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Ex-Goldman Exec Sees Better Days Ahead for Crypto as Institution-Focused Crypto Brokerage Launches

Ex-goldman exec sees better days ahead for crypto as institution-focused crypto brokerage launches

Ex-Goldman Exec Sees Better Days Ahead for Crypto as Institution-Focused Crypto Brokerage Launches


Ex-goldman exec sees better days ahead for crypto as institution-focused crypto brokerage launches
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Ex-goldman exec sees better days ahead for crypto as institution-focused crypto brokerage launches
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Despite the price declines that cryptocurrencies have endured this year, an ex-Goldman Sachs executive is still optimistic about the future of digital assets.

Greg Tusar, who is a former global head of electronic trading at the New York-based financial giant, likened the current state of the crypto market to the ‘early days of trading equities electronically’, according to Bloomberg. Consequently, Tusar sees huge opportunities for entrepreneurs in the space:

“It’s early stage, there’s a lot of opportunity to build great businesses and have impact.”

Evidently, Tusar has taken his own advice and is the co-founder of Tagomi Holdings, a live electronic crypto brokerage which launched recently. The startup has received the backing of among others Founders Fund, a venture capital firm that counts billionaire Peter Thiel among its key people.

Institutional Investors

According to Tusar, who doubles up as the startup’s chief technology officer, the live electronic crypto brokerage will offer sophisticated execution and transparency that wealth management firms and top family offices require in order for them to invest in digital assets:

“Tagomi applies proven electronic trading solutions that these sophisticated investors have come to expect, and removes the operational hurdles commonly associated with digital asset investing.”

Tusar is not alone in expressing optimism for cryptocurrencies despite the bearish conditions. Earlier this month, the CEO of Circle Jeremy Allaire predicted that the prices of cryptocurrencies will rocket in the next 36 months.

While he didn’t mention a specific price for bitcoin, Allaire revealed that he was betting for the price to go up:

“I don’t make significant price predictions. But it’s certainly going to be worth a great deal more than it’s worth today. I am long in the market.”

Growing Adoption

Another perennial optimist has been the founder of Fundstrat Global Advisors, Tom Lee, who recently argued that the current prices for cryptocurrencies were unjustified as the adoption had greatly increased with the number of crypto wallets having risen dramatically.

Last month, the chief executive of cryptocurrency investment firm Galaxy Digital, Mike Novogratz, also expressed optimism about the future of the space. While giving his price prediction for bitcoin, Novogratz stated that the next rally will be driven by institutional investors:

“There’s going to be a case of institutional FOMO [fear of missing out], just like there was in retail.”

Founders of the Gemini cryptocurrency exchange, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are the other big names in crypto who see better days ahead. The twins have gone on to back their views by continuing to release new products amidst the bearish conditions including a mobile app for their Gemini crypto exchange saying that “We think it’s a space that’s here to stay.”

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Published at Tue, 18 Dec 2018 14:29:11 +0000

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With the market cap in a nosedive and bitcoin prices seeming to drop almost daily, the past two weeks have been a stomach churning roller coaster ride for investors. In the past week especially, fear, doubt, and uncertainty have reigned supreme.

While it is next to impossible to correctly predict any market, let alone the cryptocurrency market, there are a handful of significant events that have happened and that are going to happen that can be pointed to as catalysts for bitcoin’s plummeting value.

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For more than two years, a battle has been fought on the battlegrounds of social media, conference rooms, and cryptocurrency forums to decide the best way to scale bitcoin in order to avoid inflated transaction fees and unacceptably long transaction times. While several solutions have been proposed, Segwit2x has emerged the front runner, with close to 90% of mining pools indicating their intent to support the scaling protocol.

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Two dates related to the implementation of Segwit2x are looming and causing investors to sit on the edge of their seats in nervous anticipation of what is to come:

July 21, 2017 – This is the day on which miners, instead just showing the intent to support Segwit2x, should actively begin supporting the protocol.

August 1, 2017 – This is the day that has many investors and exchanges sweating bullets. UASF will be implemented by its supports and will begin to check to see if subsequent bitcoin transactions are in compliance with Segwit2x. A minimum threshold of 80% of the network’s hashing power is required in order for Segwit2x to activate. Should the threshold fail to be met, a blockchain split seems likely.

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The scaling debate found its way to exchanges last week as GDAX announced to its customers its intent to stop trading on August 1st in the event that a soft fork is activated. GDAX is owned by Coinbase,  which is currently the world’s largest exchange for bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin trading.

The announcement underscores the concerns that many investors have about the possibility of a major market disruption.

GDAX General Manager Adam White offers this assurance to GDAX users:

We will implement safeguards to ensure the safety of our customers’ funds. For example, we will temporarily suspend the deposit and withdrawal of bitcoin on GDAX and may pause the trading of bitcoin as well. This decision will be based on our assessment of the technical risks posed by the fork, such as replay attacks and other factors that could create network instability.

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At a time when bitcoin seems to be struggling to find mainstream acceptance, events like this and recent WannaCry and Petya ransomware hacks only serve to remind investors and potential adopters of the shady past associated with the digital currency.

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An announcement was posted on bitcoin.org last Thursday warning users about using the network during the potential fork that could occur in the beginning on August. With over a thousand nodes supporting BIP 148, the proposal that will make all blocks not signaling Segwit invalid, the odds of a chain split are growing every day. Read more about BIP 148 on Bitcoinist here.

How long do you think it will take for bitcoin’s price to recover if it even does? Let us know in the comment section below!


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