The risk is entirely on the investors, with no formal protection in place if they take the wrong gamble . There has been a significant rise in crypto scams, with many wallets held on the blockchain being fed into scam companies, and the wallets emptied and stolen.
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Why are cryptocurrencies contentious? Critics of digital currencies point to their volatility and say their use could undermine authorities’ control of global financial and monetary systems, increase systemic risk, fuel white-collar crime and hurt investors.
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Paulson went on to say that cryptocurrencies could eventually be worthless. “Once the exuberance wears off, or liquidity dries up, they will go to zero . I wouldn’t recommend anyone invest in cryptocurrencies,” he said.
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Since bitcoin came into existence over 11 years ago, many other cryptocurrencies have failed after their launch . Mostly, they come in the form of great fanfare and celebration, only to fail and fade away as investors and the general public move away from them due to lack long term viability.
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Even with the pandemic, there are now more than 11,000 cryptocurrencies in existence, up from about 6,000 in 2020, according to the website CoinMarketCap. “Nothing is too big to fail ,” says Niederhoffer, a former neuroscientist, “but I suspect Bitcoin’s biggest critics have never used it to perform a transaction.5 Kas 2021
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