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Story: Cryptocurrency Not Considered An Essential Payment System

By Steven Anderson

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A recent survey in China by a news site revealed that about 63% of the people thought that it was not essential to have cryptocurrency as a payment system.

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About 40% of them stated they would be interested in investing in cryptocurrency.  About 14% of them reported that they have invested in cryptocurrency already.

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When an analysis was made about the numbers of people who have heard of blockchain and cryptocurrencies, it was seen that about 98.

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This survey revealed that despite the ban there are several crypto exchanges that the Chinese make use of to access the crypto markets.

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The primary purpose of cryptocurrency as set by Nakamoto and in the Bitcoin white paper is to establish a peer-to-peer electronic payment system.

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Payment has been the primary purpose of the cryptocurrency.  In a country like China, mobile payment is considered to be pretty convenient.  About 63.

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The survey studied when the Chinese crypto investors came into the market. It was revealed that they entered the market when it was the bull period in the year 2017.

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With this being the fate of cryptocurrencies in China, institutional investors are stepping into the market in 2019.

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Whether institutions will be considering the Bitcoin as a store of value during hard times is something we are yet to witness.

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