Brock Pierce is as close to Hollywood-Crypto as you will get and the well-versed entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and early investor has some interesting predictions for the blockchain space in 2019.
Brock Pierce, chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation, speaks at the Ambrosetti Forum in Cernobbio, Italy, on April 8, 2016.The cryptocurrency and blockchain space is one of the most rapidly evolving technology and financial ecosystems in the word. Year by year this innovative and experimental industry continues to adapt and change, shifting focus and intent regularly.
Cryptocurrency may be down, but its certainly not out, especially with the air cleared of speculative investors. Now, it is blockchain that is taking the baton and driving the technology with its associated digital tokens forward. Many see 2019 as the year of the enterprise blockchain. “Security tokens are going to give birth to a quadrillion dollar market,” adds Pierce. “This is because we will see the tokenization of the world’s fiat money, debt market, real estate, equities, and art.”
“It’s that community of users around the world that have driven the first wave of crypto adoption and so I think there’s a very good chance that gaming in all its forms will be one of the major drivers of the success of the ecosystem.” “The same thing needs to happen now. With crypto payments We’ve had wonderful technologists now we need great user interfaces.”Pierce is an interesting character within the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. The entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist came into this space from his gaming days when, In 2001, he founded Internet Gaming Entertainment , a company which pioneered the MMORPG currency-selling services industry.
Pierce was also recently asked by the creditors of the famous Mt. Gox Exchange to assist in presented a unified plan with the hopes of maximizing creditor’s recovery from the Japanese bankruptcy courts as well as to redeem the damage caused to the community.
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