Cryptocurrency Regulation and Its Impact on Global Financial Stability

Abstract

Savings alone might not be sufficient to provide people's financial stability in an era where financial needs are ever evolving and increasing. Two fundamental considerations may be the main cause of this: first, the idle money in a person's savings account represents an opportunity cost because it cannot be used to create additional money, and second, it is unable to counteract the negative consequences of inflation. Therefore, it would be more advantageous if the funds were used to create greater revenue. One of the most popular and efficient ways to build wealth in this direction is by investment, which yields higher returns than inflation. These days, electronic payments are used for most transactions instead of cash. Financial institutions like commercial banks and credit card companies enable the electronic transfers from deposit and credit accounts that make up most of these e-payments. These financial institutions use private account ledgers that are only accessible to them and that they can change, in addition to private electronic networks. Due to the need for low-friction e-commerce of all kinds, online payment solutions have proliferated over the past ten years. Additionally, retail investors continue to dominate the cryptocurrency markets. But whether this increase in retail interaction is a passing trend or the beginning of a long-term change in investment behavior is still up in the air.