The use of bitcoin for illicit purposes has long been the most controversial aspect of the cryptoasset, although it has taken a back seat to
speculation around the bitcoin price over the past few years.
Not exact matches
Throughout 2014, financial traders
around the world have been enthusiastically taking to
bitcoin as a new area for
speculation.
Venezuela's move looks more like a desperate attempt to divert attention away from it's current dismal economic state, and to associate it's currency with the wild
speculation taking place
around bitcoin right now.
A Digital Asset Research report in 2017 went so far as to estimate current
bitcoin use cases would make the currency worth
around $ 2,074 without
speculation.
There's also been plenty of
speculation around Korea's plans to regulate crypto, although the government has since clarified it doesn't plan an all - out ban on
bitcoin and crypto trading.
As an increasing number of users start to use
Bitcoin, the demand for the cryptocurrency and
speculation around the cryptocurrency market will further rise at a rapid rate.