Could Bitcoin become the cause of the next financial crisis?
I say yes, Bitcoin can cause the next financial crisis. Why?
Not only that the amount of money you invest is unregulated, but also the exchanges.
Previous financial crisis like the 2008 recession by the new mortgage system is an example.In the old system, when a homeowner paid his/her mortgage every month, the money went to his/her local lender. Since mortgages took decades to repay, lenders were careful. The new system is more complicated and it has 4 players. Homeowner, lender, investment bank, investor. In this system, lenders can grant any kind of mortgage, because they are not getting paid anymore by the home buyers, so they don't care.
Investment banks don't care either. They get commissions on each product they can sell to investors. The more mortgages, the more products. The more products, the more money to bankers. What happened?
So many loans were given to people who could not repay them and with so many billions invested in this financial instrument that was based on house mortgages, the effect was catastrophic.
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Bitcoin is so much worst. As i have said. Not only the the market is not regulated, but also the exchanges. But if you ask if bitcoin will pose a financial crisis now? NO. Everyone knows that bitcoin is volatile and it is unlikely to receive a monstrous amount of money like in the housing market. Bitcoin have received so much speculation, but as you see, as of now, bitcoin or any other altcoin is not that bad of an investment. It may be a bubble or a stepping stone. It may cause a crisis, but as of now, it will never be much worse than the 2008 recession.