Bitcoin 'for you and your family' to stop inflation? This man says yes...

Powell admits difficulty in stabilizing inflation at 2%, citing its volatile nature. Kiyosaki recommends gold, silver, and Bitcoin as hedges against inflation and fiat devaluation. In a receThe post Bitcoin 'for you and your family' to stop inflation? This man says yes... appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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'Rich Dad Poor Dad' Author: I’m Saving Bitcoin – Inflation Is Winning

Robert Kiyosaki warns about inflation's non-stop growth, highlights importance of Bitcoin at this particular time

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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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One Year After Trudeau's Bitcoin Warning, BTC Still Beat Inflation and S&P 500

Despite bitcoin’s tumultuous year, the world’s largest digital asset proved to be a reliable hedge against inflation. And a number of Liberal MPs own it.

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Jay Powell May Not Understand Inflation, But is Bitcoin the Answer?

Is Bitcoin a viable investment option as a hedge against inflation and currency debasement? Explore both sides of the debate The post Jay Powell May Not Understand Inflation, But is Bitcoin the Answer? appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Bitcoin sees CPI volatility as lower inflation sends BTC price to $18K

Inflation undercuts expectations, but Bitcoin remains at risk of fallout from a risk asset "deflationary panic" in Q1 next year, one analyst warns.

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Bitcoin successfully survived the FTX crash and returned to $17,000 amid further weakening of inflation in the US

The price of bitcoin is gradually recovering amid new signs of slowing inflation in the United States. Last week, the cryptocurrency market experienced the pressure associated with the bankruptcy of the FTX exchange — an event comparable to the Mt.

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Embattled Markets Revive Bitcoin Inflation Hedge Argument

Growing economic instability, especially in the United Kingdom, has seen investors swarming back to Bitcoin as an inflation hedge. The post Embattled Markets Revive Bitcoin Inflation Hedge Argument appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Bitcoin Slides as U.S. Inflation Exceeds Estimates at 8.3%

Bitcoin and Ethereum were hit hard as the inflation data dropped. U.S. Inflation Print Surpasses Expectations U.S. inflation has decreased for a second consecutive month. The Bureau of Labor Statistics...

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Bitcoin and Altcoins Spike as US Inflation Drops

The consumer price index report published by the Department of Labor shows that United States inflation dropped to 8.5% in July, marking a sharper fall from 9.1%. The post Bitcoin and Altcoins Spike as US Inflation Drops appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Bitcoin Reclaims $20,000 Despite High Inflation Numbers, Here's Why

Bitcoin did not crash after inflation data release but bounced instead

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Bitcoin slides as US inflation jumps 9.1%

Bitcoin price slipped below $20,000 on Wednesday after headline US inflation data showed the…

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BREAKING: Bitcoin Plunges Below $19,000 as Inflation Soars

Bitcoin has tumbled together with stocks due to hot inflation data

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Bitcoin steady as inflation data nears – Major turning point or further crash?

Bitcoin holds onto $19,000 as investors remain cautious of inflation numbers. The price may… The post Bitcoin steady as inflation data nears – Major turning point or further crash? appeared first on CoinJournal.

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Is Bitcoin Really A Hedge Against Inflation?

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.

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Inflation Hits Unexpected 40-Year High Of 8.6% As Bitcoin Holds $29,500

Inflation data shows a 106% increase in fuel oil year-over-year with an unexpected 40-year high Consumer Price Index report of 8.6% as bitcoin dips to $29,500.

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Bitcoin Price Falls Below $30,000 With Unexpected 8.3% Inflation Report

CPI inflation data exceeded market expectations, maintaining a near 40-year high of 8.3% as bitcoin falls below its $30,000 line of support.

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Bitcoin sees positive reaction as inflation hits 8.5% with March CPI data matching forecast

The price of Bitcoin rose after March CPI data confirmed that inflation in the United States continues to increase, hitting the highest level in 40 years. The post Bitcoin sees positive reaction as inflation hits 8.

