Meltem Demirors: crypto ecosystem growth will come from New York and existing financial centers

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  • Meltem Demirors, the CSO at CoinShares, believes that most of the innovation in the cryptocurrency space will come out of the already existing financial centers headed by New York.
  • Nevin Freeman, co-founder of Reserve, thinks the growth will come from people who have both entrepreneurial and technical skillsets and who will be willing to move to the parts of the world that need crypto the most.
  • George Kikvadze, the Vice Chairman of the Bitfury Group, said his ‘money’ is on the Chinese in addition to European and African nations.
  • Riccardo Spagni, the lead maintainer of Monero, said he is optimistic about developments in Africa, as he has seen a lot of interesting things coming out of South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Tanzania.
Speaking at a panel in Davos at “Innovate Finance,” an event co-hosted by The Block and E8 Partners, Meltem Demirors, the Chief Strategy Officer at CoinShares, said she thinks that most of the innovation in the cryptocurrency space will come out of the already existing financial centers, headed by New York. Demirors said that growth […]
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