Cryptocurrencies’ Growing Pains

Published: Aug. 16, 2018, 2:46 p.m.

The crypto market has fallen $600 billion so far this year, with the market now worth about $200 billion. That sets up the usual investor debate as to whether to board the crypto train to the promised brave new world or to steer clear of the wild ride. Cryptos’ promoters promise the moon and the stars, but bitcoin and its crypto cousins reside on planet earth and will only make it to the top through the same hard slog that the business world has always required. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices