Check Out 5 Boston Blockchain Startups That Are Revolutionizing Crypto – Bitcoin (BTC/USD), Ethereum (ETH/USD)
A blockchain is a decentralized peer-to-peer network used to facilitate asset transactions without the need for a clearing authority. Assets that can be tracked include tangible items such as a car or real estate, or intangible items such as patents and copyrights. Intangible assets can include legal tender such as cash, or even cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin BTC/USD and Ethereum ETH/USD.
The cryptocurrency market is a multi-billion dollar industry. Leaders in the field include Bitcoin, valued at around $400 billion, Ethereum at nearly $200 billion, Tether at around $70 billion and BNB at just over $50 billion. The value of the cryptocurrency market fell just below $1 trillion in June 2022 to a level of $926 billion. Global crypto peaked at $2.9 trillion in November 2021.
If you’re interested in crypto, you won’t want to miss Benzinga’s Future of Crypto event. This year’s conference will be held at Pier Sixty in New York City and will feature such renowned speakers as Kevin O’Leary from O’Leary Ventures and ABC’s “Shark Tank,” Anthony Scaramuccifounder of Sky Bridge Capital, and Arthur Breitmanco-founder of Tezos.
The Future of Crypto event will start on December 7, 2022, at 8:00 AM ET. Boston is just a train ride away from NYC, and the Amtrak 173Northeast Regional line departs from Boston at 11.16 and arrives in NYC on December 6 at 15.22, one day before the event.
In the meantime, here are five great blockchain startups to watch in Boston.
Flipside Crypto
Flipside Crypto provides on-demand analytics for blockchains, empowering crypto communities to both create and share data. The company’s Community-Enabled Analytics is a bounty program where blockchain users are encouraged to motivate other community participants. Those involved in the community can also share insights and leverage automatically generated API endpoints. Flipside Crypto was founded in 2018 and is based in Boston.
Voatz
Launched in 2015 and headquartered in Boston, Voatz makes it safe and easy for people to vote via their mobile device in everything from city to state elections. Voatz has created a platform that combines biometrics, encryption and blockchain, and allows users to vote securely from their smartphone or tablet. Pilot tests were successfully conducted in the 2018 West Virginia midterm elections, as well as the 2018 Denver municipal elections.
Algorand
Founded in 2018 by award-winning cryptographer Silvio Micali, Algorand’s high-performance Layer-1 blockchain brings lightning-fast, frictionless technologies to users. Algorand builds blockchain technology that powers the Future of Finance (FutureFi) for more than 500 organizations globally. Algorand is headquartered in Boston.
Circle
Circle is a global financial technology company offering online payments for public blockchains and stablecoins. A stablecoin is a digital dollar system that exists on the internet. Billions of stablecoins are exchanged every day online. Circle was founded in 2013 by Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville and is located in Boston.
Espresso
Esprezzo tracks assets across blockchain protocols, smart contracts and wallets. Esprezzo’s tools and platform do it without the need for previous blockchain development experience. The company is a small blockchain company and was founded by Remy Carpinito and Alan Wilhelm. Esprezzo is headquartered in Boston.
For more information and to get tickets now, visit Benzinga Future of Crypto website.
