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It is ignorant not to embrace crypto at this time, says Binance U.S. CEO

September 22, 2020 by bizbuildermike

Chief Executive Officer of crypto exchange Binance US branch, Catherine Coley, explained that businesses who adopt cryptocurrency may find it easier going forward in this pandemic period.

During an interview with Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal on Bloomberg, she said cryptocurrencies can offer “uses beyond speculation” as investors can apply cryptocurrencies in real-world scenarios like driving new businesses and engaging in e-commerce transactions. She pointed out that startups that do not think about integrating digital assets into their systems will be ignorantly going about their business, particularly in the precarious period.

She also revealed that firms should learn a lot of lessons from cryptocurrency, as it has made conversations about money more accessible to professionals in the mainstream sector as well as more digestible for everyone. She also said crypto has made a lot of people stay off the streets, including her. There are loads of benefits to gain from the cryptocurrency and its industry. Although it is still underestimated, cryptocurrency has a huge role to play in the mainstream finance sector, she pointed out.

Coley has been serving as the chief executive officer of Binance US since last year. In August the exchange revealed that it has been granted full regulatory permissions to expand operations to Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. With the new legislation, the crypto exchange can make it easier for all crypto traders to enter the U.S. market by next year.

Bridging the gap between fiat and cryptocurrencies

Many market observers are taking Coley’s stance on the benefits of cryptocurrencies in the traditional finance market. The development of digital technology is moving at a high pace, prompting some crypto experts to believe cryptocurrency will become highly relevant in finance in the next few years. This is because there are several positive signs of transactions involving cryptocurrencies that are not seen with the Fiat currency. Apart from transaction efficiency, there is another benefit that cryptocurrencies will usher in more financial participation for everyone.

Coley is bemused that some companies are still skeptical about integrating cryptocurrencies into their platform even after seeing the immediate and future benefits of digital currencies.

Fintech companies should tap into cryptocurrency growth

The fintech project started some decades ago when the first credit payment credit card rolled out its services. And the invention of self-service devices, ATMs, and banks started moving the financial industry forward.

The financial sector has been affected by a series of innovations at different stages. Right now, cryptocurrency and Bitcoin is the rave of the moment. While some fintech firms are trying to work their way to integrate the digital currency, others are still backing out, fearing regulation concerns.

People lost confidence in the classical financial system after the 2008 global financial crises. Coincidentally, digital currencies were introduced at that period, which is quite different from the Fiat currency. Several experts have predicted that fintech companies who will take advantage of the present benefits of the cryptocurrency will reap the reward in the future, as the world changes its financial and monetary course.

It is ignorant not to embrace crypto at this time, says Binance U.S. CEO

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Matic, which Supports Secure, Instant Crypto Transactions, Verified by Ethereum, Announces Major Updates

September 14, 2020 by bizbuildermike

Matic, a platform that aims to facilitate secure, scalable, and instant transactions that are verified by the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain network, has announced new project updates. The Matic developers claim that their project has been making steady progress after it was introduced via Binance Launchpad (the exchange’s IEO platform) in 2019.

The Matic team noted:

“Our developer ecosystem is growing rapidly, with Matic quickly becoming the go-to platform for (decentralized applications) dApps of all types. Phase 2 of our staking rollout is firmly underway and we’re becoming deeply ingrained into the (decentralized finance) DeFi ecosystem.”

The Matic project developers state that they’ve been working on supporting various DeFi solutions like @TheMahaDAO, which claims to be India’s first distributed autonomous organization that’s focused on promoting blockchain innovation in the country.

Matic’s native MATIC coin was recently listed on the Kyber Network, which serves as an on-chain liquidity protocol, allowing “decentralized” token swaps to be integrated into various applications. The Matic team also confirmed that they’re now working on staking rollout Phase 2.

