Coming up with a list of the 100 most influential people in crypto and blockchain is hard in any year. But doing it in 2021 is particularly difficult as the industry advanced from moving into the mainstream to actually being in it. And that makes “influence” a moving target.
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Goldman Sachs' Matt McDermott sees "no signs" of institutional interest in Bitcoin abating (Photo: Goldman Sachs)Goldman Sachs sees ‘huge’ institutional demand for Bitcoin
Fully 40% of the investment banking giant’s nearly 300 institutional customers already have exposure to crypto, said its head of digital assets, Matt McDermott
“We have seen no signs of that abating," said McDermott. "And when we talk about institutional demand, we talk about the whole cross section of the industry sectors... And when I talk about the broad spectrum, I'm referring to hedge funds, to asset managers, to macro funds, to banks, to corporate treasurers, insurance, and pension funds.”
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Bitcoin-seeking cyberthieves target hospitals fighting COVID-19
Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis says the coronavirus pandemic is giving ransomware cyberthieves a new and inviting target: desperate, overwhelmed hospitals
As bitcoin-seeking cyberthieves target hospitals with ransomware during the coronavirus pandemic, according to blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis.
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Opera browser integrates Unstoppable’s .crypto domain
The company believes the system driving its blockchain-based domain names has the potential to ‘replace the old internet entirely’
Unstoppable Domains has partnered with Opera to create decentralized websites using the .crypto extension—a modern alternative to .com, .org, .gov and the rest of the world wide web’s domain names.
