The most reasonable explanation for why the Ethereum currency dropped from a high of $ 311.46 on Monday to a low of $ 238.65 is that a market correction is taking place for the out of
control values of digital currencies.
Not exact matches
Cryptocurrency are
digital currencies too, however the important distinction rests in the fact that unlike centralized money that is managed by the banks on behalf
of the governments and the people, cryptocurrencies are encrypted store
of value that abides by the mathematical laws
of their design and creation, which is
controlled by the people themselves.
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.
It would even put more
control of the
value of all
digital currency in the hands
of the people.
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While a money transfer between two parties in different African nations routinely costs more than 10 percent
of the transaction's
value, and central bankers are sometimes not resistant to the temptation to print more money, Bitcoin has extremely low costs as a payment settlement network and has a monetary policy that is essentially
controlled by the users
of the
digital currency.
It is certainly my hope that the availability
of digital currencies will provide a more gentle transition between state -
controlled currency, and citizen -
controlled value.