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All other forms of holding wealth. If I buy Apple stock, I have a piece of a company that rakes in billions in actual profit by turning raw materials into usef
by TomSwirly 5y ago
All other forms of holding wealth.
If I buy Apple stock, I have a piece of a company that rakes in billions in actual profit by turning raw materials into useful machinery.
If I buy a US bond, I get interest, and it is guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the United States.
If I buy gold, I own a physically rare and hard to counterfeit asset that humans have valued for thousands of years.
If I have a savings account, I get interest, and the money is guaranteed by the FDIC.
Even dollar bills under the mattress don't decrease in value by 10% in a single day.
- kreetx 5y agoIf you own, say, ADA and stake it then those staking pools run smart contracts.
- namlem 5y agoExcept that gold could be used for industrial purposes, so hoarding it is not only useless, but harmful.
- nightski 5y agoSure but your dollar bills under the mattress do not increase 70% in value in one year either. Volatility is not necessarily a bad thing, it means cryptocurrencies are growing. There is a good chance they will stabilize eventually.