October 31, 2018 – Crypto Is an Asset Class, No Duh!

Morgan Stanley Says Crypto Is a New Institutional Asset Class

Summary:

In an update to “Bitcoin DecryptedA Brief Teach-In and Implications,” the global banking giant’s research division delved into the last six months of bitcoin and highlighted certain trends it noticed.

Perhaps most notablythe report emphasized its “Rapidly morphing thesis,” which began by defining bitcoin as “Digital cash” and noting that investors had full confidence in itto a solution for issues in the financial systemto a new payment system to ultimately a new institutional investment class.

Various issues and discoveries around the bitcoin ecosystem have caused the thesis to evolveincluding the permanent ledger recording all transactionsanumber of hackshard forksnew technologies which are cheaper than bitcoinmarket volatility and other concernsthe report explains.

 

Also in other news, Ron Paul:

Ex-Bitcoin Skeptic Ron Paul Says Crypto Could Prevent Recession