Reaching $1000 was basically impossible to happen all year. It's the people with their ridiculous expectations that keep such speculations flowing into this section.

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Everywhere you turn this year, it seems it is getting harder and harder to get cash from banks. One might even surmise it could be some sort of global conspiracy, things have changed so swiftly and decisively against the use of cash.

There will be a tipping point in any particular country with respect to the use of Bitcoin or other digital currency. Once a particular critical mass is reached it will likely become ubiquitous practically overnight because the bar to entry is very low in terms of becoming a Bitcoin user, and getting lower everyday as more and more user-friendly ways to use Bitcoin are invented.

Once a majority of a nation’s transactions are conducted in Bitcoin, the official currency would probably plummet in value rapidly, despite any attempts by the government to shore it up. And that would further increase the degree to which Bitcoin becomes the preferred currency.

The paper found that 92 percent of millennials firmly expressed their distrust of banks.

The general population, including millennials, are rapidly developing a sense of awareness towards the manipulation, monopoly and control that banks and financial institutions impose on user funds and money.

Cash is rapidly becoming a store of value of the past, as banks and financial institutions have begun to demonetize fiat money and implement strict controls over the outflow of cash.
Banks don’t understand us

68 percent, the majority of millennials in the study, feel their banks do not understand and thus fail to acknowledge their needs. Outdated bank and financial systems are inefficient and aren’t applicable to modern use cases.

Furthermore, the Facebook IQ team revealed that over 45 percent of millennials would switch from banks to alternative solutions if the latter offered increased functionality, flexibility and efficiency.

The 'war on cash' is really starting. Can recommend watching Andrea's Antonopolous recent talk about this very subject.

"I have decided to take out of circulation bills of 100 bolivars in the next 72 hours," Maduro said. "We must keep beating the mafias."

India continues to stagger from bad to worse followinhg Modi's demonetization.

With just 35% of ATMs nationwide operational, Goldman warns the shortage of cash continues to incentivize the use of alternate payments, including extension of informal credit and a return to barter systems.

Addtionally, the slowdown in activity is dramatically reflected in lower tax collections and discounts offered by luxury car companies.

According to Livemint, 95% of ATMs (out of 200,000 in the country) have been re-calibrated to accept new notes but only 35% of the re-calibrated ATMs are operational.

Banks are preferring to make cash available in their own branches instead of making cash available at ATMs.