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How do Series A-B investments differ from Bitcoin or token investments?
Series A-B investments are early-stage development projects, much like investments in companies with proven products or services before reaching the public markets. In the digital asset marketplace, these types of investments are utilizing blockchain technologies to disrupt current applications and utilities. These applications, referred to as DApps, will create faster, more efficient de-centralized technologies with less cost to the end-user. Many investors in cryptocurrency have entered the more liquid investments, such as ownership of digital “coins.”
Can governments regulate or shut down the Crypto markets?
Governments across the globe are entering the digital asset marketplace. Many countries and municipalities are now creating their form of digital currency. Countries like Cambodia, Nigeria, and the Bahamas have launched a Central Bank Digital Currency, and many more are in the process of creating a “CBDC.” In the U.S., there is much conversation about how to regulate future transactions within digital assets. Regulation is coming and many in the industry are inviting future rules and processes to help provide investors with additional security and consumer protections. The decentralized and democratization that digital assets bring to the marketplace is too far developed to be shut down. Most governments and institutions are now engaged in working alongside the crypto marketplace to take advantage of this emerging technology.
Who are some of the major players in Cryptocurrency?
There is a current shift from institutions that are now either investing in the crypto markets or offering investors the opportunity to invest. In a recent survey, 67% of U.S. enterprise companies are either now investing, or will invest in, blockchain technologies in the immediate future. The catalyst for institutional investments in digital assets occurred in 2019 when billionaire investors such as Ray Dalio, Stanley Druckenmiller, Mark Cuban, Paul Tudor Jones, and Bill Miller began directing their funds to invest directly into cryptocurrencies and blockchain infrastructure. The shift in institutional capital flows occurred in the past few years, as many global public institutions announced investment capital and platform development to support the crypto markets.
What is the difference between Bitcoin and NFTs?
Bitcoin is a currency alternative with a fixed supply; whereas, NFTs (or Non-fungible tokens) are, in the simplest term, a digital collectible. In more detail, an NFT is the proof of ownership or authenticity of a one-of-a-kind digital asset. These are still considered cryptocurrencies, but unlike Bitcoin each one is unique. Further, while Bitcoin itself is a blockchain, NFTs must be minted onto a blockchain (most often Ethereum).