- Most main stream asset analysts (Wall Street) don't fully understand pure digital assets
- Regulatory agencies take forever to lay the ground rules necessary for "Main Street" (aka retail investor) to be comfortable
- The average hard-core crypto currency supporter doesn't understand that crypto currencies are just a new (albeit revolutionary) asset class and that norms for investing are NOT radically changing
I'm sure I'll get flamed by those who don't understand but the all digital currency trade volume per day is maybe 8 billion. Forex is 600-700x larger.
Digital currencies are just a new revolutionary asset class whose underlying technology can also be a driving force itself behind new business models, start-ups, etc.
It isn't an over-haul of how investing is done. Its a high-risk, high-rewards speculative gamble.
Given that most people on both sides don't understand each side of the "future vs flop" debate and most proponents go full out flame war on anyone who drinks less than a gallon of crypto-currency koolaide a day, its no wonder the media constantly pushes the sensational side of the story.
Going to take years (3-5) to cool down and stop being such a weekly whiplash.