Competitive devaluations like in the 1930's Depression. Are you saying we are back to beggar thy neighborhood policies of the 1930s? To date, the stock market disagrees.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/tennessee-man-sentenced-five-years-prison-causing-mf-global-lose-141-million
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wasendorf-life-one/special-report-iowa-broker-built-empire-on-a-lie-concealed-in-a-postal-box-idUSBRE88N0EJ20120924
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prop shops are likely to require a deposit with no overnights. THe exceptions are those who hire people with quant degrees. What are you offering? Your original post reflects how much you have researched the industry.
It sounds like hocus pocus to me akin to the Dutch tulip mania. The difference is there is a limited amount of crypto currency, if you are a believer or more likely that the masse will be believers. Then the price can reach the sky before a far into the future collapse.
Remember that poster who was working for a hedge fund, who claimed he was being fed female hormones by his manager. He gets my vote because he can be listed under two categories. It makes a lot easier for the co. to meet the requirements.