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The Crypto Definition You Didn't Know You Needed

Updated: Aug 31, 2024
Published: Dec 12, 2022
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An asset class, by definition, is a group of assets that share similar characteristics. Examples:

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Know this crypto definition

TLDR

  • Crypto is a technological advancement, NOT a new asset class.
  • BTC & ETH are not designed to replace fiat currencies.
  • Few truly understand crypto, and those who do are the “lucky ones”.

Crypto is NOT an Asset Class.

The word “asset class” often gets thrown around in crypto, especially by institutions. This is far from reality.

  • Stocks and equities represent a share of a company’s ownership.
  • Real Estate: They’re property represented by land or buildings.
Crypto is a technological advancement like the internet.

Why?

  1. What do you currently use to hold your funds and make transfers/payments? You use a bank. What is the next iteration of this model? By truly owning your funds on a blockchain, transfers are instant, cost almost nothing, and are open 24/7.
  2. Both platinum and tantalum are rarer than gold. Yet gold is what’s considered “the rare metal” and “store of value."  It is so because society chose it as such. Bitcoin is similar, there can be scarcer supplies but it is what seems to be currently chosen by society as “Gold 2.0”. It’s easy divisibility, transport, storage, and liquid markets all make it superior to gold.
  3. If you buy stock and own a share in a company, do you have any say in what goes on in it? Only if you’re a major holder. Token governance creates equality and transparency amongst company owners. On regulations, there should be a new type of on-chain/decentralised regulation.
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“Use BTC for Payments” is Non-Sense.

The goal isn’t to have Bitcoin or Ether used as currencies to pay for goods and services. To this day, people call that “adoption”, and they get excited when a shop accepts BTC, but they’re missing the point.

The current financial system model works fine. The problem is that it’s old, clunky, and operated by old men who make tons of bad decision. What is the purpose of crypto? Improving the financial system by replacing it is the next frontier. Note, we did not say crypto assets were replacing fiat currencies. We said crypto was replacing the financial system.

Fiat works fine, maybe we need another form of fiat with rules set in code to replace devalued ones, like the dollar. But, people need to stop getting excited about using BTC in shops; that’s non-sense.

Crypto Definition

The reality is that even though crypto has been around for over a decade, few understand the point of it. Crypto is a technology that will be adopted worldwide. The goal is to provide real user-ownership in companies (incl. Cryptonary) and have truly free, open, and global financial markets.

What we call “projects” and “protocols” in crypto are the next wave of start-ups. In other words, Uniswap, dYdX and others are businesses/companies. In society, we reward companies in proportion to the size of the problem that they solve.

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No. When we founded Cryptonary in 2017 the market was new to everyone. We intentionally created content that was easy to understand and actionable. That foundational principle is the crux of Cryptonary. Taking complex ideas and opportunities and presenting them in a way a 10 year old could understand.

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