Leading independent Wall Street research organization Fundstrat has announced that it is about to start accepting Bitcoin from global clients.
The trend in Wall Street currently seems split between joiners and leavers, those such as banking giant Goldman Sachs who, having listened to its client base, has demonstrated that it has seen the writing on the wall regarding cryptocurrency, and those leaving comfortable positions in banking to jump on the blockchain bandwagon wholeheartedly.
Those such as JP Morgan blockchain executives Amber Baldet who left to found her own decentralized app store and ex-vice president of Goldman Sachs who jumped ship to fire up a crypto asset management firm, both examples of the current lure of crypto and blockchain on Wall Street.
Fundstrat Global Advisers have decided to become joiners in its announcement that the firm will start accepting Bitcoin payments through Bitpay, the largest global blockchain payments provider. Reportedly, the organization is one of the few macro research firms to follow movements in the crypto environments and has decided to take the plunge. Managing Partner Thomas Lee commented on the move:
“Fundstrat found that accepting payments via BitPay is considerably simpler, faster and less expensive than bank wires… Bitcoin payments make it easier for our clients, particularly those outside the US, by offering more options to pay for our research services without having to deal with the hassles of currency translation.”
Its clients include institutional investors, wealth advisers, pension funds, and wealthy individuals requesting investment reports and profiles including cryptocurrency.
And it is not just Bitcoin that Wall Street is currently taking an increased interest in. Last month’s comments by SEC Director of Corporate Finance William Hinman that Ether wasn’t operating as a security has left its impact on New York’s financial hub, with CBoE’s president Chris Concannon declaring:
“We are pleased with the SEC’s decision to provide clarity with respect to current Ether transactions… This announcement clears a key stumbling block for Ether futures, the case for which we’ve been considering since we launched the first Bitcoin futures in December 2017.”
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