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There's a 'fatal' flaw in cryptocurrencies which means they can never be real currencies
Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum will never become true currencies thanks to a series of "fatal" flaws, a senior economist at Swiss banking giant UBS has said. Speaking at a roundtable discussion attended by Business Insider on Thursday, Paul Donovan, the global chief economist at UBS's wealth management arm, tore into the argument that cryptocurrencies could eventually replace fiat currencies like the pound and the dollar. "The problem that cryptocurrencies face is that they fail the two key metrics of what makes a currency a currency," Donovan said. "A currency has to be a widely used medium of exchange. ... (full story)
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