inflation hedge

Consensus Magazine

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.

By David Z. Morris

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Mar 21, 2023 at 4:33 p.m. UTC

Mar 21, 2023

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Consensus Magazine

Money reimagined

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.

By Michael J. Casey

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Feb 3, 2023 at 7:28 p.m. UTC

Feb 3, 2023

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Finance

Crypto long & short

Crypto Long & Short: Bitcoin's Hedge Potential

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

By Glenn WilliamsTodd GrothNick Baker

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Jan 25, 2023 at 4:45 p.m. UTC

Jan 25, 2023

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Business

Crypto for advisors

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.

By Jackson Wood

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Nov 10, 2022 at 1:45 p.m. UTC

Nov 10, 2022

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Layer 2

Trading week 2022

Why Bitcoin Has Been Highly Correlated With Fiat

And whether that means it has failed as an inflation hedge for traders.

By Steven Lubka

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Oct 25, 2022 at 2:39 p.m. UTC

Oct 25, 2022

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Markets

Bitcoin

What Would Deglobalization Mean for Bitcoin’s Price?

Geopolitical crises like the Russia-Ukraine war are reversing the era of globalization, where people enjoyed lower costs from the expansion of free trade and labor offshoring.

By Angelique Chen

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Apr 18, 2022 at 4:45 p.m. UTC

Apr 18, 2022

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