Not exact matches
The
cryptocurrency, ranked as the fourth - largest on the market,
jumped 11.3 percent over the past 24 - hour period to reach a
value of $ 1,510.22 per token and a market cap
of $ 25.6 billion.
Indeed, that week saw what could be described as a yo - yo effect for crypto - prices, given that significant declines were followed by subsequent
jumps in the overall
value of the
cryptocurrency market.
Just like the world can collectively decide that gold is no longer worth anything overnight (by ceasing all buying
of the precious metal everywhere), so too can the users
of a protocol make a
cryptocurrency jump or drop in
value.
In it, Ravikant describes how
cryptocurrency could serve not only as an alternative store
of value and medium
of exchange, but also as a way startups could raise money without
jumping through the usual hoops.