If nothing else the cryptocurrency sector has been a prodigious source of memes, hashtags and catchphrases, having spawned a unique subculture, writes Henry Burrows, co-founder of Alaco Analytics.
Yet with greater investment, talent and expertise flooding the market, digital assets are being dragged into the mainstream. What was once the domain of dark web marketplaces and cyberpunks is now firmly in the sights of big corporate firms; juggernauts such as Facebook, AT&T and Amazon now all have digital tokens firmly in their sights. To (perhaps unfairly) borrow from Winston Churchill: this is not the end of crypto, this is simply the end of the beginning. The next phase of the evolution of all things blockchain is about to begin. Crypto assets face EU-wide regulation One...
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