Fintech digest: Rockefellers and Soros invest in cryptocurrencies, the Central Bank is looking for dissatisfied in social networks, Bitcoin is getting cheaper
The past week turned out to be somewhat alarming - bitcoin and altcoin rates continue to fall, Monday (and probably the whole current week) turned out to be difficult for the ruble. But such is the world of finance, at least ordinary, at least digital. Let's take a closer look at what is happening in the world of fintech.
Rockefellers and Soros start investing in cryptocurrencies
More recently, many reputable financiers have stated that cryptocurrencies are a common bubble that is about to burst. Bitcoin and altcoins, according to experts, cost nothing and exist only temporarily, while there is a hype.
Nevertheless, institutional players gradually come into this sphere. Some act secretly, others announce the beginning of action quite openly. Among the latter are the Rockefellers and Soros.
As for the Rockefellers, their Venrock company has announced a partnership with venture capital firm CoinFund. She specializes in investments in the crypto industry and a variety of blockchain solutions.
This can be a positive factor for the cryptocurrency market, since Venrock executives, in their own words, are not interested in making short-term profits, and are going to pay maximum attention to the long-term prospects for the development of the cryptocurrency sphere. So far, the company is ready to invest several million US dollars, no more.
The Soros Foundation is not far behind the Rockefellers. According to sources close to the financier, in the near future he will invest heavily in cryptocurrencies. By the way, this information came just a month after Soros called the cryptocurrency market a “bubble”. Actually, he is not alone.
The Central Bank will look for dissatisfied with banking services in social networks
The regulator decided to monitor the dissemination of information about the difficulties of various banks in social networks. The organization intends to do this daily.
According to representatives of the Central Bank, this will allow people to speak directly, influencing their behavior and expectations. Social networks have become a powerful tool for disseminating information, according to which one can judge the mood and demands of society, which will allow timely responses to urgent problems.
Source: rb.ru
Social networks in this regard are ideally suited for such a task, since the vast majority of Internet users do not visit government agencies. But almost every citizen of the Russian Federation has an account in a particular social network. According to the head of the State Duma committee on information policy, information technology and communications Leonid Levin, today almost any government agency should communicate with people without intermediaries.
The monitoring of the social networks of the Central Bank will not be done by itself, but with the help of the contractor, the digital agency Next. It won an open tender in the procurement system Sberbank AST, setting the contract price at 25 million rubles. The agency, in addition to analyzing information, will also give advice on responding to various informational issues.
Cryptocurrencies are falling
Despite some correction, cryptocurrency rates continue to decline. During the day, bitcoin lost about 6%, altcoins also fall.
Since the beginning of the year, the cryptocurrency market capitalization has significantly decreased, and only last week, bitcoin fell to a minimum since the beginning of February, having lost about 20% of its original value. The fall occurs, in particular, against the backdrop of negative news - restrictions on the cryptocurrency market both from state regulators and large companies.
In addition, online companies prohibit the promotion of cryptocurrencies and ICOs, and Google went even further by prohibiting cryptocurrency mining extensions from being added to the official Google Chrome Web Store.
According to of some experts, the immediate goal of the Bitcoin exchange rate now is the February minimum of 5.93 thousand US dollars.