Hyperinflation


Finance

Balaji Closes Bitcoin Bet With $1.5M in Donations, Including $500K for Bitcoin Core Development

Amid the initial bank failures in the U.S., the tech entrepreneur in mid-March had bet $1 million that bitcoin would hit $1 million within 90 days.

Balaji Srinivasan (onscreen) speaking at Consensus 2023 (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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Future of Bitcoin Amid U.S. Banking Jitters

CoinDesk Chief Content Officer Michael J. Casey joins "All About Bitcoin" to discuss the significance of bitcoin in global finance amid recent concerns surrounding the banking industry. Plus, reaction to Balaji Srinivasan accepting a bet proposed by James Medlock that a single bitcoin would be worth $1 million in just 90 days due to hyperinflation in the United States.

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What Could Happen if the World Is Thrust Into Hyperbitcoinization?

Last weekend, Twitter was ablaze with reactions to former Coinbase Chief Technology Officer Balaji Srinivasan accepting a bet proposed by James Medlock that, due to hyperinflation in the United States, a single bitcoin would be worth $1 million in just 90 days (by June 15, 2023). CoinDesk Senior Research Analyst George Kaloudis breaks down the latest debate.

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Opinion

A Sudden Onset of Hyperinflation: What Will Happen to Bitcoin?

If the world is thrust into hyperbitcoinization – as Balaji Srinivasan predicts – before the ecosystem is ready, then even bitcoiners might not be in a position to use bitcoin.

Historic photograph of a German bank during a period of hyperinflation during the Weimar Republic. (Bain News Service/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

‘Hyperbitcoinization’ Is a Few Years Away, Predicts Samson Mow

The CEO of technology startup Jan3 explains why Bitcoin might become the world's preferred monetary system as early as 2030.

Samson Mow, CEO de JAN3. (CoinDesk)

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Fed’s Powell: Without Price Stability, the Economy Doesn’t Work For Anyone

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell holds a press conference to discuss the central bank’s latest interest rate decision. This is the third consecutive time that members of the Federal Open Market Committee raised rates by 75 basis points.

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Markets

The End of Exorbitant Privilege: Inflation, the Global Dollar and What Comes Next

What would it mean for the dollar to lose its global reserve status? Why might it happen? And what could take its place?

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Policy

There’s More to Inflation Than the Money Supply

The printer may be going "brrrrr" but increasing the money supply doesn't necessarily lead to inflation, writes EY's blockchain leader.

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Are Hyperinflation Fears Exaggerated and Misplaced?

EY Principal and Global Innovation Leader Paul Brody weighs in on inflation, bitcoin as well as the good, the bad and the ugly in blockchain solutions.

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Markets

Bitcoin and Inflation: Everything You Need to Know

The cryptocurrency was designed to counter the harms of inflation, but is this really such a big issue?

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