The popularity of Bitcoin should be considered a "concern for society," said a British academic, Larisa Yarovaya, Cambridge

. The newspaper reported an ongoing discussion on the rapid growth of Bitcoin among Cambridge experts, whose opinions on the subject vary. Yarovaya, professor of accounting and finance at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), commented on a study on Bitcoin that she co-wrote at the university:

"I think so, we should be worried.Of course, this will have a negative impact on the environment, it is not an energy efficient process.The specter of the popularity of Bitcoin must be a concern for a society. "

Bitcoin as Currency

As Bitcoin prices exploded to over $ 20,000 in some markets before continuing this week, The question of whether the noticeable growth of cryptocurrency is a bubble has enveloped more and more sections of the global economy.

Academics were less vocal than mainstream media and economists on the issue. However, the study of Yarovaya on Bitcoin, which considers the performance of money as a currency, leads to fairly clear conclusions: