What is the future of cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin is the first digital asset to use blockchain technology, a type of distributed database. It is one of the most popular ICOs in 2017, with an estimated value of around $800 million and it has been called “The World’s New Gold” by Gartner.[1] In 2008, when Satoshi Nakamoto published his white paper outlining the idea of bitcoin he did so at a very early stage in its development, with not many financial resources available at that time. However, from here onwards there have been a number of developments, even within some communities that have sought to build on top of this new way of making money, such as in the area of governance. One of these ways has been to create smart contracts to allow for easier, trading, or what we may call “contracts for difference” (CFDs). These types of agreements are used for companies wishing to buy shares in other firms and use their own funds to trade against each other. Contracts for Difference (CFDs) are contracts between two parties that provide certain rights and protections and are settled with each party having to pay a cost to get access to those rights and protection in order to use them. There are several types of CFDs, these include options. Options are where one party gives up something they want and gets another party to receive whatever this party receives in exchange for giving up something they do not want, and this party can be said to have given up a portion of their total assets. An example of an option would be the right to take part in the sale of stock in a company. For instance, if one party says that it will use 90% of its current account to purchase 100 shares, then it has given up 10% of the whole amount. Once these shares are sold, the remaining 10% of the total amount is returned. A party that does not sell any shares will give away only 5% of total assets, and this party makes no profit. That is why companies like Amazon Inc and Visa Inc allow customers to offer their own shares in their businesses. This is a really exciting thing as far as business and consumer confidence is concerned, but many people need to be careful and understand what type of contract is being offered. This article presents the future of cryptocurrency.

Cryptocurrency definition



For starters — what exactly is the definition of cryptocurrency? Many define it as anything of value that you and I consider that has value within reason, to be able to transfer goods and services for things like payment. However, the law is clear that value must be determined in a free market, meaning that the value cannot be artificially created or increased using coercion or force such as the US dollar has done under the Trump regime. When looking at cryptocurrencies, it is generally accepted that value is derived based on supply and demand. All commodities are priced according to availability, and all businesses and consumers are price takers. Price takers include businesses, governments, and individuals who benefit from buying products and services at the prices they currently earn.[2] If an individual buys a set of common items and takes them home, he/she is selling the product and buying another item, thus increasing the supply of that second item. Likewise, if the same item is bought online, it is going to cost more to bring that item back into that individual’s possession and take it out again.[3] Therefore, the net effect of buying something is going to increase the supply of the second item while decreasing the supply of the first item and leaving a smaller supply of the third item. The problem arises when supply is no longer high enough to satisfy requirements and demand is low enough to make a profit. When the economy crashes, this translates into huge deficits and this, in turn, means higher taxes and lower income. So what happens then? More government borrowing and less tax revenue mean less income and bankruptcy becomes a reality. Now that’s not so bad in theory, but in practice, they don’t always follow through in history and sometimes lead to more problems like recessions and hyperinflation where things that were once valued like gold become worthless or lose value. Another consequence that comes along with decreased consumption is debt which translates into more borrowing from others, which in turn leaves out the poor. This in itself can be interpreted as abuse and abuse is abuse and it can actually be quite difficult to determine whether an individual is being abused when they are being exploited and taken advantage off — or in fact, they are just trying to survive. How are we going to end this cycle? Currently, the solution is simple, cut spending. But the question is how quickly that is going to happen…

Cutting down expenses

When thinking about cutting down spending, think about the impact of the Great Recession back when America started experiencing what is now known as the “Global Financial Crisis” which took place from 2007 to 2009. During this period, hundreds of billions of dollars worth of stocks were lost as economic activity spiraled out of control and was quickly replaced with huge debts, causing serious issues for people like Lehman Brothers. In essence, this meant that if investors did not lend money to the banks, they could no longer afford to invest in stocks which led to unemployment as well as the collapse of corporations. To this day, a lot of economists still believe that this was to blame for causing the 2008 crash as many say it was due to excessive risk-taking by people. Because of this, many experts cite increased regulation within markets as one solution to ending the cycle.[4] As discussed earlier, reducing spending would reduce deficits to a great extent and also reduce borrowing in general. Additionally, it would mean lowering interest rates which can lead to a better credit rating for businesses as well as individuals. The concept of capital flight within the financial industry also came from this recession and because companies do not rely on loans they were forced to stop making new money and instead focus on reducing expenses.[5] Although these solutions seem to work best when seen as a stand-alone proposal, they are often difficult to implement, especially when financial institutions want to boost profits and are reluctant to take losses when a crisis hits. With this in mind, it would be better to focus on creating policies that help to encourage firms to save money as opposed to continuing to raise money. Thus, policies are needed that help to grow economies and stimulate job creation. To achieve this, policymakers need to encourage investment in both the private and public sectors.[6] There are a couple of ideas as to what this policy could look like, the EU Commission recently announced a plan to ‘get Europe ready’ whereby they will be encouraging European Firms, to start investing more into the nationalized countries so as to see where their money will go. They will incentivize them to spend abroad and support entrepreneurs instead of allowing them to keep it. By doing this, they will allow them to fund projects domestically, whilst still receiving foreign funding, therefore creating jobs. While this sounds good, it has some obvious problems. Since Europe is already struggling with inflation, it is unlikely that most non-EU countries would want to do this. Furthermore, with Brexit and France’s exit and difficulties in obtaining visas, Germany and Spain might only want to do this as opposed to the UK. Lastly, it is crucial to look at the current trend in GDP growth rate in countries all over the world and see what percentage of their growth happens in the economy around them. Countries that have a growing middle class are typically seen to have good success in becoming leaders in the global economy too, as well as being successful in leading the way in terms of technology and innovations. Yet, despite the many successes, there are a few problems for these countries in terms of fiscal stability. Firstly, they are facing large budget deficits as a result of raising the debt levels. Similarly, while Britain is very successful in controlling the cost of living, it still faces strong price pressures which have led it to raise the cost of housing. On average, Canada has the lowest wages per person in the developed world and Britain remains the highest. Despite these conditions, research shows that Canadian corporations are the most innovative and efficient, and this has allowed them to maintain low costs and drive higher profits in the face of competition. [7] Also, Canada has proven more flexible towards changes in regulations than other nations. For this reason, it is arguably the most sustainable country in the world for people looking for work. Overall, these factors make Canada a perfect place for people looking for work to come to as even though there are still problems like low wages and inequality, the people who decide to come to Canada are not being oppressed and they can gain more opportunities by having a chance to work in a more dynamic and progressive environment. Again, Canada’s success has nothing to do with immigration, rather it is the fact that it provides an ideal situation for someone looking for employment. And in conclusion, we can see that although the past has been difficult and the present promises to be less challenging, we are at last seeing a post-recession bounce back in this sector that will make people much happier. We can see further improvement in things like education, health care, infrastructure, and green technologies. Let us hope that this forward momentum continues into 2018, with our newfound freedom of choice and ability to move freely, to continue building a fair and equitable society and economy.

 

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