Tag: bitcoin

An increasing number of Asian companies are holding cryptocurrency on their balance sheets as a treasury asset, however, there is a reluctance to discuss strategy and potential pitfalls. Paul Golden reports.

Following the crypto moves by corporate treasuries at Square, Tesla and MicroStrategy, is the inclusion of Hong Kong-listed beauty app Meitu a sign of things to come?

The new index series includes a S&P Bitcoin Index, S&P Ethereum Index and S&P Crypto Mega Cap Index.

A webinar hosted by CorporateTreasurer and Copper.co has highlighted the potential path for digital currencies on a company’s balance sheet.

The jury is still out over whether digital currencies are a viable or sustainable alternative to cash. Yet they will be part of a multi-year trend, as adoption grows to give corporate treasury teams more comfort to take action, according to a webinar hosted by CorporateTreasurer and Copper.co.

Considering whether to go down the cryptocurrency path poses key questions and potential issues for corporates that treasury teams are grappling with as sentiment starts to shift.

Elon Musk’s $1.5 billion bet on bitcoin has changed the conversation around cryptocurrencies. For most treasuries, there are plenty of red flags – not least how to account for it.

Amidst signs of growing interest from institutional investors in holding cryptocurrencies, service aims to provide custody services for most-traded crypto assets at start and expects to begin operations in London in 2021.

For corporate treasurers already mired in the costly, slow and opaque world of cross-border payments, ether could offer a real solution: real-time, cost-free, “crypto-payments” with the need to buy cryptocurrency.

Cryptocurrencies' problem is they’re often backed by little more than hope and hype. Bridgecoin, however, says it’s about to change all that. CT looks at its mechanisms and challenges.

Slow, complicated and expensive to transact, bitcoin is proving itself a poor medium of payment. China's hostility could also put the lid on the cryptocurrency's future.

Bitcoin, Etherium and even Air Miles are all forms of non-sovereign assets. In a region famous for its forex controls, will the cryptowallet soon be used to pay suppliers?