Is bitcoin a 'Fintech 50'?

Reported by Nina Bambysheva, Michael del Castillo and Steven Ehrlich The meteoric rise of bitcoin - from $10,000 since last year’s list to an all-time high of $65,000 this April – and other major cryptocurrencies over the past few months secured a record eight spots on this year’s Fintech 50 list for blockchain and cryptocurrency focused companies.

What will fintech bring to the world by 2030?

According to Maxim Manturov. Head of Investment Research at Freedom Finance Europe, "The biggest innovation that fintech has the potential to bring by 2030 involves bringing comprehensive banking solutions to the estimated 1.7 billion people around the world who remain unbanked.

Which crypto companies have not reached unicorn status in 2022?

Just two crypto companies on the 2022 list have not yet reached unicorn status—Ava Labs, the firm behind the Avalanche blockchain, and Chainalysis’ competitor TRM Labs.

Who is investing in crypto?

It’s hard to say who’s investing in crypto, especially since a lot of activity takes place anonymously or under pseudonyms. But some surveys and studies have suggested that crypto is still dominated by affluent white men. Gemini, a cryptocurrency exchange, estimated in a recent report that women made up only 26 percent of crypto investors.