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Flight To Quality In Cryptocurrencies, Scott Brockelbank Jr.
Flight To Quality In Cryptocurrencies, Scott Brockelbank Jr.
Honors Theses and Capstones
The topic of cryptocurrencies has been on the forefront of investors’ minds as they have seen ridiculous returns from the volatile swings in price. Its value highly debated because the asset is not backed by a hard asset. If we look back at the beginning of our country, we see how each state had its own currency and the difficulties that users faced around who would accept that as legal tender. The birth of a federal currency was accepted because it served as a medium of exchange and was backed by gold through the U.S. government. The final evolution of …