A number of different factors have contributed to Bitcoin's recent price run. Is the rally here to stay?
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Cryptocurrency markets took an unexpected turn for the better last week with an unexpected surge in prices across the board.
Over the course of just a few hours on April 2, the price of Bitcoin leaped up from roughly $4110 to $4800; from there, it has continued to climb to its current price of approximately $5260. Over the same period, Litecoin has also gained about 50 percent of its value; Bitcoin Cash has increased by roughly 80 percent since the 1st of the month.
All in all, the cryptocurrency market as a whole has seen an increase from around $144 billion to over $181 billion. Bitcoin dominance has remained more or less the same since the beginning of the month, suggesting that investors are bullish on the market as a whole rather than just BTC.
“BTC spiked over 5k due to trading activity,” Dusil said, adding that “someone bought $100 million worth of BTC through several exchanges (Coinbase, Kraken and Bitstamp).”
Indeed, BCB Group’s Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie was quoted by Reuters on April 2, speaking on this mammoth order: “there has been a single order that has been algorithmically-managed across these three venues, of around 20,000 BTC. If you look at the volumes on each of those three exchanges – there were in-concert, synchronized, units of volume of around 7,000 BTC in an hour.”
Von Landsberg-Sadie also said that the trade was likely executed by an “automated software set” (an algorithmic trading bot.)
What may have caused this buyer to suddenly pump $100 million into BTC? Of course, it’s impossible to know the truth. However, Dusil believes that one catalyst may have been the revelations published in a presentation that Bitwise Asset Management made to the SEC. The presentation claimed that 95 percent of trading volume in the Bitcoin market is fake and that as such, BTC’s average daily trading volume is just $272 million.
With this revelation, “we are set back to 2017 volumes,” Dusil said. “This could be a reason why fresh capital is going into crypto”--investors may see a much more significant opportunity for growth in BTC than before.
A ‘Halving’ Rally
Another factor that may have caused Bitcoin’s upward movement has to do with the mining rewards ‘halving’ that will take place in May of 2020. “BTC rewards are soon halving,” Dusil explained. “The closer we get to May 2020, the more it will be discussed and spark interest to buy BTC and try to accumulate it for the future, when BTC will be harder to mine and, as with any scarce product, the price blooms.”
‘Halving’ literally means that mining rewards for Bitcoin holders will be cut in half. This has occurred twice so far in Bitcoin’s history - once in 2012 and once in 2016.
Bitcoin's price rally leading up to the 'halvening' in November 2012.
Indeed, a CoinDesk report entitled “Bitcoin’s Next Halving Rally: Coming Soon in 2019” that was published in December of last year explained that “historically, the halving starts getting priced in approximately one year before it happens, which would result in bitcoin bottoming out in early 2019 followed by a rally starting in May 2019.”
Bitcoin's price rally leading up to the 'halvening' in July 2016.
The report points out that in the year-long period preceding the other two ‘halvenings,’ price rallies drove the price of Bitcoin to unprecedented heights.
Speculation, Speculation
Dusil said that the third reason is simply hype. Because Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have made positive movement lately, speculators believe that they may be able to cash in on the bullish wave.
However, it’s still too soon to tell how long any meaningful new capital will stay in the space. The Bitcoin market is very different than it was in late 2017 when the last massive bull run happened. Practically no one had even heard of Bitcoin in those days; the upward spiral that closed out the year was primarily fueled by ignorance and blind optimism.
Bitcoin's price rally at the end of 2017 shocked the world.
Now, people have wised up. After seeing the spectacular market crash that took place at the beginning of 2018, most of the world is much more skeptical about pouring their cash into Bitcoin.
On the flip side, however, Bitcoin’s base-line price may have been made more stable by the influx of institutional capital and a new group of long-term ‘hodlers’ into the market. The risk that Bitcoin could go to ‘zero’ has been lessened by the industry that has been built around the asset.
Institutional Capital Could Be Part of the Upward Movement
The role of institutional capital in the Bitcoin market may also have seriously contributed to the recent rally. On April 5th, eToro analyst Mati Greenspan tweeted that “the CME bitcoin futures traded about $563 million yesterday.@MessariCrypto reports that the top 10 exchanges traded about $685 million.”
A report by Chepicap explained that “effectively this means that the CME alone cites a massive 82% of the trading volume of the top 10 crypto exchanges combine.”
The CME bitcoin futures traded about $563 million yesterday.@MessariCrypto reports that the top 10 exchanges traded about $685 million.
