inflation hedge


Opinion

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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Opinion

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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Markets

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.

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood (Marco Bello/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

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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Markets

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 last month’s banking crisis.

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Opinion

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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Opinion

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 Wall Street in emerging markets, where bitcoin is in strong demand.

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Finance

Bitcoin's Hedge Potential

View BTC as protection from inept central banks (and, yes, a tool for speculation, too).

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Finance

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 yields are unattractive is yet to be perfectly understood.

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Opinion

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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