Is Bitcoin A Safe Asset?
Is bitcoin a safe asset? David Andolfatto, vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, acknowledges in his blog, “MacroMania,” that bitcoin can be volatile over a short time span. But when people speak about safe assets, it’s not the same as providing a stable rate of return. Andolfatto, in considering what makes an asset truly safe, thinks bitcoin does have some important safety properties to consider, either for personal investing or policymaking. A safe asset is one people go to during uncertain economic times. In normal times, a safe asset is one that people hold despite a....
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There has been a lot of talk about investors looking to Bitcoin as a safe haven for their investment portfolio. Safe haven markets are very small and hard to get into. Bitcoin may not fit that bill as perfectly as some people think it does. Now that the Brexit doom scenario has happened, there is a lot of uncertainty across the markets. Gold is surging,....
The survey tended to support the view of Bitcoin as a "safe-haven" asset. A survey by Grayscale Investments indicates that the COVID-19 pandemic has increased investor appetite for Bitcoin (BTC).Source: Grayscale Investments.The firm surveyed 1,000 U.S. consumers between the ages of 25 and 64 that were involved in personal investments of $10,000 or more in household investable assets. The survey was conducted in June-July 2020. 63% of the respondents who had invested in Bitcoin in the previous four months said that the pandemic had an impact on their decision. Moreover, 39% found Bitcoin....
Here's what impact the Brexit poll has had on the bitcoin price, and how we are going to respond to the vote from a trading perspective. So it looks as though the UK is set to leave the European Union, after its people voted in a slim, but important, majority on the side of the leave campaign. We have said a few times that bitcoin might play a part as a safe haven asset. On a few occasions over the past couple of years, this has proven accurate. Price has gained a global economic uncertainty pushes people to transfer value from one asset, a riskier one, to another, a safer one.....
Holger Zschaepitz, best selling financial author of “A book on states’ addictiveness to debt” and senior editor at Welt, recently discovered an intriguing relationship between gold and bitcoin: when gold plummets in value, the price of bitcoin surges. Based on this trend, he noted that bitcoin is beginning to be recognized as the new global safe haven....