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A BlockChain Visa Debit Card - Ternio

Updated: Mar 4, 2021


Jacqui Cooper (Talk Show Host of JCooperTravels & CryptoMom) speaks with Daniel Gouldman (Founder) of Ternio (USA based). Ternio is offering a solution on the blockchain via a Visa Debit Credit card for Fiat and Crypto currency transations.


Background on Products offered by Ternio

(based on information posted on its website):


TERN is Ternio’s own cryptocurrency that is based on the Stellar and Ethereum blockchain.


Ternio enables consumers to instantly move from FIAT to crypto or crypto to FIAT in a simple way.


An in-house brand called BlockCard under a white-label Payment Card solution.


Ternio has partnered with the Global peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace, Paxful, to offer their own crypto debit card. The card will be available to US residents and will allow users to convert their cryptocurrency into USD to make purchases, open bank accounts, and withdraw cash from ATMs across the globe, with an international card option to…


Ternio has joined the Visa Fast Track program as their first cryptocurrency focused enablement partner. As an enablement partner, Ternio is now able to help other fintechs launch products using Visa’s global payments network to bring new crypto-friendly services to market. Ternio’s own platform, BlockCard, currently acts as a seamless on and off-ramp to move currency.

To listen to Daniel Gouldman (30 minutes) on the Talk Show, click here.


To watch the full episode, click below.

To explore Ternio & obtain a blockcard, click here:


Per Parts of The Report Shared By Ternio on the State of Crypto Report:


Ternio did a great deal of research on the state of crypto. These are highlights from the report:


To answer these questions and more, we (Ternio) spent the past two months collecting and analyzing publicly available data from a hand-built database of 5,331 companies operating in the crypto and blockchain ecosystem.


Here are some highlights:


• 2,577 startups have received funding, either VC, angel, or via an ICO. (Note: This does not include in the startups that raised capital but did not disclose the amount).

• 472 (18%) of those startups have either closed or are no longer active. These startups combined raised $4.7 billion from investors.

• 56 (2.3%) startups have been acquired.

• 5.7% of crypto startups are led by women, the rest are lead by men.

• 63% of crypto CEOs are white.

• 38% of crypto startups were founded by first-time founders.

• NYC is the most popular city for crypto startups.

• US is the leading country with the United Kingdom in second.

• Crypto and blockchain focused companies currently employee an estimated 86,443 people across the world.


The Demographics of Crypto Entrepreneurs


Fortunately, the lack of diversity in tech has become a major discussion over the past few years. In the crypto world, that conversation has continued and incredible groups like Global Women in Blockchain have been launched to help bridge the diversity gap. To learn more about the demographics of crypto founders, we took a look at the race and gender 4,353 CEOs. The majority (63%) of crypto CEOs were white while 17% were asian, 7.5% were middle eastern, 4.4% were latino, 4.5% were indian and 2% were black.


Top Five Cities Where CEOs Are Located:


1. San Francisco 2. London 3. New York City 4. Singapore 5. Moscow


Top Five Countries Where CEOs Are Located:


1. United States 2. United kingdom 3. Russia 4. Germany 5. China


Ternio conducted research from October 14th - November 29th, 2019. In total, 5,331 were organizations were analyzed. Company funding data was collected using Crunchbase, Angel.co, ICOBench, ICORating, and publicly available press releases and announcements. 2,577 organizations who had disclosed funding amounts were analyzed. This analysis does not include organizations that raised funding but did not disclose the amount. Company operational status was determined by reviewing the 2,577 funded companies websites and social media profiles. For organizations that had no employees listed on Linkedin, non-functioning websites, and out of date social media profiles, they were identified as closed/inactive. Employment research was conducted using Linkedin.com. Each organization’s Linkedin page was identified then used to determine the current employee count and growth rates. 4,557 were analyzed in total. Founder demographic research was conducted by manually reviewing the Linkedin page and other publicly available online profiles to determine their gender and race. Founder experience and geographical location was determined based on details listed on the founders Linkedin page. 4,353 crypto founders were analyzed in total.


To contact Jacqui, email at cooperbizzcoin@gmail.com


DISCLAIMER


1: This is not an official channel of the company - Ternio or BizzTrade and all its associate companies. This talk show does not represent the company.

2: This channel and all of its contents ARE NOT INVESTMENT OR LEGAL ADVICE. This information should not be interpreted as an endorsement of investments or any provider.

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