Inflation

Exchanges

First Mover: Binance’s Shrinking Trading Spreads and Bitcoin’s Jackson Hole Fizzle

Traders are getting better fills due to shrinking bid-ask spreads on Binance and other cryptocurrency exchanges. It's a sign of a healthy market.

Markets  ·  28 August 2020
Bitcoin

Jerome Powell’s Coming Inflation Speech May Weigh on Dollar and Boost Bitcoin: Analysts

The Federal Reserve chief is expected to bolster expectations of inflation in a keynote address Thursday. That may be bad for the U.S. dollar but good for bitcoin.

Markets  ·  25 August 2020
CoinFlash

Canadian Software Startup Puts 40% of Cash Reserves Into Bitcoin

Graphic-design software firm Snappa described Bitcoin as "a far superior savings technology."

Business  ·  24 August 2020
Inflation

What’s Actually Happening With Inflation Right Now

The numbers are all over the place and the narratives are even more complicated, so what’s the real story with inflation?

People  ·  17 August 2020
CoinFlash

MicroStrategy Buys $250M in Bitcoin, Calling the Crypto ‘Superior to Cash’

Digital gold is now the "principal holding" of MicroStrategy's revamped treasury reserve strategy.

News  ·  11 August 2020
CoinFlash

Nasdaq-Listed MicroStrategy, Wary of Looming Dollar Inflation, Turns to Bitcoin and Gold

“If you have large dollar values and you're hoping for any kind of return on them, that's faded,” said CEO Michael Saylor. “Gold, silver and bitcoin are showing strength.”

News  ·  5 August 2020
Inflation

Why Bitcoin-Like Scarcity Would Be a Disaster for the Dollar

Calls to restrict the Fed's money printing powers fail to recognize the likely consequences, including price instability.

Policy & regulation  ·  28 July 2020
Inflation

What’s Behind the Fed’s New Push to Promote Inflation?

Why the Fed’s strategy on inflation is changing and why the definition used by America’s central bank may be hurting regular people.

People  ·  21 July 2020
Brazil

Brazil’s Ailing Economy Is Helping Dollar-Pegged Stablecoins Find Traction

Brazilian crypto users are increasingly turning to USD-pegged stablecoins as the country's real sinks to record lows against the dollar.

Business  ·  8 July 2020
Bitcoin

A Key Thesis for Bitcoin’s Long-Term Bull Market Just Got a Knock

The narrative that inflation arising from the massive coronavirus stimulus efforts would lead to a long-term rise in bitcoin's price is looking weak with new data from the Federal Reserve.

Markets  ·  26 June 2020
Inflation

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.

People  ·  12 June 2020
First Mover

First Mover: Fed Sees No Inflation Through 2021, but Bitcoiners Are Betting on It Anyway

Bitcoin investors think "it's only a matter of time" before the U.S. experiences rocketing inflation.

Markets  ·  11 June 2020
Ether

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Briefly Pops Past $10K as Fed Says Rates May Stay Near 0% Until 2022

Cryptocurrency traders slapped the buy button on bitcoin during the Federal Reserve’s non-announcement announcement, but the run-up didn’t last.

Markets  ·  10 June 2020
Inflation

Fed Officials See Anemic Inflation Despite Trillion-Dollar Money Injections

Federal Reserve officials see U.S. inflation as likely to stay below 2% over the next three years, based on a new summary of economic predictions released Wednesday by the central bank.

Markets  ·  10 June 2020
Bitcoin

First Mover: As Bitcoiners Eye Inflation Boost, Wall Street Sees Barely Any for Five Years

Wall Street doesn't think rising inflation is likely right now. Does that remove one of the reasons to invest in bitcoin?

Markets  ·  8 June 2020