It’s difficult to pay with it in a store, its value is undermined by its volatility, and it has no use as a unit of account. As it doesn’t meet these three criteria, we prefer to use the term crypto-asset or simply, crypto. Cryptos could represent opportunities as well. For instance in the financing of small and mediumsized companies.
No, it does not. Through the second half of the 1990s, we have seen a US dollar that is strong against virtually all other currencies, reflecting the remarkable performance of the US economy. In the process, however, the United States has also built up a very large cumulative deficit in its transactions with the rest of the world.