From Cointelegraph
In Forbes' third edition of the “Fintech 50”, a list of the top 50 financial technology companies globally of 2018, released on Feb. 13, eleven of the companies listed use Blockchain technology or are connected to the cryptocurrency industry.Read more: https://cointelegraph.com/news/forbes-fintech-50-for-2018-list-includes-11-blockchain-crypto-companiesThe founders of three of the companies, The Bitfury Group, Coinbase, and Ripple that made the Fintech 50 also made Forbes' list of the “Richest People in Cryptocurrency” released last week.
Forbes' site has a separate article breaking down the influence of Blockchain and crypto companies that made the Fintech 50 list.
Forbes writes that perhaps unseen behind the nonstop news coverage of crypto price volatility, the Blockchain companies listed in the Fintech 50 are “building infrastructure—to support both public cryptocurrency markets and initiatives that could transform how current financial transactions are executed and recorded.”
Of the nine companies that Forbes lists as “The Future of Blockchain And Cryptocurrency”, five have made the Fintech 50 list for the first time this year. Each of the nine companies are profiled with a small blurb about their activities, their cofounders, their funding, and who they are a “threat to.”
For example, the company Blockchain is described as the “world’s most popular cryptocurrency wallet” that is a threat to Coinbase and Xapo, while Chain, which offers office Blockchain technology and ledger balance software,
Well well well... look what's becoming mainstream fintech. I'm sure this is no big surprise to Bitcoin/crypto believers out there.
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11/50 this year, 22/50 next year? anyone up for an under/over SBD bet?
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" Forbes' ‘Fintech 50 For 2018’ List Includes 11 Blockchain & Crypto Companies " you got an excellent research. Weldone job.
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upvote and resteemit done...
keep it on....
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Cryptocurrency is going more mainstream all the time. Great for us!
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Each and every single day cryptocurrency is getting an inch closer to going main stream. Very soon its gonna blow up and cryptocurrency will be flooded with many individuals and companies opting to choose it over fiat currency. The only huge thing that stands in between crypto and it's full worldwide adoption is "crypto-regulation"... As long as these regulations don't wipe out the idea of " decentralization" then its all good...
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2018 is going to be the year of altcoins!
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Great post, upvoted and resteemed.
Have you seen/read much on #waves or #wavesplatform? I am a big fan of it but it doesn't seem to be well known/popular. That's where I do all my #crypto #trading these days
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My fav part -eleven of the companies listed use Blockchain technology or are connected to the cryptocurrency industry. - 2018 the year of cryptocurrency. love it, nice post
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