One of the most critical elements of any investment is the value of the item in question in relation to actual currency. For example, if you are stranded in the desert and find a chest full of valuable diamonds, the actual diamonds themselves are of relatively little use to you. In a metropolitan world, where you would have easy access to banks or more traditional funds, the diamonds could be highly valuable, but having ownership of them out in the desert, where there is no way to cash in on that potential value, makes them little more than charming trinkets. Similarly, as technologically advanced as cryptocurrency ... (full story)