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When it comes to Blockchain as technology and cryptocurrencies as a currency system, then it comes forward as the most probable solution to get rid of bottlenecks that exist in the current system.
The current trade finance and foreign exchange seem to be exorbitant and not that swift in processing which also involves a series of intermediaries. With the deployment of Blockchain technology, we can have an ecosystem which is from the involvement of intermediary and at the same time, it also reduces the cost of processing — thus making the foreign exchange and cross-border transaction cost-effective and time-saving.
As per a report from advisory services firm International Data Corporation (IDC), global spending on blockchain solutions may hit $2.9 billion in 2019 with a considerable spike of 88.7% from the $1.5 billion spent in 2018.
The report comprises of the emerging blockchain market evaluating spending data for 10 technologies across 19 industries and 15 use cases in nine geographic regions and also projects a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 76 percent, with total spending reaching the $12.4 billion mark in 2022.
The information on trends and developments focuses on markets and materials, capacities, technologies, CAPEX cycle and the changing structure of the Global Blockchain for every industry is getting interesting.
Evidently, the predominant driving force of such massive growth has been the needs of the trade finance sector, with an investment volume of more than $1.1 billion. While the manufacturing and the retail industries, which will likely foresee spending of $653 million and $642 million this year, respectively.
We’ve explicitly reported overseas payments while covering ripple’s traction in the trade finance transaction, which will also have the most investment in this year (approximately about $453 million).
Currency Strength Index: FxWirePro's hourly BTC spot index is flashing 40 (which is mildly bullish), while the hourly USD spot index was at 72 levels (bullish) at 12:27 GMT.
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