Even though Wall Street's contracts are only paper, and not settled in bitcoin, they are still a significant part of this market now. pic.twitter.com/5iUZlymdfe
— Mati Greenspan (@MatiGreenspan) April 5, 2019
Therefore, although Greenspan acknowledged that “Wall Street's contracts are only paper, and not settled in bitcoin,” Wall Street still acts as an important influencing force for BTC: “they are still a significant part of this market now.”
Is China Back in the BTC Market?
According to a report by NewsBTC, another factor that may be driving up the price of Bitcoin and the crypto markets as a whole is the re-rentry of Chinese investors into the market.
“Don’t ask us how, but locals are ‘FOMOing’ in so hard that they’re skirting local regulations to get their hands on BTC,” the report said.
According to a tweet by local industry insider CnLedger, one of the in-roads that Chinese buyers may be using to get their hands on BTC is OTC (over the counter) trading venues.
1/ Chinese markets reveal strong buys. OTC (Over-The-Counter) trades, the almost only way to buy bitcoin with fiat in China, showing considerable $ premium (1 USDT = 7 CNY) over the official rate of 1 USD = 6.7 CNY. pic.twitter.com/bd0n0DGFVU
For example, both Huobi and OkEX are registering Yuan-to-Tether (USDT) trades at a rate of 7.0, a premium of 4.4 percent over the market rate of 6.7. At the same one, Yuan-pegged stablecoin bitCNY has seen 10-fold increases in its average daily trading volume since February.
Analyst and trader Light Crypto has also reported an increased demand for cryptocurrencies.
/1 We are witnessing a resurgence in Chinese demand for cryptocurrencies. This trend in the making comes after more than a year of relative quiet, a reminder of the time when Chinese volumes were king. pic.twitter.com/5ZOjD4dxbM
Bitcoin’s bull run hasn’t only filled the wallets of hodlers. Several days after Bitcoin’s initial spike, Bloomberg reported that crypto stocks have also gotten a big boost.
According to the report, “crypto-linked stocks in Asia also extended gains, led by Remixpoint Inc. in Japan with a jump of as much as 16 percent during the day Thursday. It’s up 26 percent so far this week. Vidente Co. has climbed almost 20 percent since the weekend, while Omintel Inc. is on a 6.3 percent advance.”
The rally has also been felt in US stocks--Riot Blockchain Inc. saw a 24-percent boost last week, while DPW Holdings Inc. and Marathon Patent Group Inc. (two smaller crypto firms) saw gains of their own.
Usually, an increase in the price of Bitcoin is echoed in the price of other altcoins. But as the crypto ecosystem continues to grow outside of coin market caps, boosts in the price of Bitcoin are increasingly having a positive effect on these external entities--a sign of the times if there ever was one.
What Does This All Mean?
But is the rally here to stay? And do the price increases we've seen so far mean anything in the bigger picture?
For Dusil, the answer is 'not exactly.'
"This spike doesn't mean we are in a bullish trend, we need to look at longterm picture and that shows we are in a correction," he said. "Price can as easily drop down as it can go up. Those who were buying in 2/2 of 2017 are still in loss. We need to see prices at 8k area to say we are in recovery and a bullish trend has [truly] been established."
But still, the Bitcoin market isn't far from reaching some serious milestones. "If we break through 6k, it means bears are losing their power and bulls are entering."
However, investors must be wary of the speculation that this might bring. "This also means all who bought BTC at 3.2k will get a nice 100% return on their investment, which can spark debates in public areas, and we all know what can happen when people start saying they made 100% in just few months."
If the rally continues, legendary prices could eventually become a reality. "If we break 8k, we can say the bullish sentiment is back and we are on our way to all-time high. At the 12k area, we could see the start of FOMO (fear of missing out) that could bring new speculators in, and with fresh capital in crypto, we could see the prices surpassing the 2017 heights," Dusil explained.
But until then--don't hold your breath, kids.
Cryptocurrency markets took an unexpected turn for the better last week with an unexpected surge in prices across the board.
Over the course of just a few hours on April 2, the price of Bitcoin leaped up from roughly $4110 to $4800; from there, it has continued to climb to its current price of approximately $5260. Over the same period, Litecoin has also gained about 50 percent of its value; Bitcoin Cash has increased by roughly 80 percent since the 1st of the month.
All in all, the cryptocurrency market as a whole has seen an increase from around $144 billion to over $181 billion. Bitcoin dominance has remained more or less the same since the beginning of the month, suggesting that investors are bullish on the market as a whole rather than just BTC.
