This creates a situation where if you accept bitcoin as payment, you might be held responsible for receiving stolen property and have to forfeit the stolen bitcoin. This would make accepting bitcoin risky in away that is not present with conventional currency.

That same day, bitcoin hit a high of $19,783, according to data from CoinDesk. The Chicago Board Options exchange, or CBOE, also opened a futures market a week earlier but trading there was thin, the letter said.

Do you know that you can pummel the current market of bitcoin with just one transaction of 1M$, so yeah.. those who owns BTC wants it to become an asset. Yes digital asset, and used for fast digital payment gateway. No need any mediator or Bank.

Crucially, the value of tokens on a private blokchain is not a market value but a conventional value aggred upon by the network participants: these tokens are in fact IOUs recognized only by the parties.

Basically, it is a type of money controlled and stored entirely by computers spread across the Internet. More people and more businesses are starting to utilize it.

Recently, Bank of America, Chase, and Citigroup joined Capital One and Discover in banning cardholders from using them to buy cryptocurrencies. With banks, credit card issuers, and governments worldwide getting involved with rules and regulations on how the currency can be bought and used, it’s no wonder some people are wary to invest in cryptocurrencies.

 They're also responsible for making sure analysts are on the same page as far as "suspicious activity" because it's broad and vague for a reason. As a result they write rules and procedures as guidelines to try and streamline this really broad definition of suspicious.

 But I do believe that, if looking at both Bitcoin and Ethereum, Ethereum will be able to regain a more stable growth. Ethereum right now has been undergoing some unfortunate issues (such as the hacks) but, in the long term, it looks to fix this and be more adaptable.