What Is Bitcoin Meant to Hedge?
The cryptocurrency underperformed this week as an economic safe haven. But bitcoiners are taking a longer term view.
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Apr 17, 2024 at 6:36 p.m. UTC
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Adjusted for Inflation, Bitcoin Hasn’t Topped Its All Time High
If bitcoin’s an inflation hedge, shouldn’t we adjust it for inflation?
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Mar 6, 2024 at 8:03 p.m. UTC
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Cathie Wood Likes Bitcoin as Both Deflationary and Inflationary Hedge
Wood would choose bitcoin over gold "hands down" as an asset to hold for the next ten years.
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Nov 6, 2023 at 5:07 p.m. UTC
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Investors Fear Volatility and Risk, Particularly With Crypto. Here’s Why They Shouldn’t.
It’s vital to remember that crypto volatility can deliver upside, too.
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Oct 4, 2023 at 3:45 p.m. UTC
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Bitcoin Approaches $30K, Reaching Highest Price Since June
The roots of an hour-long surge were difficult to pinpoint, according to one analyst, but investors have recently been more optimistic about the crypto’s prospects following l...
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Apr 10, 2023 at 9:56 p.m. UTC
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Does Bitcoin’s Rally Vindicate the ‘Inflation Hedge’ Thesis – or Is Risk Back on the Menu?
Two views on why bitcoin's price rose by so much this month amid bank runs and uncertainty on whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates.
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Mar 21, 2023 at 4:33 p.m. UTC
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Fed Policy Win Could Harm Bitcoin’s Wall Street Narrative
The January rebound in equities and knockout employment report may have undermined a few buy-bitcoin narratives, but the real value proposition behind bitcoin lies far beyond...
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Feb 3, 2023 at 7:28 p.m. UTC
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Bitcoin's Hedge Potential
View BTC as protection from inept central banks (and, yes, a tool for speculation, too).
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Jan 25, 2023 at 4:45 p.m. UTC
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What Bitcoin’s Inflation Hedge Narrative Needs: More Time
Whether or not Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are long-term inflation hedges and a store of value or simply a “risk-on” speculative assets preferred in times when bond yie...
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Nov 10, 2022 at 1:45 p.m. UTC
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Why Bitcoin Has Been Highly Correlated With Fiat
And whether that means it has failed as an inflation hedge for traders.
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Oct 25, 2022 at 2:39 p.m. UTC
Oct 25, 2022