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Lawrence Summers on Inflation: Fed ‘Will Only Remove the Punch Bowl After It Sees People Staggering Around Drunk’

“I think policy is rather overdoing it,” the former U.S. Treasury secretary said at Consensus 2021.

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5 Big Takeaways From Day 2 at Consensus

A first peak into the state-backed BSN, insights into the China bitcoin mining ban and more. Here's what you need to know from Consensus Day 2.

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Ray Dalio Says He Has ‘Some Bitcoin’

Ray Dalio who runs Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, sees an inflationary future where “cash is trash,” and he’d “rather have bitcoin than a bond.”

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"Bitcoin as Inflation Hedge? Former New York Fed Reserve Director on Inflation, FOMC Minutes and Digital Dollar "

"First Mover" talks to Cornerstone Macro's partner and former New York Federal Reserve Director Benson Durham about the inflation debate, the Fed's monetary policy and bitcoin as an inflation hedge ahead of the release of the latest Fed meeting minutes.

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Lyn Alden Schwartzer on Bitcoin’s Correction and Outlook

Lyn Alden Schwartzer, the founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy, discusses bitcoin’s outlook, inflation, and the good news about bitcoin she said that Elon Musk overshadowed.

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Here's What Inflation Rising Faster Than Expected Means for Bitcoin

Some investors are buying bitcoin as a hedge against inflation, but CoinDesk's Director of Data and Indexes Galen Moore is skeptical. "The idea that somebody is afraid that the dollar is losing its value and therefore is fleeing to the safety of bitcoin is frankly silly," Moore said.

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Policy

Money Reimagined: How the Fed Could Fail

Mounting debts and inflation fears could leave central banks hamstrung in the years ahead, leading to the debasement of fiat currencies.

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MicroStrategy Keeps Buying Bitcoin, Adds Another $15M

CEO Michael Saylor continues policy of buying the crypto asset at set intervals.

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Bitcoin Makes Weak Bounce After Tesla Blow but Pullback May Not Be Over: Analyst

Elon Musk's tweets aside, bitcoin remains vulnerable to rising odds of a Fed Reserve rate hike.

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Bitcoin, Inflation and the U.S. Dollar

Data from Coin Metrics show bitcoin rising as the U.S. dollar weakens. Will the trend continue in light of Wednesday's Consumer Price Index (CPI) report showing inflation climbing at a faster pace than economists expected? "All About Bitcoin" host Christine Lee reviews the data in Chart of the Day.

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