Volatile currencies don't make useful transactional currencies, as the value must be relatively stable to be accepted by the mainstream.
Not exact matches
In a Bloomberg Television interview last month, he said his bank didn't need a bitcoin strategy yet because the digital
currency is still just developing and
volatile.
This is a far less
volatile way of
doing things than using exchange rates: for example, the price of a hamburger doesn't jump 27 % simply because of
currency fluctuations.
But the dealer didn't need to worry about the risks associated with the
volatile currency.
Bitcoin may have originally been proposed as an alternative
currency, but with such
volatile pricing, it doesn't qualify anymore, he warns.
If you want to use that money and maybe don't have the time to wait a few years if things should go bad, than you will definitely want to hold a good bunch of your money in the
currency you buy most stuff with (so in most cases the
currency of the country you live in) even if it is more
volatile.
If you're invested in tracking the
volatile price of this digital
currency, you might as well let Alexa
do the legwork.
We must all bear in mind that Bitcoin is a new
currency and that it will be
volatile however, we believe that in the future as Bitcoin is adopted by more people, activities in China might not have such a huge impact on the Bitcoin price as it
does today.
CEO Lloyd Blankfein has been more judicious stating in an earlier interview with Bloomberg that his bank
did not need a Bitcoin strategy yet because the digital
currency is still just developing and
volatile.
, Blankfein derided the flagship cryptocurrency as a «vehicle to perpetrate fraud,» stating that an asset as
volatile as bitcoin
does not strike him as an effective
currency or store of value.
In an interview with Bloomberg Television, Blankfein derided the flagship cryptocurrency as a «vehicle to perpetrate fraud,» stating that an asset as
volatile as bitcoin
does not strike him as an effective
currency or store of value.
Presently, the Indian government and regulators
do not authorize any exchange to trade in virtual
currencies and have also warned people against making investments in such highly
volatile currencies.