Digital Coin Market overview

According to the digital coin industry analysis, Technavio’s market research analyst predicts the global digital coin market to grow at a CAGR of more than 7% by 2020.  This market is primarily driven by Bitcoin, the leading vendor in the digital currency market. The bitcoin network has gained wide acceptance across the globe as the investors believe that bitcoins are a safe option for investment owing to their huge market share and highest acceptance rate, compared to other digital currencies. With the growing popularity of digital currencies, several companies are launching the bitcoin network to the mainstream economy. In addition, they are also trying to leverage the digital currencies to ease the streamlining of international transfer, which will help investors to actively engage in the foreign exchange market without incurring huge transaction costs.

To ensure fast and secure transactions, several corporations are formulating long-term strategies to make use of digital currencies. Companies are opting for such currency forms for secure online payments and to reduce the number of intermediaries between the merchants and the customers. Moreover, the implementation of the digital coin technology will be beneficial for the foreign exchange and international remittances and will also help in the complex clearing and settlement of securities. Besides enabling the cross-border payments, these systems will speed up the money transfer process across different financial services.

Geographical segmentation and analysis of the digital coin market

• Americas
• EMEA
• APAC

EMEA is the largest region in the digital coin market and is expected to occupy around 52% of the total market share by 2020. In Europe, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has undertaken investigations of blockchain technologies and digital currencies, which is boosting the investment rate in the region. Digital currencies are gaining prominence in this region as all transactions are open to people. This increases the transparency and credibility rate of these transaction systems.

Competitive landscape and key vendors

The market is expected to witness high growth owing to the increasing investments in digital coins by entrepreneurs and developers. As the market is decentralized, it will help vendors to focus on creating better versions of digital coins and other product innovations. Constant innovations in the market are expected to spur immense growth opportunities for the market vendors in the coming years. The key vendors in the market are focusing on developing new payment types during the forecast period to augment their market shares.

Key vendors in the market include 

• Bitcoins
• Ethereum
• Ripple
• Litecoin
• Dogecoin

Other prominent vendors in the digital coin market are  Dash, Factom, MaidSafeCoin, Peercoin, Novacoin, Namecoin, and Novacoin.

Growth drivers, challenges, and upcoming trends:  Growing use of P2P platforms

Upcoming trends such as (peer-to-peer) P2P lending platforms are gaining popularity in the digital coin market as they connect both lenders and borrowers, and provides clear visibility in terms of the risks associated with investments. P2P lending operates across borders and supports wider payment systems like Bitcoins and cryptocurrencies. Also, such lending platforms help lenders to gain better collateral information, assists them in analyzing and managing loans, and allows them to make efficient underwriting decisions.

This report provides a number of factors contributing to the adoption, limitations, and opportunities of the digital coin market. It also offers an analysis of each factor and an estimation of the extent to which the factors are likely to impact the digital coin market growth.

Key questions answered in the report include

• What will the market size and the growth rate be in 2020?
• What are the key factors driving the global digital coin market?
• What are the key market trends impacting the growth of the global digital coin market?
• What are the challenges to market growth?
• Who are the key vendors in the global digital coin market?
• What are the market opportunities and threats faced by the vendors in the global digital coin market?
• Trending factors influencing the market shares of the Americas, APAC, and EMEA.
• What are the key outcomes of the five forces analysis of the global digital coin market?

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