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The -coin and -currency terminology are skeumorphs. these assets have nothing to do with currency while they absolutely do inherit the transfer mechanics like a currency. they inherit some aspect of every asset class that has ever existed while having none of the limitations of any one asset class. Any limitation they do have now can be addressed in a software update.

That's a new feature across asset classes, and some market participants value that. Given the limited supply, there can be supply shocks as ore market participants value its attributes.



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