IF you were to gather the world's most imaginative storytellers and its most pedantic planners in one room and ask them to come up with a vision of the future, how accurate would that future be?
Most likely, it would not be — at all if the trajectory of the past few years is any indication. Even ignoring the unprecedented pandemic still affecting our communities, certainly the most meticulous business strategists of 2010 could not have imagined that Bitcoin — valued at a meager 10 cents that year — would pave the way and legitimize cryptocurrency, with over 4.3 million Filipinos ready to test their luck at the gamble. Or that the big crypto crash earlier this month would stoke real fears from experts of affecting the stock market, likening the phenomenon to market crashes that preceded recessions.
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