Cryptocurrency Snake Pit

Cryptocurrency and the snake pit – a tale of woe

Cryptocurrencies were formed on the basis of good faith, however when the essence of the technology relies on something being hidden it will always be abused and attract abusers.

When the level of abuse (read scams) becomes too high the cryptocurrency price crashes and innocent people are defrauded out of their money.

Snake Pit

Buying cryptocurrency is akin to jumping into a snake pit – it is inevitable you will get bitten – its just how quickly it will happen.

We previously warned of this when the cryptocurrencies were surging in value.  Optimists were lured into the snake pit – and you have seen the result – massive losses.  In summary, there are 3 key issues which are very important – corruption, regulation and innovation.

  1. Corruption.  This cryptocurrency market is full of corrupt operators. Upside comes as more shady characters are attracted to deal further in cryptocurrencies.  Given the anonymity, they can easily lurk and prey on unsuspecting individuals.  We expect this criminal activity will rise as the opportunity for abuse becomes more widespread.
  2. Regulation. There is no regulation.  Manipulation will continue to occur in the absence of regulation.  We expect governments will attempt to impose regulation to curb this. This must reduce demand for crypto-money.
  3. Innovation. We see more technology being created in the cryptocurrency space – and with this, a higher risk of people being ripped off.

The link to that paper is here.

Until changes occur …

This story will self-repeat – there will be winners and a whole lot more losers.

When something doesn’t have full transparency or the protection of the law, you are going to lose money.

Facebook Agrees

Facebook has announced it is banning ads on its social network that promote cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings, saying they’re “frequently associated with misleading or deceptive promotional practices.”

“We want people to continue to discover and learn about new products and services through Facebook ads without fear of scams or deception,” Facebook said.

Every generation has one big event which is sent to relieve them of their hard earned cash  – it appears the current generation’s is cryptocurrency!

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