Most digital currencies are unlikely to survive in their current form, and investors should prepare for coins to lose all their value as theyre replaced by a small set of future competitors, Goldmans Steve Strongin said in a report dated Feb. 5. While he didnt posit a timeframe for losses in existing coins, he said recent price swings indicated a bubble and that the tendency for different tokens to move in lockstep wasnt rational for a few-winners-take-most market.
The high correlation between the different cryptocurrencies worries me, Strongin said. Because of the lack of intrinsic value, the currencies that dont survive will most likely trade to zero.