Looking at 10 percent
of global remittance volume and 10 percent of global card transaction volume in 2017, a single cryptocurrency can reach roughly $ 6 — 9 bln in commissions.
The widespread use of crypto as the primary mode
of global remittances and digital transaction will be just the beginning, we will soon see entire industries reform due to this revolution in technology and money.
Liew based his theory on factors like the rise
of global remittances, economic uncertainty, and mobile penetration.
Not exact matches
So although the machines can be found in several different countries, Robocoin simply hasn't sold enough
of them to support a
global remittance network.
As
of December 2016, the
global average cost
of remittance was 7.4 %.
Also, bitcoin could very well be the answer for a first truly
global currency and has a lot
of potential in the space
of payments,
remittance and micropayments,» Saurabh Agrawal, co-founder
of Zebpay, told Techcircle.in.
The allure
of the vast
global remittance market has attracted entrepreneurs for years and the dream is slowly being realized as centralized and legacy infrastructure gives way to multiple bitcoin endpoints.
Keep in mind that
global remittances and digital payments are only the tip
of the iceberg.
We can add in
global remittances, which are in excess of $ 600 bln per year, according to Pew Global Res
global remittances, which are in excess
of $ 600 bln per year, according to Pew
Global Res
Global Research.
Since the original vision
of Ripple was focused on allowing everyday people to make
global transactions, like
remittance payments, inexpensively and quickly, the pivot to focusing exclusively on banks was seen as a turnoff by many.
In 2017, India saw a total
of $ 65 billion move into the country and Induslnd Bank which has significant interests in cross border
remittances, plans to harness the power
of Blockchain technology for facilitating
global payments.»
Bradley Zastrow, director
of global business development at Dash Core, said in a statement, «The
remittance market into South America is huge — Brazil and Colombia alone are estimated to reach $ 8.2 billion in 2017 according to the latest forecasts from the World Bank.
The more
global demand for bitcoin as an investment, as a spending currency, and as a low - cost
remittance service grows, the more the price
of bitcoin will increase.
OKLink, a Hong Kong - based
global blockchain money network, is offering $ 100 million in free
remittance trades to international
remittance companies; MAST improving Bitcoin in three main ways such as extending smart contract flexibility; improving scalability; and increasing privacy; The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences 2016 professors Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström, transforming contract theory; the first ever official Russian real estate listing for bitcoins and major securities exchange in Abu Dhabi has announced the launch
of a blockchain - enabled voting service.
Still, while BitPesa is closer to reaching the market, it's not the only operator trying to use the power
of the Bitcoin protocol to improve the
global remittance process.
XinFin has signed agreements with over 10
global institutions that aim to make use
of XinFin's Hybrid Blockchain model to disrupt various industry verticals such as
remittances, travel, supply chain, assets and Projects financing.»
«Among various pilots that will be conducted on AlphaEx.net will be fixed rate
remittances, Token
of Trust for
Global Trade, digitization
of real world assets and Finance and providing settlement layer for the IoT enabled projects.»