Bitcoin debit card —
a bridge to mass adoption
Pavel Matveev
Virtual and plastic payment cards
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account with multiple currency options
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and transfer
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Adoption overview
Highlights
• People are using bitcoin more than ever
• Altcoins have been dying
• Trend for regulation
• Remains difficult for a generalist crowd to
understand despite many improvements
• Scalability debates
Drivers
• Rather expensive SWIFT/SEPA/ACH 🐢
• Unfair currency exchange rates 😠
• Overcomplicated international transfers 😔
• Low interest on saving accounts 🤔
Regulations
Regulations
Japan's virtual currency regulation
FSA put in place capital requirements for exchanges as well
as cybersecurity and operational stipulations from April 1st
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Regulations
Trend for regulation
Several countries, including ' South Korea and ( Philippines, are
planning to develop regulatory frameworks for Bitcoin-based
businesses later this year
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Regulations
Regulatory sandbox for Blockchain businesses
*UK regulator FCA launched a regulatory sandbox, a few more
(Hong Kong Monetary Authority -HKMA, Australian Securities and
Investments Commission -ASIC, Monetary Authority of Singapore -
MAS) are planning to do the same
Key metrics
From a year ago
Up 50%
Number of wallets
Source: coindesk.com
x2
Bitcoin’s total market capitalization
Total number of bitcoin ATM’S
Transaction volume
Source: coindesk.com
x3
Bitcoin hashrate tripled
Source: coindesk.com
x4
Number of total Blockchain startups
Source: coindesk.com
Bitcoin price
Bitcoin price
Bitcoin price has reached all-time high
Apr 2016 Apr 2017
$1281Record: 7th of March
Bitcoin
vs
commodities/currencies
Bitcoin has outperformed most major currencies and commodities YTD (+29% vs. US Dollar)
Bitcoin 29%
Bitcoin has outperformed most major currencies and commodities YTD (+29% vs. US Dollar)
Bitcoin
Silver
Gold
Brazil
Japan
South Africa
29%
27%
19%
18%
16%
12%
China-2%
-7% Ukraine
Bitcoin vs Gold
Bitcoin price has crossed Gold price for first time ever
Bitcoin benefits
The most traceable currency in the world
All transactions are recorded on the blockchain
Good for micro transactions
Micro payments is an essential part of IoT
Excellent for cross-border payments
Cheaper and faster than traditional instruments
Why people don't use
Bitcoin?
People can’t use Bitcoin
in everyday life — try to buy
a coffee with Bitcoin
99.9%
of the world’s population don’t use bitcoin and
why should they?
You can’t easily spend it
Number of merchants that accept bitcoin payments
0.3%
And I bet you don’t know these guys 😉
But wait a minute…
The world is changing
The world is changing
But not so quickly 😔
Bitcoin payment card
Bitcoin payment card
Bitcoin payment card
Worldwide acceptance
Accepted by 35M+ merchants in 210+ countries
Bitcoin payment card
Worldwide acceptance
Accepted by 35M+ merchants in 210+ countries
Convenience
Debit cards is an essential part of everyday life
Bitcoin payment card
Worldwide acceptance
Accepted by 35M+ merchants in 210+ countries
Convenience
Debit cards is an essential part of everyday life
Instant conversion
Any crypto currency can be instantly converted
into FIAT and vice versa
Bitcoin payment card
Worldwide acceptance
Accepted by 35M+ merchants in 210+ countries
Convenience
Debit cards is an essential part of everyday life
Instant conversion
Any crypto currency can be instantly converted into FIAT
and vice versa
Last mile solution for blockchain remittance
Bitcoin debit cards make blockchain-based remittance possible.
Bitcoin is simple
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