CRYPTOCURRENCY AS AN INVESTMENT

CRYPTOCURRENCY AS AN INVESTMENT Merchant Adoption: Slower than Expected One of the biggest surprises in cryptocurrency development is that it has not been more widely adopted as a medium of exchange – i.e. by merchants for point-of-sale use. Merchant adoption is on the rise, though, especially with e-commerce. Cryptocurrency payment services are starting to crop up, which are kind of like credit cards that allow you to use crypto to buy things at places that don’t ordinarily accept crypto. The HODLing Phenomenon Currently, most people use cryptocurrency as a store of value – as an investment. Questions of whether to “HODL” (a slang misspelling of “hold”) crypto are among the most-argued topics on crypto-related internet discussion forums. Cryptocurrency Investment Vehicles One constant of the finance world: Anything can be securitized, will be securitized. Cryptocurrency is no exception. As with any new asset class, finance professionals were quick to find ways to securitize cryptocurrency. You can now purchase cryptocurrency futures, for example, and ETFs might be on the way.

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