Cowen Digital Podcast: ‘Crypto winter’ may be here (again), but blockchain and digital asset innovation are quietly thriving in the summer heat!

In recent times cryptocurrency prices have plummeted, with market confidence shaken. Yet not all is as gloomy as it might seem. Albeit Bitcoin’s many alleged funerals, the reality is that so-called ‘crypto winters’ have thus far not resulted in the death of Bitcoin (or crypto assets more broadly). Whilst fears about price volatility are often used as sticks to beat up the crypto industry, there is another perspective that often gets lost in the noise. No matter what the price of Bitcoin or other leading cryptocurrencies is, the past decade has seen multiple waves of technical innovation spinning out from, and inspired by, the creation of Bitcoin. Surely that innovation is here to stay…