They’ve also welcomed new (transaction) validators to the blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT network, including:

@TorusLabs (which enables “one-click logins for dApps);
@InfosysConsltng (a global advisor allowing organizations to “reimagine their future and create sustainable value leveraging disruptive technologies”);
@BCW_llc (a strategy consulting firm);
@decentralgames (developer of non-custodial virtual casinos); and
@Node_Ateam (a Cosmos, IRISnet, Terra, Kava, IOV, E-Money, Solana, BAND, Matic, and Orbit Validator).

The Matic Network mainnet went live on June 1, 2020. At the time of its launch, it had already produced 43,000+ new blocks.

On September 12, 2020, the Matic Network Developers announced the Build-n-Earn projects that qualify for grants and community voting. On September 11, the Matic team confirmed that the VR ecosystem (@Dvision_network) is onboarding to Matic in order to facilitate “the next generation of virtual experience.” Dvision is a blockchain-enabled VR content ecosystem that aims to develop a more inclusive virtual ecosystem for businesses, designers and regular end-users.

Last month, Binance-owned WazirX, an Indian cryptocurrency exchange, had announced that it will launch a DeFi project with assistance from Matic.

While it does seem like the Matic team has been quite busy since their project was listed on Binance Launchpad, it remains unclear whether these projects will provide any real value or products to customers that would actually be meaningful and useful. Most crypto projects don’t really have legitimate use cases. They mostly encourage trading in speculative tokens.

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Binance Coin (BNB) and OKEx’s (OKB) Exchange Tokens are Undervalued, while KuCoin (KSC) and Bitfinex (LEO) are Overvalued: Report

September 5, 2020 by bizbuildermike

The Token Insight team notes that in the crypto-asset sector, it’s always challenging to accurately provide realistic valuations for digital assets. At present, there’s no consistent or uniform industry-standard or reliable valuation method that would allow us to discover the real value of cryptocurrencies, the Token Insight team states.

Many digital currency exchanges have issued their own platform tokens which are supposed to directly relate to the performance of their platform or overall business. Exchange tokens are a “unique” category of crypto-assets and may be “fairly evaluated,” because of their inherent properties of “stable currency flow,” according to a report from Token Insight.

The report states:

“We have found that the transaction [volume] on exchanges is highly correlated to the market, directly affecting the [revenue] of each specific exchange.”

The Token Insight team has created a quantitative method which allows them to “construct the valuation of exchange tokens structure,” so that they can perform standardized analysis for exchange tokens based on the exchange’s activities, and then be able to determine the “actual value behind each exchange.”

The report notes that Binance Coin (BNB) has had “a very strong positive correlation with the majority of exchange tokens in Q2 2020, but the rolling 30 Day correlation with other exchange tokens has dropped significantly.” Meanwhile, HitBTC’s HBC is exhibiting “an extremely negative correlation with the majority of others in Q2, [and] the rolling 30 Day has changed to almost all strong positive correlation intervals.”

Huobi Token (HT), FTX exchange (FTT), HitBTC (HBC), and Bitfinex’s (LEO) have “a relatively high rolling 30 Day correlation.”

Based on these findings, the report claims that Binance’s BNB token and OKEx’s OKB token are undervalued. Huobi’s HT and FTX exchange’s FTT are also currently undervalued, according to the report’s analysis.

HBC is valued at around what it should be, the report claims. Meanwhile, KuCoin’s exchange token, KCS is overvalued. BitMart’s BMX token is valued at approximately the price which it should be, given current market conditions, the report noted. It added that Bitfinex’s LEO token is overvalued.

These exchange based cryptocurrencies aim to serve mainly as utility tokens, meaning that they may be used to qualify for special discounts while conducting transactions on digital asset trading platforms. They’re really meant to encourage users to trade more, because investors are “rewarded” with exclusive offers that are not available to others who may not hold these exchange tokens.

Binance Coin or BNB is by far the most successful exchange token. It currently has a market cap of over $3 billion and is accepted in many other places or platforms, besides just Binance. It can be argued that BNB has emerged as one of the most widely-accepted cryptocurrencies.

While BNB has been successful, like many of Binance’s other initiatives, the exchange continues to offer services in multiple jurisdictions without authorization.

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