A cryptocurrency transaction is usually a rapid and straightforward process. Bitcoin, for example, can be exchanged between digital wallets using only a smartphone or computer. Public and private keys and various incentive schemes such as proof-of-work and proof-of-stake are used to safeguard these transfers. Payments in cryptocurrencies are growing more popular among large corporations and in industries such as fashion and pharmaceuticals.
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Yet some crypto watchers have raised red flags over SafeMoon’s unusual structure. It charges a 10% fee to buy tokens and another 10% to sell -- almost unheard of in the digital currency world. Half of these fees are paid to owners as an incentive to keep holding and the other half goes into a liquidity pool controlled by the developers. SafeMoon calls itself a DeFi token, or one that uses decentralized finance to govern functions through software, but it has a chief executive officer and chief operating officer. Critics also worry about the discretionary nature of the “manual” coin burns used to adjust its circulation.
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"After hitting fresh milestones and hitting new ATH’s backed on the US CPI Inflation figures for October, traders began to book profits," it added. "Such corrections do not seem to be a major cause of concern just yet."
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Crypto-marketing. A scheme in which promoters of securities tied to cryptocurrencies recruit investors to pitch the investments, often to friends and family and through social media and blogs. In return, these investors are promised a generous return plus the promise of commissions on their sales.
A petition to 'Get Safemoon Listed On Coinbase' has currently gained 4,646 signatures.
A top official said Zimbabwe is looking to allow cryptocurrency as legal payment, according to a local report Sunday.
For those who invest in crypto for the long-term using a buy-and-hold strategy, swings like this are to be expected. The recent dips are nothing to be overly worried about, according to Humphrey Yang, the personal finance expert behind Humphrey Talks, who says he avoids checking his own investments during volatile market dips.
Anyway, SafeMoon has been under the eyes of skepticism. Professionals say that it is an unpredictable business to put money into SafeMoon as it isn’t directed by using any particular means. It has been compared with a Ponzi Scheme as most liquidity is claimed by the group. SafeMoon has excused these cynics and has declared its precise path for the coming years. The group intends to coordinate SafeMoon with African Markets, investigate different trades like Binance, and even begin its own trade.
In the case of cryptocurrencies, academia has barely scratched the surface with respect to identifying the determinants of their prices. For example, studies by Cheah and Fry (2015) and Corbet et al. (2018) claim that Bitcoin has no intrinsic value and that its price has persistently exhibited ‘bubble-like’ behaviour. Makarov and Schoar (2018) find that the prices of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple differ across exchanges for weeks. Outside of academia, the President of the United States recently tweeted that cryptocurrencies are based on “thin air”.1
The market for cryptocurrencies has roughly quadrupled from its 2020 year-end value [File: Paul Yeung/Bloomberg]