[2014-08-08] The Bitcoin Derivative Boom Can Be A Mark Of The Cryptocurrency's C

[erono]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericxlmu/2014/08/07/the-bitcoin-derivative-boom-can-be-a-mark-of-the-coming-of-age-of-the-digital-currency/

The year of 2008 is remembered as the year of the global financial crisis, a crisis, fair or not, is often attributed to financial derivatives. Derivatives allow for phony accounting; they obscure the market and concentrate risk and allow megabanks to take on more debt! Such were the sentiment back in the day.