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Experts: U.S Dollar is the Future of Digital Currency
Experts say U.S. Dollar is Future of Digital Currency
Speaking with CNBC, a group of currency experts stated that in twenty years the United States dollar will most likely still be the world’s reserve currency. They further stated that the likelihood of bitcoin not being around is probable. Regardless of the turnout, the state of money is likely to change overtime and people will witness the effects of that in the future.
The quantity of the dollars around the world has increased tremendously and many people are convinced about the currency losing its value and status as a global reserve currency. ConvergEx chief market strategist, Nicholas Colas, said if a person truly wants to get the inside scoop into the status of the dollar, he should begin looking at the $100 bill.
The hundred dollar bill is seen as a proxy for foreign demand for U.S. currency by many economists. According to the Federal Reserve data, 77% of the $1.2 trillion in circulation in 2013 was denominated in $100 bills. According to one Federal economist, approximately 2/3 of those hundred dollar bills are held outside of the U.S.
According to Colas, the demand for the hundred dollar bills is increasing. He further added that the dollar will very likely remain a global reserve currency so long as it is the way global markets price “gold and oil and guns.” Colas remarked that at the end of the day, money is secured in the trust of people and the U.S has a great record in being good for its debts globally.
Colas also pointed out that the United States is at the top, when it comes to preventing counterfeiting. The U.S spent $120 million to redesign the new $100 bill last year to make it extremely difficult to counterfeit.
U.S Dollar Future of Digital Currency
The group of currency experts shared that the world already has a digital currency; the United States dollar. Expressing the similarities between the dollar and bitcoin and how the dollar is actually better than bitcoin, Colas goes on to say,
“The $100 bill is the world’s bitcoin. It’s anonymous. It’s easy to use. It’s actually easier than bitcoin, because you don’t need a computer or even power.”
Bitcoin took a large hit after the collapse of one of the largest bitcoin exchanges, Mt. Gox, in February. The sentiment expressed by economists is that in 25 years, bitcoin won’t really be at the top of the ladder but the idea of digital currency may remain.
Boris Schlossberg, managing director of FX Strategy at BK Asset Management, said
“The really interesting story in money is its digitization, and the huge amount of friction that exists in the system, and the way that technology destroys all those costs.”
With the use of bitcoin, one is able to make transactions instantly without any intermediaries involved or extra fees. Banks are resistant to the idea of adopting a transaction payment system in which there are no fees involved. Banks profit by playing the role of intermediaries for transactions.
Christopher Vecchio, a currency analyst for the DailyFX trading news site, stated that there are many who already believe money to be digital.
“The bank isn’t holding a lot of money in there. The money in your account is data. It’s a set of zeros and ones,” he said.
He further commented that even though bitcoin’s characteristic of having reduced transaction costs is notable; Vecchio believes this shift is part of a larger scheme of things.
“The future of money will really be on finding ways to transact in a lower-cost way, and that’s a societal trend, not just bitcoin,” he said.
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So when the US keeps printing money what happens to the value if that $100 bill? It will only have the buying power to purchase a happy meal those $100 will be toilet paper. Precious metal over the dollar any day.
carrying metal around is futile..
Ever since I was born the “100” dollar bill has lost its value 3x so that has to be like .001 dollar bills now.
Let me get this straight… Most of USD is in hands of a minority. This creates a high demand for the dollar which would raise the value of money and make things less expensive. Example stores sell items for a currency that is demand so it lowers the price to get more currency.
What messed up was when Banks micro lend the money giving out more then what they actually have. This effect lowers the value of money. In order for the stores to maintain value and avoid loss they raise prices.
That’s f$$$d . Banks and should be public enemy number one.
If the Federal Bank is a private entity who give permission to print more money over the terms of a private entity?
What a lot of unadulterated crap coming from a system trying desperately to hang on to some sort of legitimacy, the only thing you need to understand is that the currency on earth needs to be finite, just like the planets resources. The US dollar is already dead it’s been propped up by hype and that’s all.
all currency is relatively worthless…. the dollar stays on top of that questionable pile of trash.. so will continue to do so..