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Bitcoin has initial positive reaction as inflation hits 8.5% with March CPI data matching forecast

The price of Bitcoin rose after March CPI data confirmed that inflation in the United States continues to increase, hitting the highest level in 40 years. The post Bitcoin has initial positive reaction as inflation hits 8.

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Bitcoin spoofs $40K breakout as US CPI inflation data conforms to 7.9% estimates

Bitcoin sees competition from commodities after failing to put in lasting gains from the latest U.S. inflation news.

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Inflation spikes in Europe: What do Bitcoiners, politicians and financial experts think?

Bitcoin‘s role as an inflation hedge is popular, with one expert stating that ”you don‘t need Bitcoin until you do.”

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Bitcoin returns to $42K as markets await potential 7.9% CPI inflation data

The run-up to the latest snapshot of just how bad U.S. inflation is seeing Bitcoin breakthrough range low resistance.

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The Case Against Bitcoin’s Inflation Narrative

Despite inflation being most commonly cited as the reason for Bitcoin’s price appreciation, there are other factors at play.

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As Global Inflation Heats Up, Bitcoin Saves The Day

Many contributing factors have led to a rise in inflation, which bitcoin offers an escape from.

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Bitcoin Can Protect Your Portfolio From Inflation

Discussing how bitcoin can protect portfolios from inflation and the proposed U.S. infrastructure bill.

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Fed Inflation Metric Soars To Three Decade High, What It Means For Bitcoin

The U. S. Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) core price index has soared to its highest level since 1992, stoking inflation fears. Some say Bitcoin, with its fixed supply of 21 million tokens, will resist inflation.

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Bitcoin Drops After Powell Pours Cold Water on Inflation Expectations

A dramatically heightened inflation makes up the strongest bullish case for Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency that poses itself as the safest insurance against a potential rise in consumer prices and fiat devaluation.

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Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin Trades Sideways as US Inflation Is Muted

The line of sight on U.S. inflation is anything but clear after the Labor Department reports the CPI's smallest yearly gain since 2015. So what does it mean for bitcoin?

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Federal Reserve’s Major Policy Shift to ‘Push Up Inflation’ Could Send Bitcoin Price to $500K

The U. S. Federal Reserve has announced a significant policy change to push up inflation. Bitcoin is set to greatly benefit from this policy change. Not only the price of bitcoin could surge past $500K, but a number of companies have also begun moving their reserves into the cryptocurrency to hedge against higher inflation.

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First Mover: As Fed Nears Inflation Rubicon, Analysts See $50K Bitcoin in Play

The Federal Reserve appears ready to pursue yet another untested strategy that could ultimately boost inflation – and possibly prices for bitcoin.

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A Big Bitcoin Boom Ahead as Data Shows Rising Inflation Fears

Bitcoin expects to undergo a significant rally as a top economist predicts an inflation bias after 12-18 months. The analogy comes after demand for inflation-protected bonds spike in the US, showing investors expect consumer prices to increase in the future.

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Bitcoin Is More Than an Inflation Hedge

While fears of a “great monetary inflation” have driven the recent bitcoin narrative, other aspects like censorship resistance and peaceful protest matter just as much.

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Bullish for Bitcoin: Federal Reserve branch researches “controlled rise of inflation”

On Monday, the latest Bitcoin block reward halving finally arrived, decreasing the inflation rate of the BTC monetary base by 50 percent to ~1. 6 percent — under the target inflation rate of fiat currencies and under the growth of the above-ground supply of gold.

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Bitcoin Halving Will Drop Inflation Rate Lower Than Central Banks’ 2% Target Reference

When Satoshi Nakamoto invented Bitcoin, the creator designed the protocol to be an inflationary currency, one that is predictable as bitcoin’s inflation always decreases every four years. Today, 77 days before the reward halving, BTC’s inflation rate is around 3.

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Bitcoin Will Have an Inflation Rate Lower Than Most Central Banks After Halving

After Bitcoin’s halving event in May, its inflation rate will drop to just 1. 8% annually. That puts it far lower than most inflation targets by central banks. Bitcoin (BTC) has often been discussed as a tool to combat inflation.

