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Cryptocurrency creation ‘as important as the invention of electricity’, says Israeli trading firm chief

Chief executive says Cryptocurrency trading has skyrocketed in the last 18 months

May 14, 2018 14:43
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The Israeli founder and chief executive of one of the world’s largest social trading companies has described the invention of cryptocurrencies and blockchain as “revolutionary - as important as the invention of electricity".

Yoni Assia, the head of eToro, an Israeli firm with more than 10 million registered global users, spoke at the UK-Israel Business chamber of commerce on Friday about the rise of trading in electronic currencies, known as cryptocurrencies.

Blockchain is the public transaction database technology which keeps track of cryptocurrency trades.

“Generation Y is the largest cohort of individuals in the world, and it’s just entering its investments phase,” Mr Assia told the JC.