“BTC spiked over 5k due to trading activity,” Dusil said, adding that “someone bought $100 million worth of BTC through several exchanges (Coinbase, Kraken and Bitstamp).”
Indeed, BCB Group’s Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie was quoted by Reuters on April 2, speaking on this mammoth order: “there has been a single order that has been algorithmically-managed across these three venues, of around 20,000 BTC. If you look at the volumes on each of those three exchanges – there were in-concert, synchronized, units of volume of around 7,000 BTC in an hour.”
Von Landsberg-Sadie also said that the trade was likely executed by an “automated software set” (an algorithmic trading bot.)
What may have caused this buyer to suddenly pump $100 million into BTC? Of course, it’s impossible to know the truth. However, Dusil believes that one catalyst may have been the revelations published in a presentation that Bitwise Asset Management made to the SEC. The presentation claimed that 95 percent of trading volume in the Bitcoin market is fake and that as such, BTC’s average daily trading volume is just $272 million.
With this revelation, “we are set back to 2017 volumes,” Dusil said. “This could be a reason why fresh capital is going into crypto”--investors may see a much more significant opportunity for growth in BTC than before.
A ‘Halving’ Rally
Another factor that may have caused Bitcoin’s upward movement has to do with the mining rewards ‘halving’ that will take place in May of 2020. “BTC rewards are soon halving,” Dusil explained. “The closer we get to May 2020, the more it will be discussed and spark interest to buy BTC and try to accumulate it for the future, when BTC will be harder to mine and, as with any scarce product, the price blooms.”
‘Halving’ literally means that mining rewards for Bitcoin holders will be cut in half. This has occurred twice so far in Bitcoin’s history - once in 2012 and once in 2016.
Bitcoin's price rally leading up to the 'halvening' in November 2012.
Indeed, a CoinDesk report entitled “Bitcoin’s Next Halving Rally: Coming Soon in 2019” that was published in December of last year explained that “historically, the halving starts getting priced in approximately one year before it happens, which would result in bitcoin bottoming out in early 2019 followed by a rally starting in May 2019.”
Bitcoin's price rally leading up to the 'halvening' in July 2016.
The report points out that in the year-long period preceding the other two ‘halvenings,’ price rallies drove the price of Bitcoin to unprecedented heights.
Speculation, Speculation
Dusil said that the third reason is simply hype. Because Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have made positive movement lately, speculators believe that they may be able to cash in on the bullish wave.
However, it’s still too soon to tell how long any meaningful new capital will stay in the space. The Bitcoin market is very different than it was in late 2017 when the last massive bull run happened. Practically no one had even heard of Bitcoin in those days; the upward spiral that closed out the year was primarily fueled by ignorance and blind optimism.
Bitcoin's price rally at the end of 2017 shocked the world.
Now, people have wised up. After seeing the spectacular market crash that took place at the beginning of 2018, most of the world is much more skeptical about pouring their cash into Bitcoin.
On the flip side, however, Bitcoin’s base-line price may have been made more stable by the influx of institutional capital and a new group of long-term ‘hodlers’ into the market. The risk that Bitcoin could go to ‘zero’ has been lessened by the industry that has been built around the asset.
Institutional Capital Could Be Part of the Upward Movement
The role of institutional capital in the Bitcoin market may also have seriously contributed to the recent rally. On April 5th, eToro analyst Mati Greenspan tweeted that “the CME bitcoin futures traded about $563 million yesterday.@MessariCrypto reports that the top 10 exchanges traded about $685 million.”
A report by Chepicap explained that “effectively this means that the CME alone cites a massive 82% of the trading volume of the top 10 crypto exchanges combine.”
The CME bitcoin futures traded about $563 million yesterday.@MessariCrypto reports that the top 10 exchanges traded about $685 million.
Even though Wall Street's contracts are only paper, and not settled in bitcoin, they are still a significant part of this market now. pic.twitter.com/5iUZlymdfe
— Mati Greenspan (@MatiGreenspan) April 5, 2019
Therefore, although Greenspan acknowledged that “Wall Street's contracts are only paper, and not settled in bitcoin,” Wall Street still acts as an important influencing force for BTC: “they are still a significant part of this market now.”
Is China Back in the BTC Market?
According to a report by NewsBTC, another factor that may be driving up the price of Bitcoin and the crypto markets as a whole is the re-rentry of Chinese investors into the market.
“Don’t ask us how, but locals are ‘FOMOing’ in so hard that they’re skirting local regulations to get their hands on BTC,” the report said.