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Fiat A Bubble, Bitcoin A Safe Refuge in the Age of Inflation

The overall inflation is up by 55 percent, with the cost of education, medical care, and housing all on the rise. Bitcoin is considered as the alternative or people and a better store of value due to its anti-inflationary feature.

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Despite Inflation Crisis, Most Filipinos Reject Bitcoin. Here’s Why

The Philippines is experiencing an inflation crisis. Yet virtually its entire population of 106 million people are unaware of and reject the notion that Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrencies give them a payment solution and store of value.

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Bitcoin Flaw Discovered: Inflation Attack Creates Bogus BTCs

The disclosure brings to question whether state-sponsored or organized hackers would have succeeded in exploiting the Bitcoin software bugs had they known about them to threaten what was thought to be an impregnable blockchain network.

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Steve Hanke: Central Banks Fuel Wealth Loss and Inflation – The World Needs Less of Them

Respected economist Professor Steve Hanke has chanted down central banks. While Hanke doesn’t tout cryptocurrency as an alternative, he does say that the world needs fewer central banks because these government-controlled entities are messing up economies and abusing monetary policy, while fueling inflation and loss of wealth.

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Details of One of Bitcoin’s Nastiest Bugs Yet

For well over a year, versions of Bitcoin Core — Bitcoin’s leading software implementation — contained a severe software bug. The bug was fixed with Bitcoin Core 0.

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Bitcoin Price Analysis - The waiting game

Network fundamentals continue to suggest a vast improvement in scaling capacity and stewardship by the entire industry. Increases in both interest and access to Bitcoin at the retail and institutional levels continue to pave the way for further adoption and understanding.

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Data Shows We Can’t Expect Cryptocurrency to Handle Inflation

Digital currency is being adopted in several nations fighting economic distress as a means to avoid inflation. In fact, crypto evangelists cite examples of African communities and countries like Venezuela to describe how digital coins could provide security from central banks’ policies and subsequent inflation in times of crisis.

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Bitcoin Is Extremely Useful In These Problematic Countries

In many countries, there are emerging monetary crises as local currencies lose value. Local governments or central banks are unwilling or unable to solve inflation, and that’s a key chapter in the story of Bitcoin.

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Cryptocurrency is actually terrible for battling inflation, data shows

Cryptocurrency is often floated as a failsafe for floundering economies. When faced with economic instability, blockchain evangelists are often quick to prescribe Bitcoin (or some other altcoin) as a means of alleviating hyperinflation by being more stable than the local currency.

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Hyper Inflation in Venezuela Makes for Interesting Times in Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency–While the ongoing inflation and forced impoverization of the Venezuelan population is bordering on a crisis, the scenario surrounding government fiscal policy, imposed fiat usage and the role of cryptocurrency is creating an interesting incubation for the industry.

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Venezuela: Inflation Tops 100,000 Percent, Bitcoin Costs 60M Bolivars

Venezuela’s currency the Bolivar Fuerte jumped to 9. 2 million per dollar and almost 60 million per bitcoin August 18, just two days before a major redenomination cuts five zeros off its value. Redenomination Looms As reported by cryptocurrency commentators including Purse.

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An Inflation Based Theory of Ethereum’s Price

For months now we have been noticing some striking similarities between bitcoin’s price up to around 2015 and ethereum’s price action so far. One way to explain the similarities is. .

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As inflation goes stratospheric, Venezuelans take to the crypto markets

It is a commonly (but not universally) known fact that the ultimate supply of Bitcoin is capped at 21 million. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for the Venezuelan Bolivar, which is going through a period of currency debasement every bit as bad as the events in Weimar Germany which brought Hitler to power. As […]

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Governance, Part 2: Plutocracy Is Still Bad

Coin holder voting, both for governance of technical features, and for more extensive use cases like deciding who runs validator nodes and who receives money from development bounty funds, is unfortunately continuing to be popular, and so it seems worthwhile for me to write another post explaining why I (and Vlad Zamfir and others) do not consider it wise for Ethereum (or really, any base-layer blockchain) to start adopting these kinds of mechanisms in a tightly coupled form in any significant way.

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