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Marc O'Brien is the CEO of Crypterium, a blockchain financial services platform designed to enable fast and easy spending of cryptocurrencies online and at point of sale. The platform also facilitates money transfers between users and mobile phone top-ups globally.
1Interview
2018First on the show
Aug 2018Latest appearance
14 minOn camera
13:50
Latest interview · Aug 10, 2018Marc O'Brien on Crypterium's blockchain financial services platformWatch the episode →
In their own words
“There are 30 million active users and by looking around the world, this market is on a trajectory where it is at least doubling every year, so 30 million today becomes 60, becomes 120, becomes 240 out in 3 years time.”
Key points from the latest interview
- Crypterium enables cryptocurrency transfers to contacts in under two seconds via first node update, addressing transaction speed delays in traditional banking and blockchain networks.
- The platform allows users to top up prepaid mobile phones globally using Bitcoin, Ether, or Litecoin, targeting the 3.5 billion prepaid mobile users worldwide.
- Crypterium offers point-of-sale and online payments through attached Visa, Mastercard, and UnionPay cards funded by cryptocurrency balances instead of fiat currency.
- The CRPT token functions as gas for transactions, with a fixed supply of 100 million tokens that decreases over time as tokens are burned with each transaction.
- Crypterium projects the global active cryptocurrency user base will grow from 30 million in 2018 to 240 million within three years, with significant adoption across Asia-Pacific, US, and emerging markets.