Inflation


Markets

Inflation Is the Cruelest Tax

A reading of a new piece on inflation from the Wall Street Journal that NLW argues shows a shifting mainstream narrative.

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Markets

Bitwise Bitcoin Fund Doubles to $9M as Investor Fears Grow Over Runaway Inflation

Record fiscal stimulus has pushed wealthy investors to invest in Bitwise's bitcoin fund as a means to hedge against inflation.

Matt Hougan

Finance

The MicroStrategy Effect? This Firm Is Helping Businesses Save in Bitcoin

Bitcoin financial services firm Unchained Capital has released an “advanced business account” specifically targeting firms that want to hold BTC.

Unchained Capital team

Markets

Bitcoin Falls Back Below $11K as Markets Doubt Fed's Ability to Boost Inflation

Prevailing doubts over whether the Fed has what it takes to hit its 2% inflation target hit traditional markets and may have contributed to a bitcoin price drop on Thursday.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

Markets

Financial Postmodernism and the Great Inflation Debate

This Best of The Breakdown August 2020 edition features commentary from Hugh Hendry, Preston Pysh and Adam Tooze.

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Markets

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.

Shrinking Binance bid-offer spreads might reveal crypto markets maturing. (Rednuht/Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

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.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell

Finance

Canadian Software Startup Puts 40% of Cash Reserves Into Bitcoin

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

Ottawa, Canada (Robbie Palmer/Unsplash)

Markets

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?

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Markets

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.

MicroStrategy CEO Michael J. Saylor