Hyperinflation

Balaji Srinivasan (onscreen) speaking at Consensus 2023 (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
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.
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Future of Bitcoin Amid U.S. Banking Jitters
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...
Future of Bitcoin Amid U.S. Banking Jitters

What Could Happen if the World Is Thrust Into Hyperbitcoinization?
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 hyperinfla...
What Could Happen if the World Is Thrust Into Hyperbitcoinization?

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

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‘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.
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Fed's Powell: Without Price Stability, the Economy Doesn't Work For Anyone
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...
Fed's Powell: Without Price Stability, the Economy Doesn't Work For Anyone

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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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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?
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.
Are Hyperinflation Fears Exaggerated and Misplaced?

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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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