Cryptocurrency and Millennials: The Blockchain Generation

<p class&equals;”p1″><span class&equals;”s1″><a href&equals;”https&colon;&sol;&sol;bitvavo&period;com&sol;en&sol;bitcoin&sol;price”><b>Bitcoin price<&sol;b><&sol;a><&sol;span> headlines over the past few months have seen the whole cryptocurrency landscape thrown well and truly back into the spotlight&period; All of a sudden&comma; millions who had never previously expressed any real interest in crypto trading decided the time had come to join the party&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;– WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;1 –>&NewLine;<div class&equals;”quads-location quads-ad135805 ” id&equals;”quads-ad135805″ style&equals;”float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;” data-lazydelay&equals;”3000″>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;
&NewLine;<p class&equals;”p1″>The appeal of cryptocurrency trading is by no means exclusive to any specific age group or demographic&period; In fact&comma; it’s the accessibility and affordability of the whole thing that makes it such an enticing prospect for so many&period;<&sol;p>
&NewLine;<p class&equals;”p1″>At the same time&comma; there’s no disputing the extent to which millennials are driving the cryptocurrency revolution faster than any other age group&period;<span class&equals;”Apple-converted-space”>  <&sol;span>Millennials are embracing blockchain technology at a pace that goes exponentially beyond that of their older and younger counterparts&comma; playing a major role in molding and shaping the future of virtual currency&period;<&sol;p>
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&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;”p2″>Why Cryptocurrency and Millennials Are a Match Made in Heaven<&sol;h2>
&NewLine;<p class&equals;”p1″>As for why it is that millennials are taking to cryptocurrencies like ducks to water&comma; it’s attributed primarily to the fact that this is a generation that grew up with advanced technology at its fingertips&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;– WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;1 –>&NewLine;<div class&equals;”quads-location quads-ad135804 ” id&equals;”quads-ad135804″ style&equals;”float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;” data-lazydelay&equals;”3000″>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;
&NewLine;<p class&equals;”p1″>For millennials&comma; technology is less a useful feature in their life and more an extension of their body and brain&period; Mobile devices are the indispensable lifestyle tools most millennials could not imagine getting by without&comma; making it much easier for this demographic to get to grips with things like blockchain technology and cryptocurrency&period;<&sol;p>
&NewLine;<p class&equals;”p1″>From ordering food to flagging down cabs to finding a date for the weekend&comma; they do everything in a virtual space &&num;8211&semi; including a growing list of everyday financial activities&period;<&sol;p>
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&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;”p2″>Open Mindedness to New Technologies and Initiatives<&sol;h2>
&NewLine;<p class&equals;”p1″>In a recent <a href&equals;”https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;forbes&period;com&sol;sites&sol;laurencebradford&sol;2018&sol;02&sol;26&sol;how-millennials-are-using-cryptocurrency-to-build-the-future&sol;&quest;sh&equals;328a564d5c3a”><span class&equals;”s1″>interview with Forbes<&sol;span><&sol;a>&comma; CEO of blockchain startup StormX&comma; Simon Yu&comma; commented on how the openness of this particular demographic to new technologies has driven widespread interest in cryptocurrency&period;<&sol;p>
&NewLine;<p class&equals;”p1″>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Millennials are particularly open to embracing new technology in order to create opportunities for themselves&&num;8211&semi;and blockchain&comma; the tech behind crypto&comma; is no different&comma;” he said&period;<span class&equals;”Apple-converted-space”> <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;– WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;1 –>&NewLine;<div class&equals;”quads-location quads-ad135804 ” id&equals;”quads-ad135804″ style&equals;”float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;” data-lazydelay&equals;”3000″>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;
&NewLine;<p class&equals;”p1″>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As masters of the side hustle and challengers of the traditional 9-5 working lives of previous generations&comma; millennials are welcoming blockchain with open arms&period;”<&sol;p>
&NewLine;<p class&equals;”p1″>He went on to comment on how the conventional approach to side gigs like freelancing is losing its luster for millennials&comma; highlighting the potential for crypto trading to offer far more attractive alternative side venture&period;<&sol;p>
&NewLine;<p class&equals;”p1″>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The reality of the mainstream side hustle is often high freelancer fees&comma; high operating fees&comma; and many opportunities can be more trouble than they’re worth&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Yu said&period;<span class&equals;”Apple-converted-space”> <&sol;span><&sol;p>
&NewLine;<p class&equals;”p1″>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The old paradigms of work&&num;8211&semi;based on the industrial revolution&&num;8211&semi;are far too limiting in terms of a person&&num;8217&semi;s potential&comma; a person&&num;8217&semi;s life&&num;8217&semi;s work&comma; and the return on investment for their time and effort&comma; as well as the ability to advance&comma;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;– WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;1 –>&NewLine;<div class&equals;”quads-location quads-ad135804 ” id&equals;”quads-ad135804″ style&equals;”float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;” data-lazydelay&equals;”3000″>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;
&NewLine;<p class&equals;”p1″>&&num;8220&semi;Leveraging blockchain technology can help millennials lock down opportunities to work from anywhere they want&comma; when it suits them&comma; and without the stress of waiting for an employer to pay&period; This will allow millennials to create opportunities for themselves&comma; educate themselves&comma; and advance their lives regardless of their socioeconomic status or location&period;”<&sol;p>
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&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;”p2″>Privacy and Security Concerns<&sol;h2>
&NewLine;<p class&equals;”p1″>Among those who are to some extent cautious or even skeptical about virtual currency&comma; privacy and security concerns are common&period; Something that is easy to understand and appreciate&comma; given the prevalence of online fraud&comma; identity theft and other types of cybercrime&period;<&sol;p>
&NewLine;<p class&equals;”p1″>With some of the world’s biggest companies having fallen victim to attacks over the past few years&comma; it’s natural to make the assumption that nothing in a virtual space is 100&percnt; safe&period;<span class&equals;”Apple-converted-space”> <&sol;span><&sol;p>
&NewLine;<p class&equals;”p1″>Which is technically true&comma; and none are in denial as to the potential risks associated with cryptocurrency and blockchain technology&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;– WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;1 –>&NewLine;<div class&equals;”quads-location quads-ad135804 ” id&equals;”quads-ad135804″ style&equals;”float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;” data-lazydelay&equals;”3000″>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;
&NewLine;<p class&equals;”p1″>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As much of the digital technology is still nascent&comma; it is really important to be diligent about your personal data and security&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Yu added&comma; stressing the criticality of safety and security becoming the top priority for all platform providers going forwards&period;<&sol;p>
&NewLine;<p class&equals;”p1″>&&num;8220&semi;Right now&comma; I know that for most people&comma; it is quite daunting to figure out what crypto-platforms are the safest and what the best practices really are for this space&period; Gamification and user experience design &lbrack;will be&rsqb; integral in enabling this chapter of digital evolution to be truly accessible to anyone in this global ecosystem&period;”<&sol;p>
&NewLine;<p class&equals;”p1″>In any case&comma; cryptocurrency transactions have the potential to be significantly more secure and exponentially more discreet than any comparable credit or debit card transactions&period; Something that’s expected to continue evolving with the <a href&equals;”https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;fxtradingrevolution&period;com&sol;guest-blog&sol;bitcoin-evolved”><span class&equals;”s2″>widespread adoption of crypto<&sol;span><&sol;a>&comma; and the increasingly sophisticated nature of the web’s best cryptocurrency exchanges&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;