Through instructions in their source codes, cryptocurrencies automatically adjust to the amount of mining power working to create new blockchain copies — copies become more difficult to create as mining power increases and easier to create as mining power decreases.
And, while it has big ambitions, its current market value is someway below the $1 dollar threshold - but has experienced a steady increase in price since its launch.

The horizontal axis shows the time; relationships positioned towards the leftmost area of a diagram occurred at the start of the data interval considered, and those at the rightmost end occurred at the end of the data interval considered. The vertical axis shows the period; lower period bands (higher frequencies) are shown near the top and higher bands (lower frequencies) are near the bottom. Lower bands would be of interest to investors with short term horizons, whereas higher bands would be of interest to investors with longer term horizons.
Some experts predict bigger, global corporations could jumpstart this adoption even more in the latter half of this year. “What we’re looking at is institutions getting involved in crypto, whether it’s Amazon or the big banks,” says Weiss. A huge retailer like Amazon could “create a chain reaction of others accepting it,” and would “add a lot of credibility.”