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Why Americans Are Looking At Digital Alternatives to The Dollar

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The over-reliance on the American dollar is something&comma; which major countries over the world are warning against&period; Given the recent economic and trade crisis and America’s dominance on the world’s economics&comma; the Dollar has always enjoyed a position of pre-eminence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">However&comma; of late&comma; countries like Russia&comma; China&comma; Turkey&comma; Iran&comma; and many others &lpar;including European countries&rpar; have realized that the supremacy of the dollar is very much against their national interest&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">In addition to nations&comma; the American people have actively looked at <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;best-cryptocurrencies-worth-investing&sol;">cryptocurrencies<&sol;a>&period; According to a survey done by a crypto-based tech firm&comma; millions of Americans are investing massively in Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">In this article&comma; we are going to examine why many Americans are looking at digital alternatives to the dollar&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Is the Dollar Losing Steam&colon; What Experts are Saying&quest;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">For a very long time&comma; America’s authority as the prime mover of the world economy has been called into question&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The supposedly inward-looking policies of the Trump administration&comma; coupled with poor international relations have meant that America as an economic superpower has been on the decline&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">This has increased unemployment rates&comma; lower the mean income&comma; and restricted social welfare&comma; which was so instrumental in elevating America to a position of dominance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The Pandemic crushed the American economy and resulted in the highest death and infection rates for any part of the world&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The American economy is in recession and the government has not done enough to protect the interests of the working community&period; Poorly managed business loans have resulted in widespread corruption throughout the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Why are Americans falling in love with Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoins&quest;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">This year has been exceptionally good for Bitcoin traders and investors&period; They have seen their profits hit sky-high&comma; given the unreal growth seen by Bitcoin&period; While 2020 did not start well for cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin dropped to record lows at the start of the pandemic&comma; it has bounced back handsomely&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">It breached the &dollar;19K mark before the price correction has made it stabilize at &dollar;18&comma;500 USD&period; Let us look at some of the reasons for the same-<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&NewLine;<li>No jobs&comma; inadequate government help&comma; and poor economic prospects forced millions of Americans to scout for better income opportunities&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Sitting at home&comma; confined to the lockdown&comma; most Americans relied on the internet to make them earn&period; Social media and search engines emerged as powerful platforms to educate and inform&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Millions of them started reading on Cryptocurrencies are started investing little by little&period; Over the past eight months&comma; they saw their meager investments grow five-folds and six-folds&excl;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>They also started realizing that the government cannot be relied upon to help them during tough economic times&period; The historical background of Bitcoin as a financial asset born to protect the interests of the common man also appealed to them&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>According to this <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;trustpedia&period;io&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">site<&sol;a>&comma; it was not only Americans but also people in different parts of the world&comma; which started engaging with Bitcoins during the Coronavirus lockdown&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<h2>What are some Challenges preventing Bitcoins from becoming Mainstream&quest;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">In the same survey&comma; like the one we have cited above&comma; many respondents tried to answer the above question&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Complex Nature<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Some stated that Cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin are still too complicated to start becoming appealing to older audiences and investors&period; They said that proper education&comma; information&comma; and simplification can go a long way in helping this class understand how it works&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Less Information<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">At present&comma; the only group&comma; which advocates literature on Bitcoins or the crypto ecosystem are the exchanges or trading platforms&period; It is essential that think tanks and social groups start advocating to build credibility and inspire confidence in the industry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Government Regulations<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Bitcoin is not illegal&comma; nor is it legal&period; It enjoys an ambiguous position that makes it less attractive for normal family savings and investments that prioritize safety over growth percentages&period; If the government formalizes the same as an investment asset&comma; it will go a long way to help people adopt it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

Hardik Patel

Hardik Patel is a Digital Marketing Consultant and professional Blogger. He has 16+ years experience in SEO, SMO, SEM, Online reputation management, Affiliated Marketing and Content Marketing.

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