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Амерички банкарски гигант БНИ Меллон извршни директор каже да су дигитална средства 'овде да остану'

02/10/2023
Битцоин Етхереум Невс

Michael Demissie, the head of digital assets at Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon), is adamant that the cryptocurrency market crash in 2022 won’t waver institutional interest in digital assets. 

At a conference run by Afore Consulting, Demissie said Feb. 8 that the digital asset industry is “here to stay” as institutional investors have a strong interest in crypto.

“What we see is clients are absolutely interested in digital assets, broadly,” he said, према to a Feb. 8 report from Reuters.

Demissie backed up his thoughts by referencing a преглед conducted by BNY Mellon in October, which found that 91% of custodian bank clients are interested in investing in blockchain-based tokenized products.

The survey also found that 86% of institutional players are adopting a “buy and hold” strategy, which may suggest that they see the cryptocurrency market as a long-term play.

Of those surveyed, 88% also said that the severe cryptocurrency market turndown in 2022 hasn’t changed their plans to invest in the digital asset sector over the long term.

Demissie did however state that more work needed to be done in Washington D.C., so that industry players can move forward with more regulatory clarity.

„Апсолутно нам је потребна јасна регулатива и правила за пут. Потребни су нам одговорни актери који могу да понуде поуздане услуге које оправдавају поверење инвеститора.”

“It’s important that we navigate this space in a responsible way,” he added.

On Feb. 2, BNY Mellon announced the appointment of Caroline Butler as the firm’s CEO of Digital Assets to help drive the next wave of adoption for the bank’s clients. She was previously the CEO of custody services.

The appointment comes as BNY Mellon launched its own digital custody platform in October, offering selected institutional clients the opportunity to invest in Bitcoin (БТЦ) и Етер (ЕТХ).

Earlier, in February2022, BNY Mellon announced a partnership with on-chain metrics platform Chainalysis to help track and analyze cryptocurrency products.

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BNY Mellon isn’t the only big bank making moves in the digital asset industry of late.

Goldman Sach was reportedly expressed interest in buying cryptocurrency firms after several were impacted by Катастрофални колапс ФТКС-а у новембру.

While JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon isn’t a fan of Bitcoin, his firm has dabbled with blockchain-based services in recent times. In November, the firm successfully executed its first-ever cross-border transaction using decentralized finance on a public blockchain.