Sentences with phrase «of the digital asset class»

I wrote back then what I write today: bitcoin is only one type of cryptocurrency, and its success / failure has no bearing on the philosophical underpinnings of the digital asset class.

However, strong correlation between bitcoin and the rest of the digital asset class is just as much a risk as the lack of liquidity we talked about earlier.

Crypto assets are struggling for momentum amid calls for greater regulatory oversight of the digital asset class.

However, the impact on the cryptocurrency market will be much smaller given the immense growth of the digital asset class over the past 12 months.

Popular stock trading app Robinhood has officially rolled out its cryptocurrency trading platform to users in five U.S. states, setting the stage for greater mainstream adoption of the digital asset class.

The assets are seen by many as a precursor to greater mainstream adoption of the digital asset class.

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This is probably the most common use of digital currency for individuals and non-professionals: as an alternative, risky, potentially very rewarding sort of asset class.

While digital money was once seen as the province of cranks and computers geeks, it's now so mainstream that investors see it as a new asset class and are creating hundred million dollar hedge funds to acquire it.

As former UBS chief technology officer and leading blockchain expert Oliver Bussmann recently said, «ICO as a new business model leveraging blockchain technology will sustain as the digital way, combining crowdfunding and [a] new hybrid asset class of equity ownership and currency.»

Coinbase is not the first to offer a cryptocurrency index fund, which passively invests in a basket of digital assets the same way stock market investors can buy a broad S&P 500 fund, allowing investors to get exposure to the asset class without directly owning Bitcoin and its peers.

While government efforts to come to grips with digital money have been fraught, the more important trend may be the growing number of money managers who are looking at cryptocurrencies as an asset class for investment.

Since then, cryptocurrency has surged in popularity as an asset class — and Bitcoin is now just one of many digital currencies out there.

The popularity of digital currencies and the industry furthering its status as a legitimate asset class continues to attract retail investors and traditional investment institutions.

There is no clear - cut evidence that the growth in the crypto - currency market has led to stagnation in the prices of precious metals, but looking at the investments pouring into cryptos, especially the heavyweights, one can assume that digital currencies have billed themselves as a safe haven for investors to park their funds, thereby replacing gold, which for decades has been the go - to asset class.

Since 2011, Dara Albright has been helping set the direction of the financial services industry through trendsetting articles, white papers, acclaimed conferences, roadshows and influential webinars that introduce new digital financing techniques and modern alternative asset classes such as equity crowdfunding and p2p notes to the financial ecosystem.

As part of our efforts to build the best suite of trading products and services for the fast emerging digital asset class, OKCoin International (Intl.) will launch a new blockchain asset - only exchange called OKEx.

These tools are expected to boost the adoption of Bitcoin trading and hopefully establish digital assets as a new asset class.

As one of the first public companies in the cryptoassets sector, we provide a responsible gateway to the exponentially growing digital asset classes all while complying with the same laws and regulations required for traditional public markets.

The IRS» limitation in unilaterally recognizing currencies or recognizing distinct asset classes has pigeonholed blockchain based digital currency in an area of the law that has many distinct benefits, with the ambiguous designation of property.

To meet the complex needs of an evolving digital asset class and to protect our sophisticated participants, Bitfinex requires an agile surveillance system built on the latest technology.

Lykke, a digital exchange for all asset classes, was started by Richard Olsen, previously founder and CEO of forex platform OANDA.

Coinbase is not the first to offer a cryptocurrency index fund, which passively invests in a basket of digital assets the same way stock market investors can buy a broad S&P 500 fund, allowing investors to get exposure to the asset class without directly owning Bitcoin and its peers.

«We're excited to further expand the universe of Grayscale's product offerings as interest in the digital currency asset class continues to grow.

Bitcoin, Ethereum and every other major cryptocurrency collapsed on Tuesday, as fears of regulatory clampdown in South Korea triggered a mass exodus from the digital asset class.

Financial Commission's ICC consists of a panel of Financial Services (Finserv) and Financial Technology (Fintech) experts with backgrounds across multiple asset classes including foreign exchange, cryptocurrency markets, and digital Blockchain assets, who volunteer to help drive the certification standards and protocols, as part of the ICO Certification service.

App coins and protocol tokens are two completely separate classes of digital assets.

As the awareness of digital currency as an emerging asset class grows, QuantConnect has made it easier for institutions to conveniently backtest, research and live trade digital currencies, and integrations like these continue to make GDAX the most trusted digital asset exchange.»

Due to this impressive year - to - date rally, many investors and newcomers to bitcoin believe that they have missed the boat when it comes to investing in this new digital asset class as the value of bitcoin has already risen so much since its inception in 2009.

Yoni Assia, chief executive of Etoro, extolled bitcoin's worth as an asset class, calling it «digital gold».

With bitcoin viewed as digital gold and other digital currencies remaining outside the realm of mainstream finance, it is no wonder that millennials prefer asset classes which distance them from the traditional financial products pushed by Wall Street.

South Korea's Finance Minister confirmed Wednesday that his country has no intention of banning cryptocurrency exchanges, extinguishing lingering fears about a harsher crackdown on the digital asset class.

This suggests the market is distributing wealth more proportionately across the digital asset class, which is positive from the perspective of risk.

In the long - term, as cryptocurrencies mature and evolve into a major asset class, Pandl noted that digital currencies like bitcoin will pose lower returns but demonstrate a high level of stability, like gold and other safe haven assets.

The move toward single indexes and basket indexes is an effort «to raise further awareness of digital assets as an emerging asset class and hope to create high - level institutional content and materials for investors and anyone interested,» he said.

As it was previously stated, the market cap of digital currencies, the world's fastest growing asset class, stands at $ 426 billion.

The quick addition of three new digital assets to its private service shows Falcon's eagerness, professional coordination and underlines its strategic repositioning, which focuses on shaping a unique experience, empowered by «individual excellence and world - class digital intelligence.»

The arrival of ether as an investment of interest to traders is also significant for the wider digital currency ecosystem, providing evidence of the claims that bitcoin could eventually spur the creation of an entirely new asset class.

According to The Wall Street Journal, two CFTC advisory committees will meet later this month to discuss oversight of cryptocurrency exchanges, the processing of bitcoin futures and whether the digital asset class falls under the same rules governing securities manipulation.

«Morgan Creek believes blockchain to be one of the most powerful and valuable technologies to have been developed in the digital age and also believes that the disruptive power of the application of blockchain technology across all asset classes will create enormous investment opportunities,» Yusko said, according to a Bloomberg report.

Virtual currencies are still a newcomer class in the world of assets and could drastically fall at any time, according to the founder of blockchain network Ethereum and the digital currency of the same name, Vitalik Buterin.

The tax advantage of digital currencies, plus the return of a high - risk, high - reward alternative asset class.

Whether you believe in a crypto future or you just want to dip your toes into this asset class, these 5 stocks will allow you to test the waters without the risks of owning digital assets outright.

Florence said the widespread and instantaneous availability of such information — the «digital deal flow,» he called it — will ultimately increase the value of real estate as an asset class by reducing risk.