Virtual currency preferred AAX
in December 2018, NASDAQ announced its investment in the cryptocurrency exchange erisx. Compared with bakkt, although behind erisx are Nasdaq, CBOE, CME, fidelity and TD Ameritrade, one of the largest Internet Securities Companies in the United States, they are relatively unknown. But it was approved by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission earlier than bakkt to launch compliant bitcoin futures
NYSE and NASDAQ are competing for the first place, and the London Stock Exchange (LSE), the largest stock exchange in Europe, is not willing to fall behind. In January 2019, the London Stock Exchange Group (lseg) announced that it would provide technology drive for atom asset exchange (AAX exchange) to enter the digital money market in a "curve entry" way.
bitcoin is the most famous virtual currency. First of all, it has been seven years and eight months since its birth in 2009. From being worthless at first, it rose to 8000 yuan / piece in 2013, and even attracted Chinese aunts to join. With the regulatory policy crackdown in 2014, bitcoin once fell to about 1000 yuan, and then entered the bear market channel. It was not until the beginning of this year that a new round of bitcoin market broke out, hovering at a high of 4300 yuan / piece< However, the attitude of the regulators is clear. Whether it is genuine bitcoin, or a variety of derivative Shanzhai coins, there is no way to obtain legal living space at present. This is something we need to be clear about. If the platform goes out of business or the staff runs away, it is very likely that they will lose all their money and the losses they have suffered will not be protected by law
the promises they give you often make the participants pay money quickly. Behind them is the Ponzi scheme of "robbing the east to pay the west" + "cheating the white wolf with empty hands". They use the money of new investors to pay interest and short-term return to old investors, so as to create the illusion of making money and cheat more investment. When no new investors enter, the return of old investors collapses one after another, and it is often difficult to withdraw cash, or the website cannot be opened
in short, although the external form of virtual currency is ever-changing, it is not divorced from its essence of pyramid selling. The more investors put in, the greater the final loss, and the more serious the loss may be.
There are two reasons for the prohibition of virtual currency trading by the state:
1. The price fluctuates violently and the consumer protection is lacking:
virtual currency is the proct of network, and the digital information flowing in the network is beyond everyone's control. The code of cyberspace is the basis of the operation of virtual currency, investors can only operate through the front-end interface, seemingly "control" the virtual currency. The operator of the virtual currency service organization may become the actual controller of the virtual currency through the control code
bitcoin and other so-called "virtual currencies" lack a clear value basis, the market is full of speculative atmosphere, the price fluctuates violently, and investors blindly follow suit, which is easy to cause capital losses
2. Evade supervision and become the "accomplice" of criminal activities:
bitcoin is popular as a payment tool in the so-called "dark web" world“ The "dark net" is full of all kinds of serious criminal activities. One of the original intentions of the invention of bitcoin is to evade regulation. It has the characteristics of anonymity and convenient cross-border flow, and has become the preferred tool of "underground economy"
the existence of bitcoin and exchanges and other instrial chains has constructed a illegal financial market for asset transfer and financing in addition to legal currency, increased the difficulty of regulatory authorities in managing financial security and stability, and promoted regulatory arbitrage and financial crimes. The risks and social security risks it brings to the financial market are far higher than its innovative value
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virtual currency transactions are not protected by law:
according to the notice on preventing bitcoin risks issued by the people's Bank of China and other departments on December 3, 2013 and the announcement on preventing financing risks of token issuance issued by seven ministries and commissions including the people's Bank of China on September 4, 2017, virtual currency is not issued by monetary authorities, It is not a real currency because it does not have the monetary attributes of legal compensation and compulsion
in terms of nature, virtual currency should be a specific virtual commodity, which does not have the same legal status as currency, and can not and should not be used as currency in the market. Although citizens' investment and trading in other virtual currencies are personal freedom, they can not be protected by law
but the returns are huge. Bitcoin has risen from a few cents to 10000 + US dollars, up several million times. Although the increase will not be so high now, the rate of return is still far higher than that of traditional stocks and real estate
therefore, if you choose to invest in digital currency, your wealth will rise exponentially even though you take risks. So, you might as well put some spare money into digital currency. In a few years, there will be unexpected surprises.