Sentences with phrase «used as a speculative investment»

Cryptocurrencies are digital in nature, so investors see the opportunity in using these as speculative investments for the future.

@stanri as a sidenote, the whole concept of «pay out» is not how many of us bitcoin believers think, because bitcoin is a currency, despite its common use as a speculative investment.

So these folks argue that Bitcoin currently is rather used as a speculative investment vehicle than as a means of payment — a development that puts its price on a shaky ground and therefore forces the entire Bitcoin network to be at the mercy of wavering speculators.

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Regulators all around the world, including the US, UK, and Hong Kong, have called out the use of them as «very high - risk, speculative investment (s)».

Three candidates couldn't make through the National Assembly hearing process under the current president for the last four years because of (1) his speculative investment in real estate using secret information, (2) earning too much money when working as a lawyer, and (3) his historical viewpoint that lawmakers and general public don't endorse or agree to.

By clicking the checkbox, the Purchaser: (i) consents and agrees to the Terms and the Ether Product Purchase Agreement; (ii) represents and warrants that the Purchaser is legally permitted to purchase ETH in the Purchaser's jurisdiction and is legally permitted to receive products of Swiss origin; (iii) represents and warrants that the Purchaser is of a sufficient age to legally purchase ETH or has received permission from a legal guardian who has reviewed and agreed to these Terms; (iv) represents and warrants that the the Purchaser will take sole responsibility for any restrictions and risks associated with the purchase of ETH as set forth below; (v) represents and warrants that Purchaser is not exchanging bitcoin (BTC) for ETH for the purpose of speculative investment; (vi) represents and warrants that the Purchaser is acquiring ETH for the use of decentralized application services or the purchase of tokens specific to forthcoming decentralized applications on the Ethereum Platform, or to facilitate development, testing, deployment and operation of decentralized applications on the Ethereum Platform; and (vii) represents and warrants that the Purchaser has an understanding of the usage and intricacies of cryptographic tokens, like BTC, and blockchain - based software systems.

The aim is to promote the use of bitcoin in retail stores instead of as a speculative investment, he detailed.