According to a tweet by local industry insider CnLedger, one of the in-roads that Chinese buyers may be using to get their hands on BTC is OTC (over the counter) trading venues.
1/ Chinese markets reveal strong buys. OTC (Over-The-Counter) trades, the almost only way to buy bitcoin with fiat in China, showing considerable $ premium (1 USDT = 7 CNY) over the official rate of 1 USD = 6.7 CNY. pic.twitter.com/bd0n0DGFVU
For example, both Huobi and OkEX are registering Yuan-to-Tether (USDT) trades at a rate of 7.0, a premium of 4.4 percent over the market rate of 6.7. At the same one, Yuan-pegged stablecoin bitCNY has seen 10-fold increases in its average daily trading volume since February.
Analyst and trader Light Crypto has also reported an increased demand for cryptocurrencies.
/1 We are witnessing a resurgence in Chinese demand for cryptocurrencies. This trend in the making comes after more than a year of relative quiet, a reminder of the time when Chinese volumes were king. pic.twitter.com/5ZOjD4dxbM
Bitcoin’s bull run hasn’t only filled the wallets of hodlers. Several days after Bitcoin’s initial spike, Bloomberg reported that crypto stocks have also gotten a big boost.
According to the report, “crypto-linked stocks in Asia also extended gains, led by Remixpoint Inc. in Japan with a jump of as much as 16 percent during the day Thursday. It’s up 26 percent so far this week. Vidente Co. has climbed almost 20 percent since the weekend, while Omintel Inc. is on a 6.3 percent advance.”
The rally has also been felt in US stocks--Riot Blockchain Inc. saw a 24-percent boost last week, while DPW Holdings Inc. and Marathon Patent Group Inc. (two smaller crypto firms) saw gains of their own.
Usually, an increase in the price of Bitcoin is echoed in the price of other altcoins. But as the crypto ecosystem continues to grow outside of coin market caps, boosts in the price of Bitcoin are increasingly having a positive effect on these external entities--a sign of the times if there ever was one.
What Does This All Mean?
But is the rally here to stay? And do the price increases we've seen so far mean anything in the bigger picture?
For Dusil, the answer is 'not exactly.'
"This spike doesn't mean we are in a bullish trend, we need to look at longterm picture and that shows we are in a correction," he said. "Price can as easily drop down as it can go up. Those who were buying in 2/2 of 2017 are still in loss. We need to see prices at 8k area to say we are in recovery and a bullish trend has [truly] been established."
But still, the Bitcoin market isn't far from reaching some serious milestones. "If we break through 6k, it means bears are losing their power and bulls are entering."
However, investors must be wary of the speculation that this might bring. "This also means all who bought BTC at 3.2k will get a nice 100% return on their investment, which can spark debates in public areas, and we all know what can happen when people start saying they made 100% in just few months."
If the rally continues, legendary prices could eventually become a reality. "If we break 8k, we can say the bullish sentiment is back and we are on our way to all-time high. At the 12k area, we could see the start of FOMO (fear of missing out) that could bring new speculators in, and with fresh capital in crypto, we could see the prices surpassing the 2017 heights," Dusil explained.
Rachel is a self-taught crypto geek and a passionate writer. She believes in the power that the written word has to educate, connect and empower individuals to make positive and powerful financial choices. She is the Podcast Host and a Cryptocurrency Editor at Finance Magnates.
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The 5 mistakes brokers should avoid when building or buying a loyalty programme
Real figures from a live deployment: what moved in daily activity, tier progression, and trader spend
Acquisition is getting more expensive. Most brokers already know that. The harder question is what happens after the client funds the account.
This session looks at how broker loyalty programmes are moving from “nice-to-have rewards” into a serious retention layer inside the client portal.
In this session, Desmond Leong, CEO of Returning.AI, will break down the practical mechanics behind high-performing broker loyalty programmes: what to reward, what not to reward, how onshore and offshore entities need different incentive structures, what belongs in the rewards store, and how brokers can recycle reward budgets back into trading value instead of letting them disappear as pure cost.
The talk will cover common mistakes brokers make when launching loyalty programmes, including copying retail-style rewards, ignoring jurisdictional constraints, over-relying on bonuses, failing to connect rewards to lifecycle stages, and measuring vanity engagement instead of retention, LTV, CAC payback, deposits, and active trading behaviour.
Attendees will leave with a clear do-and-don’t framework they can use to pressure-test their own loyalty strategy.
