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Regulations
A horrible name most of us in cryptocurrency have come to hate.
However if we truly want to see cryptocurrency go mainstream and really be fully adopted into our lives and regulations are what it is going to take.
Regulations will mean nearly 70 trillion dollars will be up for grabs when it hits main stream.
To put this all into perspective if bitcoins marketcap was 1 trillion right now it would be worth about $59,000 per bitcoin.
Regulations will make it possible for bitcoin to hit such numbers and without it we wont ever see them as much as we would like to hope so. To much money is simply tied up in markets which is making it impossible for it to grow into cryptocurrencies. Those with billions of dollars have their hands tied and unable to enter crypto markets without the regulations.
While most banks are fighting this one is shinning on top called Goldman Sachs which is currently pushing forward with getting it regulated and ready for trading.
For some reason though the fight is still on about how bitcoin is used for illegal activities. But to that I say WTF paper money is not used for illegal actives every single day and paper money has no way of being tracked. At least bitcoin does hold a crypto trail. If anything cryptocurrencies which are not totally anonymous hold better security and tracking abilities then our current fiat system.
When do you feel like crypto adoption and regulations will happen? Will it be this year?
Lets see :D
Regulations help to maintain cordial and general understanding.
Since the year is still a couple of months to go and anything can happen actually.
As much as i hate regulations we ll have to accept them at some point for the freater good.
I don't think it is going to be this year as there is still no mass adoption.But mid 2019...
Last year we had a crypto hype with the 'common people'.
If it surges again than year will be a lot more FOMO this time.
This is inspiring and promising news! And since we are the early birds, I hope we'll become seriously wealthy from believing and supporting cryptocurrencies from inception.
Some of the big nations are already making the moves... I can't remember where I saw this, but in Russia they are trying to craft all the rules needed not only to embrace the current cryptocurrencies we all know, but also create one of their own.
As you say, as much as we hate the idea of "regulations" they do bring legitimacy to the idea. Cryptocurrency went from a delusional idea crafted by nerds to an investment for those with steel steel guts and its currently on its way to be in the same shelve as stocks, at least in the eyes of the world.
I'm slowly starting to agree more and more with some of the regulations that are being introduced to crypto, however I do think some companies (COINBASE..) regulate their customers unfairly and hold back their funds for long stretches of time without much explanation.
I never had that happen to my account can you explain a bit?
@bitcoinflood are you on discord?i wanttoask you something
yup Valor2S
I sold down some ETH to GBP on my Coinbase account and I can't withdraw it because Coinbase need me to verify my bank account.
To verify your bank account account you need to send a small payment to Coinbase's Estonian bank account in Euros by SEPA/SWIFT. With my bank it costs ยฃ29.00 to do this and Coinbase recommend you send approximately 6 Euros. So it means you have to spend nearly 35 quid just to get your account verified.
And after all of that hassle I still sent the payment but guess what!? Coinbase no longer accepts deposits from my Bank so it was declined and I need to set up a new bank account just to withdraw my money.
I'm not blaming this 100% on Coinbase but it is very frustrating and their customer service/support team is awful considering how big a company they are and the amount of money they are dealing with on a daily basis.
sounds pretty normal to me...
As long it is the right people making the regulations, that's fine with me...
If it ends up being an "us" vs "them" scenario though... That will either be really good.. or very... intense..
It's hard to know just what type of "regulations" people are screaming out for.... seems a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy. For ICOs it makes sense but I really would like to see the market figure itself out.
Absolutely right about this
Japanese representatives will push for the adoption of global rules on cryptocurrencies at the upcoming G20 meeting in Argentina. Next week, the summit will gather finance ministers and central bankers in Buenos Aires. Other countries also want to put crypto matters on the table, with signals coming from key members of the European Union. You can read more here https://news.bitcoin.com/japan-to-call-for-crypto-rules-at-the-g20-summit/
We'll definitely see more regulations especially since bigger companies are starting to partner with coins/tokens and look to crypto as the future. Regulations need to be done right though unlike the current fiat system though it'd be quite hard for crypto to become something like our current monetary system. Good piece ๐