Tagged: outlook 2024

December 22, 2024 @ 4:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Erratic and dramatic mortgage rate movements that heavily influenced the housing market in 2024 are destined to “play a major role” in the coming year, according to real estate firm Zillow‘s (Nasdaq: Z and ZG) latest market report. Zillow Chief Economist Skylar Olsen said: “There’s… Read More

January 8, 2024 @ 7:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Buffalo, New York, will be the most active major housing market this year, according to a new analysis by Zillow (NASDAQ: Z and ZG). It may be hard to believe for some but as prices are rising elsewhere, Buffalo remains more accessible. Affordability is the… Read More

January 8, 2024 @ 8:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Everything that Plaid is building together is part of a “bigger picture” which includes helping millions find financial freedom. As Plaid and its team prepares for 2024, they’ve taken a look back at what they consider to be the year’s biggest highlights and what they’ve… Read More

January 6, 2024 @ 9:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As we enter 2024, Airbase wanted to take a moment to share with the progress that the Fintech firm claims to have made in 2023. According to Airbase, it was a solid year of innovation, adoption, and recognition for them. Airbase notes in a blog… Read More

January 4, 2024 @ 11:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Starknet’ has shared its reflections and 2024 predictions with CI. The selection of reflections and predictions are from key players within the Starknet ecosystem and StarkWare. Starkware is reportedly “the main developer behind StarkNet, a layer-2 blockchain in the Ethereum ecosystem.” Eli Ben-Sasson, co-founder and… Read More

January 2, 2024 @ 7:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As we enter 2024, CI has received insights from the CEO’s of crypto industry firms including professionals who are overseeing the operations of digital asset exchanges, custody platforms, payment product developers, and services associated with various other protocols. Bobby Zagotta, US CEO of Bitstamp, which… Read More

January 2, 2024 @ 12:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NEXT Insurance’s CEO has shares his 2024 predictions with CI. In a detailed note, the firm has commented on key 2024 industry predictions, which are attributed to NEXT Insurance’s Guy Goldstein. Guy’s insights aim to reflect on the major developments and trends in the insurance… Read More

January 2, 2024 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The year 2024 is set to be an exceptional period for the digital assets and blockchain sector. Throughout most of 2023, there were a number of key developments that will now shape the future of the crypto industry in the coming year and even the… Read More

January 2, 2024 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Total new-vehicle sales for December 2023, including retail and non-retail transactions, are projected to reach 1,396,700 units, a 13.2% increase from December 2022, according to a joint forecast from J.D. Power and GlobalData. As noted in the research report, December 2023 has 26 selling days,… Read More

January 2, 2024 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As we get ready for another crypto bull market, with Bitcoin surging past $45,000 in anticipation of expected BTC ETF approvals, it’s worth taking a look back at key industry developments. The crypto industry has reflected on significant developments throughout 2023 and plans towards a… Read More

January 1, 2024 @ 8:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Four in 10 consumers are heading into 2024 saying they feel less financially secure than when 2023 began, according to new research from KPMG UK. Assessing confidence for 2024, KPMG’s latest Consumer Pulse survey of 3000 UK consumers shows those feeling worse “about their financial… Read More

January 1, 2024 @ 6:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

If 2023 has demonstrated anything, it is the “remarkable resilience” of the crypto industry despite “reputational and regulatory challenges,” according to an update from Bitfinex. So as we head into 2024, the analysts at Bitfinex foresee “the number of global cryptocurrency owners to rocket up… Read More

December 31, 2023 @ 1:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As the end of the year approaches, the Nansen team has shared key insights on higher-probability scenarios poised to take center-stage in 2024. In line or consistent with prevailing sentiment, which leans toward positive scenarios for crypto in 2024, Nansen says that their outlook remains… Read More

December 31, 2023 @ 1:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jeff Owens, co-founder of Haven1, says that decentralized finance (DeFi) will finally attract mainstream users in 2024, “with the help of innovations like RWA tokenization and the hype around a potential ether spot ETF approval.” However, he also claims that wider adoption “will only happen… Read More

December 30, 2023 @ 5:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Entrée Capital has recently shared an update titled, A Renaissance in Israel’s high tech ecosystem in the year ahead (2024). Entrée Capital, which claims to partner with the “exceptional” to build the “impossible,” says that they remain steadfast in their commitment to supporting Israel. The… Read More

December 29, 2023 @ 5:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Gavin Wood, an Ethereum co-founder who has focused on Polkadot noted that we are seeing a global return to normalcy and resurgence of (in-person) events with it (even though various of COVID still seem to be affecting a significant number of people despite vaccinations being… Read More

December 29, 2023 @ 9:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

At Chime, they claim to firmly believe that their members’ experience with our products is at the core of their success. That’s why Chime claims it continuously goes the extra mile “by investing in simple, beautiful, easy experiences that allow their members to control their… Read More

December 27, 2023 @ 1:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A significant uplift in global growth is “unlikely” in 2024 with “no short-term end in sight to geopolitical uncertainty and tight monetary policies,” according to the latest KPMG Global Economic Outlook. Produced by leading economists from KPMG member firms around the world, this year’s report… Read More

December 23, 2023 @ 3:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Traditional reinsurance companies will start offering meaningful cyber capacity in 2024 as cyber insurance is “one of the fastest growing lines of insurance to emerge in a generation,” according to the CEO of cyber risk analytics specialist, CyberCube. In a series of predictions from CyberCube… Read More

December 19, 2023 @ 7:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK economy is limping along while high interest rates and policy uncertainty take their toll on global growth, according to an update from KPMG. KPMG noted that activity has outperformed expectations, but the UK economy “remains weak and vulnerable to shocks.” Here are some… Read More