Cryptocurrencies
Need an Inflation Hedge? Bitcoin Has Delivered 99.996% Deflation
- There is no linkage with Fed actions, Duke professor says
- Hedging component is rising, Bloomberg Economics estimates
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On Wednesday, U.S. inflation data come in much hotter-than-expected. Almost immediately after the number hit the wires, Bitcoin notched a record high. Coincidence?
To many, it’s not so much a chance happening as something they’d been predicting for a long time now -- that the world’s largest digital asset makes for a great hedge against rising prices in the economy.