Why loyalty is no longer a “nice-to-have” marketing feature for brokers
The building blocks of any loyalty program and what they mean: points, tiers, missions, stores, leaderboards, boosters, and cashback-style mechanics
Understanding of how key regulators read loyalty incentives and where the compliance lines are
What should go in the rewards store, and what quietly destroys ROI
How trading credits, rebates, VIP perks, education, and service benefits can recycle value back into the brokerage
The 5 mistakes brokers should avoid when building or buying a loyalty programme
Real figures from a live deployment: what moved in daily activity, tier progression, and trader spend
Acquisition is getting more expensive. Most brokers already know that. The harder question is what happens after the client funds the account.
This session looks at how broker loyalty programmes are moving from “nice-to-have rewards” into a serious retention layer inside the client portal.
In this session, Desmond Leong, CEO of Returning.AI, will break down the practical mechanics behind high-performing broker loyalty programmes: what to reward, what not to reward, how onshore and offshore entities need different incentive structures, what belongs in the rewards store, and how brokers can recycle reward budgets back into trading value instead of letting them disappear as pure cost.
The talk will cover common mistakes brokers make when launching loyalty programmes, including copying retail-style rewards, ignoring jurisdictional constraints, over-relying on bonuses, failing to connect rewards to lifecycle stages, and measuring vanity engagement instead of retention, LTV, CAC payback, deposits, and active trading behaviour.
Attendees will leave with a clear do-and-don’t framework they can use to pressure-test their own loyalty strategy.
Why loyalty is no longer a “nice-to-have” marketing feature for brokers
The building blocks of any loyalty program and what they mean: points, tiers, missions, stores, leaderboards, boosters, and cashback-style mechanics
Understanding of how key regulators read loyalty incentives and where the compliance lines are
What should go in the rewards store, and what quietly destroys ROI
How trading credits, rebates, VIP perks, education, and service benefits can recycle value back into the brokerage
The 5 mistakes brokers should avoid when building or buying a loyalty programme
Real figures from a live deployment: what moved in daily activity, tier progression, and trader spend
Acquisition is getting more expensive. Most brokers already know that. The harder question is what happens after the client funds the account.
This session looks at how broker loyalty programmes are moving from “nice-to-have rewards” into a serious retention layer inside the client portal.
In this session, Desmond Leong, CEO of Returning.AI, will break down the practical mechanics behind high-performing broker loyalty programmes: what to reward, what not to reward, how onshore and offshore entities need different incentive structures, what belongs in the rewards store, and how brokers can recycle reward budgets back into trading value instead of letting them disappear as pure cost.
The talk will cover common mistakes brokers make when launching loyalty programmes, including copying retail-style rewards, ignoring jurisdictional constraints, over-relying on bonuses, failing to connect rewards to lifecycle stages, and measuring vanity engagement instead of retention, LTV, CAC payback, deposits, and active trading behaviour.
Attendees will leave with a clear do-and-don’t framework they can use to pressure-test their own loyalty strategy.
Why loyalty is no longer a “nice-to-have” marketing feature for brokers
The building blocks of any loyalty program and what they mean: points, tiers, missions, stores, leaderboards, boosters, and cashback-style mechanics
Understanding of how key regulators read loyalty incentives and where the compliance lines are
What should go in the rewards store, and what quietly destroys ROI
How trading credits, rebates, VIP perks, education, and service benefits can recycle value back into the brokerage
The 5 mistakes brokers should avoid when building or buying a loyalty programme
Real figures from a live deployment: what moved in daily activity, tier progression, and trader spend
Acquisition is getting more expensive. Most brokers already know that. The harder question is what happens after the client funds the account.
This session looks at how broker loyalty programmes are moving from “nice-to-have rewards” into a serious retention layer inside the client portal.
In this session, Desmond Leong, CEO of Returning.AI, will break down the practical mechanics behind high-performing broker loyalty programmes: what to reward, what not to reward, how onshore and offshore entities need different incentive structures, what belongs in the rewards store, and how brokers can recycle reward budgets back into trading value instead of letting them disappear as pure cost.
The talk will cover common mistakes brokers make when launching loyalty programmes, including copying retail-style rewards, ignoring jurisdictional constraints, over-relying on bonuses, failing to connect rewards to lifecycle stages, and measuring vanity engagement instead of retention, LTV, CAC payback, deposits, and active trading behaviour.
Attendees will leave with a clear do-and-don’t framework they can use to pressure-test their own loyalty strategy.
