Crypto companies that navigate current bear market may be “Amazons” of tomorrow

What 

The deputy governor of the Bank of England, Sir Jon Cunliffe, has likened the current bear market to the one that internet companies were grappling with two decades ago, adding that the crypto companies who make it may go on to be the Amazons of the crypto industry

Why 

Many internet companies didn’t make it through the bear market of 2000 but internet technology continued to gain adoption. The companies that survived turned out to be dominant players 

What next 

The Deputy Governor said he expects the continued growth and development of cryptocurrency technology in future  

The story 

“A lot of companies went, but the technology didn’t go away. It came back 10 years later, and those that survived — the Amazons and the eBays — turned out to be the dominant players,” Cunliffe told Bloomberg. 

The market downturn may be around for a while but Cunfliffe expects cryptocurrency to play a transformative role in the future of finance. “Whatever happens over the next few months to cryptoassets, I expect crypto technology and finance to continue. It has the possibility of huge efficiencies and changes in market structure,” he said.

Earlier this month, the UK’s digital minister, Chris Philp repeated the government’s plan to make Britain a global crypto hub. “We do intend the United Kingdom and London to be crypto centres,” he said in an interview with Bloomberg Radio.

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