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高三英语培优外刊阅读

外刊精选｜机遇还是泡沫？加密货币成硅谷创业新风向

即将过去的2021年，国外“币圈”爆出了不少大新闻：马斯克带货“狗狗币”，特斯拉几次宣称计划接受比特币购车，拉美国家萨尔瓦多甚至宣布启用比特币为国家法定货币，更不用说下半年“元宇宙”、NFT等领域成为新兴投资热门，而这些交易也大大依赖于各种加密货币。加密货币究竟是变革机遇还是投机泡沫？硅谷的创业环境又从中受到了怎样的影响？

TheNewGet-Rich-FasterJobinSiliconValley:CryptoStart-Ups

ByDaisukeWakabayashiandMikeIsaac

SiliconValleyisnowawashwithstoriesofpeopleridingseeminglyridiculouscryptoinvestmentslikeDogecointolife-changingwealth.Bitcoinhassoaredaround60percentthisyear,whileEtherhasincreasedmorethanfivefoldinvalue.

Butbeyondthatspeculativemania,agrowingcontingentofthetechindustry’sbestandbrightestseesatransformationalmomentthatcomesalongonceeveryfewdecadesandrewardsthosewhospottheseismicshiftbeforetherestoftheworld.

Investors,too,havefloodedin.Theyhavepouredmorethan$28billionintoglobalcryptoandblockchainstart-upsthisyear,fourtimesthetotalin2020.

Cryptomaybenodifferentfrompastspeculativebubbleslikesubprimemortgagesorthetulipcrazeofthe17thcentury,skepticssaid.Muchofthemania,theysaid,isbeingdrivenbyadesiretogetrichquickbytradinganassetclassthatoftenseemsbasedoninternetjokes.

Butthegrowingranksoftruebelieverssaycryptocanchangetheworldbycreatingamoredecentralizedinternetthatisnotcontrolledbyahandfulofcompanies.WhilesuchpossibilitieshaveexistedsinceBitcoinemergedin2009,cryptoproductssuchasNFTsbrokethroughtothemainstreamonlythisyear.ThathasacceleratedtheexodusfromBigTechcompaniesintothecryptoworld.

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