Here’s How Many Wallets Is Needed For Bitcoin To Be An Inflation Hedge
One of bitcoin’s main selling points has been the fact that its return has often put it ahead of the inflation rate. Due to this, it has gained notoriety as the “digital gold” as a good portion of the community put forward that the digital asset is a better inflation hedge than any asset. However, […]
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The Skybridge Capital CEO said Bitcoin needs much more proliferation before it can act as an inflation hedge. Skybridge Capital CEO Anthony Scaramucci believes that while Bitcoin continues to be an attractive asset, it has not reached the “wallet bandwidth” that is required for it to be considered an inflation hedge. Speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box on Aug 22. the global investment management CEO said Bitcoin was still too much of “an early adopting technical asset” which would need to be held in around a billion wallets before it would begin to act as a hedge against inflation.“Until you get....
The argument for Bitcoin as an effective hedge for inflation has been a long one in the making and so far, the digital asset has not failed those who have a stake in it. Bitcoin’s returns over the past couple of years have been far greater than the rate of inflation, which currently sits at […]
Many investors picked interest in Bitcoin, believing it could be a hedge against inflation. According to an analyst at D.A Davidson, Chris Brendler, BTC could become a hedge because it is decentralized and not a product of a central bank. These opinions and expectations led many people to accumulate large quantities of BTC coins. But the recent price fluctuations and speculations in the market are seemingly overpowering BTC’s underlying value. Now that inflation is causing havoc in economies, many investors are disappointed that Bitcoin couldn’t serve as a hedge as expected.....
Bitcoin is working as a hedge against inflation despite its 2022 weak price performance, says Steven Lubka, managing director of private clients at Swan Bitcoin. While Bitcoin (BTC) has failed in countering this year's rampant global inflation, it should still be considered as an inflation hedge, says Steven Lubka, the managing director of private consumers at Swan Bitcoin. According to Lubka, Bitcoin works well as a hedge against rising prices when inflation is caused by monetary expansion. It is less effective when inflation is caused by the disruption of the food supply and energy,....
The long-standing claim that bitcoin is a hedge against inflation has come to a fork in the road as inflation is soaring, but the bitcoin price is not.