Virtual reality is grabbing as much
attention as digital currencies are receiving, although digital coins are drawing more interest these days, especially with predicted value increases and crypto investment craze.
Not exact matches
The
attention on
digital currencies and new products that have sprung up around them has been described
as a mania and seen
as a warning to those speculating in them.
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss of Winklevoss Capital shed light on bitcoin, the mysterious
digital dollar that's increasingly grabbing
attention as it continues to gain acceptance from online services and merchants,
as well
as their stake in the
currency, on CNBC's Squawk Box Tuesday morning.
Bitcoin, a
digital currency that is traded on a peer - to - peer network independent of central control, has seen its value soar in the past year
as it gains
attention from growing numbers of investors, entrepreneurs and regulators.
The world's first sovereign - backed
digital currency, the petro, made headlines all over the globe this week, drawing both negative and positive
attention as it began its initial coin offering on March 20th.
According to Nicholas Gregory, CEO of London - based CommerceBlock, this comes
as good news for the bitcoin sector,
as government
attention is like a stamp of approval: «What some will bill
as censure, the cryptocurrency community will deem a stamp of approval that finally recognises the pivotal role that
digital currencies will ultimately hold for the global economy.
Bitcoin is attracting
attention as a wildly volatile, all -
digital currency.
As economic disruption continues to have a chilling effect on cash economies,
digital currencies, which enable secure, peer - to - peer payments without the interference of central governments or banks, are gaining increased
attention.
Although this deluge of
attention bodes well for the future of
digital currencies, and our position
as the longest established
digital currency exchange in the world, our resources have been stretched to capacity.
There are many other options aside from Bitcoin that, despite functioning solely
as a
digital currency, seems to attract most of the
attention.
As the world of
digital currencies gets more competitive day by day, and attracts the
attention of more regulators, promising technologies like that of Ripple, shall gain the most.
Despite Bitcoin gaining massive media
attention, and some of the world's biggest companies now accepting Bitcoin
as a payment method, the banks are still wary of this
digital currency.
As Bitcoin and the rest of the cryptocurrency market starts to make a bigger dent in the global economy, this unprecedented, unregulated
digital currency will start to garner more and more
attention from governments and regulators.