Miguel Maeztu @AzeriaInvest: "Can Bitcoin become a means..."

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Can Bitcoin become a means of payment? Reading A Random Walk down Wall Street, one of the points discussed is whether Bitcoin can become a means of payment. Very interesting topic. In essence, a key element for Bitcoin to become a means of payment is price stability. Volatility is a killer for any means of payment. So, by default, an investor who treats Bitcoin as an asset that will appreciate thanks to speculative forces is assuming a trait that makes it inviable for a currency and means of exchange - volatility. The other factor is power. Do countries want to relinquish control over their means of payment and exchange, one which is also used to fund their debt? Surely not. Especially countries such as China or the US, which need their currency to be strong in order to project geopolitical power. One last factor, this being built originally by a person that no one knows who he is. Could that person be the façade for another hidden hand? I just see too many factors playing against worldwide adoption instead of the USD, EUR, of the RMB. In the end, trust in the issuer of the currency is paramount, and with it price stability of the means of payment. 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳: 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳, 𝑢𝑛𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑦 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑦𝑒𝑟 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘐 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥. 𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘊𝘰𝘱𝘺 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 | 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 | 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴 $BTC $ETH $EURUSD $CHINA50

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