Why loyalty is no longer a “nice-to-have” marketing feature for brokers
The building blocks of any loyalty program and what they mean: points, tiers, missions, stores, leaderboards, boosters, and cashback-style mechanics
Understanding of how key regulators read loyalty incentives and where the compliance lines are
What should go in the rewards store, and what quietly destroys ROI
How trading credits, rebates, VIP perks, education, and service benefits can recycle value back into the brokerage
The 5 mistakes brokers should avoid when building or buying a loyalty programme
Real figures from a live deployment: what moved in daily activity, tier progression, and trader spend
Stablecoins from Experimentation to Implementation
Stablecoins from Experimentation to Implementation
Stablecoins from Experimentation to Implementation
Stablecoins from Experimentation to Implementation
Stablecoins from Experimentation to Implementation
Stablecoins from Experimentation to Implementation
With over $300 billion in stablecoins now in circulation and APAC regulators moving from frameworks to enforcement, the conversation has shifted.
Held in partnership with 8Circle, this session brings together the builders of new payment rails and the institutions putting them to work.
Attendees will walk away with:
A clear view of which stablecoin use cases have cleared proof of concept and are now operating at scale in APAC
Understanding of what the MAS Payment Services Act and Hong Kong's fiat stablecoin licensing regime mean for brokers and payment providers in practice
Insight into the infrastructure gaps firms most commonly underestimate before going live
Perspective on where the next wave of adoption is heading and what existing systems need to accommodate
With over $300 billion in stablecoins now in circulation and APAC regulators moving from frameworks to enforcement, the conversation has shifted.
Held in partnership with 8Circle, this session brings together the builders of new payment rails and the institutions putting them to work.
Attendees will walk away with:
A clear view of which stablecoin use cases have cleared proof of concept and are now operating at scale in APAC
Understanding of what the MAS Payment Services Act and Hong Kong's fiat stablecoin licensing regime mean for brokers and payment providers in practice
Insight into the infrastructure gaps firms most commonly underestimate before going live
Perspective on where the next wave of adoption is heading and what existing systems need to accommodate
With over $300 billion in stablecoins now in circulation and APAC regulators moving from frameworks to enforcement, the conversation has shifted.
Held in partnership with 8Circle, this session brings together the builders of new payment rails and the institutions putting them to work.
Attendees will walk away with:
A clear view of which stablecoin use cases have cleared proof of concept and are now operating at scale in APAC
Understanding of what the MAS Payment Services Act and Hong Kong's fiat stablecoin licensing regime mean for brokers and payment providers in practice
Insight into the infrastructure gaps firms most commonly underestimate before going live
Perspective on where the next wave of adoption is heading and what existing systems need to accommodate
With over $300 billion in stablecoins now in circulation and APAC regulators moving from frameworks to enforcement, the conversation has shifted.
Held in partnership with 8Circle, this session brings together the builders of new payment rails and the institutions putting them to work.
Attendees will walk away with:
A clear view of which stablecoin use cases have cleared proof of concept and are now operating at scale in APAC
Understanding of what the MAS Payment Services Act and Hong Kong's fiat stablecoin licensing regime mean for brokers and payment providers in practice
Insight into the infrastructure gaps firms most commonly underestimate before going live
Perspective on where the next wave of adoption is heading and what existing systems need to accommodate
With over $300 billion in stablecoins now in circulation and APAC regulators moving from frameworks to enforcement, the conversation has shifted.
Held in partnership with 8Circle, this session brings together the builders of new payment rails and the institutions putting them to work.
Attendees will walk away with:
A clear view of which stablecoin use cases have cleared proof of concept and are now operating at scale in APAC
Understanding of what the MAS Payment Services Act and Hong Kong's fiat stablecoin licensing regime mean for brokers and payment providers in practice
Insight into the infrastructure gaps firms most commonly underestimate before going live
Perspective on where the next wave of adoption is heading and what existing systems need to accommodate
With over $300 billion in stablecoins now in circulation and APAC regulators moving from frameworks to enforcement, the conversation has shifted.
Held in partnership with 8Circle, this session brings together the builders of new payment rails and the institutions putting them to work.
Attendees will walk away with:
A clear view of which stablecoin use cases have cleared proof of concept and are now operating at scale in APAC
Understanding of what the MAS Payment Services Act and Hong Kong's fiat stablecoin licensing regime mean for brokers and payment providers in practice
Insight into the infrastructure gaps firms most commonly underestimate before going live
Perspective on where the next wave of adoption is heading and what existing systems need to accommodate
