Yet tales of meme-coin holders becoming millionaires have attracted new waves of retail investors to crypto -- along with a growing number of nefarious players. In May, the Federal Trade Commission tallied a record number of crypto investment scams, with Americans’ losses totaling around $80 million since October.
A cryptocurrency analyst at the YouTube channel “Broke Man Finance” has analyzed the SafeMoon price trend and predicted that the token would likely hit a new all-time high soon.
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As its name suggests, you can use cryptocurrency to make purchases. But your purchasing power is limited; crypto isn’t yet widely accepted among retailers and other businesses.
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Shiba Inu coin is trading up at approximately $0.00005580 (£0.00004113) as of 2.45pm today after smashing through multiple record highs in late October.
The Bitrise coin has been a very aggressive coin in the crypto market in the last few months. Since the coin hit the market in July, the value growth has been impressive. The first investors who bought the token are now sitting at thousands and millions of dollars in profit.
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However, cryptocurrency experts had warned of several tell-tale signs that it was likely to be a scam.
In the meantime, cryptocurrency users (and nonusers intrigued by cryptocurrency’s promise) need to remain ever-mindful of the concept’s practical limitations.
"In fact, open pump and dump schemes are rampant in the crypto world, with investors often jumping in with eyes wide open, perhaps hoping that they can ride the wave and dump their holdings for a quick profit before prices collapse," he said.
We can speculate on what value cryptocurrency may have for investors in the coming months and years (and many will), but the reality is it’s still a new and speculative investment, without much history on which to base predictions. No matter what a given expert thinks or says, no one really knows. That’s why it’s important to only invest what you’re prepared to lose, and stick to more conventional investments for long-term wealth building.
Dapps are software applications that run across a network of computers, purportedly without the possibility of interference or downtime, while smart contracts are binding agreements, which are written as lines of code and can therefore automatically enforce their own clauses. Ether is used to process transactions on the network, including those automated by dapps and smart contracts.
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