The recent trend noticed in terms of investment in blockchain technology has affirmed the fact that despite the deterioration registered in the crypto market, it is still deemed as a vital and promising area for investors to float their money in.
Investors have been taking a keen interest in funding blockchain startups helping them raise $4.4 billion despite noticing a sharp decline in generalized crypto prices.
Blockchain technology is the foundational technology for cryptocurrency transactions to operate on. The prices of cryptocurrency however have been susceptible to a gradual decline in recent times, but the amount of funds invested in the technology has highlighted the cryptocurrency trend still quite popular with the masses despite experiencing a slump in pricing and revenue.
Along with blockchain, funding for fintech companies has also detected a surge of investment with approximately $30.8 billion being pooled in the domain.
Blockchain Startups to Gain a Steady Rise
There is no doubt that the crypto market has been sensitive to market speculation and has gone through a slump that has affected its overall pricing and value. This however did not discourage the investors who have poured heavy investments in the blockchain technology and helped the crypto market sustain harsh market fluctuations and decreased market valuation.
According to the data analysis from CB Insights, there has been a significant increase of 50% worth of investment flow in blockchain technology despite the currency being vulnerable to market oscillations and shifts.
Blockchain is a vital technology that primarily acts as a ledger for all verified cryptocurrency transactions and stores them in a thread constituting information related to the concerned transaction in a form of a secured block. The network of transfers comprises extensive computing channels to conduct currency transmission in a protected manner.
One of the largest financial rounds for blockchain investment valued at $440 billion was made to Circle, which is a payment and digital currency firm specializing in exchanges and transfers. The platform had recently expressed its plan to go public with a merger valued at $4.5 billion.
The recent trend noticed in terms of investment in blockchain technology has affirmed the fact that despite the deterioration registered in the crypto market, it is still deemed as a vital and promising area for investors to float their money in. Since April Bitcoin has recorded an all-time low from its average price of $65000. Ether is the second most popular cryptocurrency after bitcoin was also affected by the market alterations and had fallen by a critical 50%.
Chris Bendtsen, senior analyst at CB Insights has commented in a CNBC interview that with the current rate of investment flowing in the sector, it is very likely that the flow will easily break all previously set records of the cryptocurrency avenue and usher in a new era for cryptocurrency market value and prestige.
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