
Since the beginning of the year 2020, Bitcoin (BTC) has been flying high with respect to its price and market capitalization. There have been many mainstream institutions such as PayPal, MicroStrategy, and MassMutual that have played a huge role in deciding the fate of Bitcoin (BTC).
Although Bitcoin (BTC) had mustered a lot of user-base from the private sector, all it required was input from the mainstream sector. This is when PayPal announced that it was going to integrate Bitcoin (BTC) into its platform.
This worked like a charm for Bitcoin (BTC), and the largest cryptocurrency in the entire world got even bigger. Since then, Bitcoin (BTC) has been constantly gaining mainstream adoption and several institutions from around the world have adopted it.
However, similar to the president of the ECB, there are still many who still do not support the idea of adopting cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin (BTC) altogether.
Bitcoin (BTC) has been facing a lot of resistance and hard times from traditional financial institutions. It is the banks that are currently opposing the idea of Bitcoin (BTC) being dealt with as an asset for savings and investments.
The above speculation has also been confirmed by one of the professors from one of the world-renowned universities “Harvard”. Kenneth Rogoff, who is currently a Professor of Economics at Harvard talked about how the central banks currently perceive Bitcoin (BTC).
Rogoff stated that if people think that Bitcoin (BTC) has started gaining mainstream popularity, then they are mistaken. Despite all the success and attention, Bitcoin (BTC) is still far from gaining real mainstream adoption.
However, Bitcoin (BTC) currently has a very harsh and difficult journey ahead as the central banks from around the world are going to give a very hard time.
He stated that the central banks will not let Bitcoin (BTC) gain mainstream success and adoption. The professor stated that other cryptocurrencies are likely to face the same kind of treatment from the central banks.
He stated that for the time being, the majority of the cryptocurrency industry is unregulated. Many cryptocurrency firms in the industry do not adhere to the regulations that include AML and KYC policies.
For now, it is not possible for cryptocurrencies to be given mainstream status in the economy. The first thing that the governments would do is regulate cryptocurrencies and ensure that the policies are being adhered to.
Once the cryptocurrency regulations are streamlined and adherence is above satisfactory levels, then the cryptocurrencies stand a chance of being given mainstream status.
The words coming from Rogoff hold very high significance as he was one of the former chiefs at the IMF.