At Statista, he focuses on digital developments and their influence on payment solutions and currencies. Recently, this included research into cryptocurrencies, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), decentralized finance (DeFi), and central bank digital currencies (CBDC). He is also responsible for mapping out payment providers and the most popular digital payment methods within individual countries. He aims to provide easy-to-understand explanations while at the same time giving detailed and in-depth information.
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Raynor de Best

Content expert covering payments and (crypto)currencies
Latest publishings
Financial Instruments & Investments Ripple XRP/USD price history up to Dec 4, 2025
Financial Instruments & Investments Binance Coin BNB/USD price history up to Dec 4, 2025
Financial Instruments & Investments Solana SOL/USD price history up to Dec 4, 2025
Financial Instruments & Investments NZD/USD FX rate, up until Dec 4, 2025
Financial Instruments & Investments GBP/CHF FX rate up until Dec 4, 2025
- Crypto market - statistics & facts
Financial Instruments & Investments - Decentralized Finance (DeFi) - statistics & facts
Financial Instruments & Investments - Digital payments in Latin America, by country - statistics & facts
Finance & Insurance - Remittances worldwide - statistics & facts
Financial Services - Cryptocurrency/stablecoin payments - statistics & facts
Financial Services
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Ripple (XRP) price per day from June 14, 2020 to December 4, 2025 (in U.S. dollars) Binance Coin (BNB) price per day from June 14, 2020 to December 4, 2025 (in U.S. dollars) Solana (SOL) price per day from June 14, 2020 to December 4, 2025 (in U.S. dollars) New Zealand dollar (NZD) to U.S. dollar (USD) exchange rate from April 2, 2018 to December 4, 2025 British pound sterling (GBP) to Swiss franc (CHF) exchange rate from April 3, 2018 to December 4, 2025
Topics
Statistics and facts on cryptocurrency Statistics and facts on the market size of DeFi and which financial services it covers Statistics and facts on the use of cash, debit & credit cards and digital payments in Latin America Statistics and facts on remittance flows across the world Statistics and facts on cryptocurrency, stablecoins, and blockchain as a digital payment method
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Raynor de Best
Content expert covering payments and (crypto)currencies
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