion, which will make Coinbase one of the highest-rated startups in the United States, as well as strengthen the legitimacy of the entire cryptocurrency market. There is also information that Tiger Global plans to buy out some of the shares of Coinbase shareholders, but no specific figures have been announced yet.

On October 9, 2018, the international company Smile-Expo will host the second Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Switzerland – large event about DLT and cryptocurrencies. The conference will unite top professionals from the DLT sphere, as well as investors, developers and market analysts.

The well-known Chinese OTC trader and cryptocurrency billionaire Zhao Dong believes that the next 15 months is the ideal time to acquire a cryptocurrency. According to Dong, you need to select a "quality undervalued project", buy its tokens and do not sell them for a long time.