This is NOT financial advice, it\u2019s just common sense.The Intro:When was the first time you ever heard about Cryptocurrency?To my surprise, when I recently bumped into an old friend of mine at a crypto meetup, his first time was back in 2011 when he had bought Bitcoin to use as currency to buy drugs on the dark web. Unfortunately for him, he was (at the time) a typical broke student with tens of thousands of dollars in student loan debt, so he didn\u2019t have much to invest. But got me thinking just how far Bitcoin has come in such a short time.From being labelled in its early days as a Ponzi Scheme Internet Coin used to fund illegal activities to what is now the official legal currency of El Salvador \u2014 The phrase from music artist Drake \u201cStarted from the bottom now we here\u201d could not be more appropriate.Here are 5 reasons why Cryptocurrencies are here to stay and here to grow.Image from official music video: Drake \u2014 \u201cStarted from the bottom\u201dThe Innovation:1 \u2014 INSANE growth rates:The Cryptocurrency adoption rate in recent years has been nothing short of astounding. In the 8.5 years since April 2013\u2019s Bear Market low valuing the crypto industry at just under $1 Billion, the crypto market has added a non-linear average of $250 Billion per year to the industry\u2019s market cap, making the total current valuation a whopping $2.1 Trillion United States Dollars (at the time writing).According to a recent study, the total estimated number of Crypto users worldwide is currently 106 Million people \u2014 Just 2.05% of the current population that has internet access.For reference, the worldwide population with access to the internet grew from just 30.2% of the world\u2019s population in 2011 to 65.6% in 2021 \u2014 An average of 117% year over\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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