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Citigroup: Bitcoin Is at a Tipping Point, Could Become Preferred Currency for International Trade

Citigroup: Bitcoin Is at a Tipping Point, Could Become Preferred Currency for International Trade

Citigroup says bitcoin is at a tipping point and the cryptocurrency could become “the currency of choice for international trade.” The firm wrote in a report that “we could be at the start of massive transformation of cryptocurrency into the mainstream.”

Bitcoin Is at the Tipping Point, Citi Says

Citigroup’s Global Perspectives & Solutions (GPS) team released a 108-page report Monday entitled “Bitcoin At the Tipping Point.”

The Citi GPS report explains that “the biggest change with bitcoin is the shift from it being primarily a retail-focused endeavor to something that looks attractive for institutional investors.” The firm attributes the change to “Specific enhancements to exchanges, trading, data, and custody services” that are “increasing and being revamped to accommodate the requirements of institutional investors.”

Highlighting “the advantage of bitcoin in global payments, including its decentralized design, lack of foreign exchange exposure, fast (and potentially cheaper) money movements, secure payment channels, and traceability,” the report details:

These attributes combined with bitcoin’s global reach and neutrality could spur it to become the currency of choice for international trade.

The report also explains that bitcoin has seen three different stages of focus so far: technological oddity, censorship-resistant money, and digital gold. It further predicts that we will soon see a fourth stage of focus as bitcoin transitions to becoming an international trade currency. “This would take advantage of bitcoin’s decentralized and borderless design, its lack of foreign exchange exposure, its speed and cost advantage in moving money, the security of its payments, and its traceability,” the Citi report describes.

While pointing out a number of remarkable developments in bitcoin over the past seven years, the report outlines a few obstacles in the cryptocurrency’s way to becoming a globally-used “trade currency.” Among them are marketplace security — including tether’s role to bitcoin — the environmental impact of mining, and institutional concerns, such as capital lock-up, insurance, and custody limitations. The report adds:

There are a host of risks and obstacles that stand in the way of bitcoin progress. But weighing these potential hurdles against the opportunities leads to the conclusion that bitcoin is at a tipping point and we could be at the start of massive transformation of cryptocurrency into the mainstream.

“Bitcoin’s future is thus still uncertain,” the report additionally asserts, reiterating that “developments in the near term are likely to prove decisive as the currency balances at the tipping point of mainstream acceptance or a speculative implosion.”

Meanwhile, the report notes that “Large institutional investors and organizations are choosing to participate in and support bitcoin” while “Regulators are beginning to lay the groundwork for the asset to potentially enter the mainstream.”

It further emphasizes that this progression occurring “in just over a decade makes bitcoin remarkable regardless of its future,” concluding:

Bitcoin is at the tipping point of its existence and the path forward from here may have broad and widening repercussions.

What do you think about Citi’s view on bitcoin? Let us know in the comments section below.

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