2019-12-12 01:08 |
Gold's price rallied on Wednesday amid signs underlying inflation was continuing to outpace real interest rates. The post Gold Price Regains Its Shine as Federal Reserve Calls for More Inflation! appeared first on CCN.com origin »
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Goldman Sachs’ head of commodities research says bitcoin is more like copper as a hedge against inflation than gold. He explained that they are both “risk-on” inflation hedges whereas gold is a “risk off” asset.
2021-6-3 02:00 | |
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The price of gold declined on Wednesday after the Fed's preferred measure of inflation continued to undershoot its target. The post The Biggest Reason to Buy Gold Is Disappearing appeared first on CCN.com
2019-11-27 20:11 | |
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Geopolitics, monetary policy and a slowing economy have all been cited as primary factors behind gold’s bullish breakout in 2019. While these catalysts cannot be discounted, the real reason gold is surging and why it will continue to do so is the trend in real interest rates relative to inflation.
2019-10-21 23:00 | |
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Bitcoin offered a wild, outlandish upside in comparison to gold. Despite the “gold rush” of the past two decades, BTC turned out to be a unique “wild card” when it comes to hedging against inflation.
2019-10-20 18:14 | |
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Although the finance sector continues to find a common ground between the leading assets gold and Bitcoin, gold-backed cryptocurrencies are promising to bridge this divide. In this light, Crypto Research Report identified stablecoins as the latest competition for gold, and stated, “All of the gold-backed stablecoins on the market are centralized, which means they have […] The post Bitcoin to enjoy lower inflation rate than gold by 2021 appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-9-2 20:30 | |
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Inflation is a favorite antagonist in the cryptocurrency community. Most investors are probably familiar with the graphs showing how much value the U. S. dollar has lost since 1933, when the Federal Reserve left the gold standard.
2019-7-24 19:02 | |
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Bitcoin has been dubbed a lot of things by many different people. It’s digital gold; a store of value; a cryptocurrency; it’s rat poison; it’s freedom from inflation; it’s borderless. But at its core, the one thing it aims to become the most, is money.
2019-6-11 03:01 | |
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Could Bitcoin Help Venezuela Crisis? According to the International Organization for Migration, a long period of serious political instability and economic crisis has caused the largest Latin American emigration seen in recent times from Venezuela.
2019-5-20 19:01 | |
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A series of op eds by Kyle Torpey addressing some of the oft-repeated arguments against BitcoinBitcoin’s core value proposition is that it is an uncontrolled, apolitical money.
2019-4-30 20:16 | |
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Bitcoin Shaping Up To Be Digital Gold Alistair Milne, the chief investment officer at Digital Currency Fund, recently commented on why he’s “still bullish” on Bitcoin (BTC) in a Twitter thread. Investors are now very aware that Bitcoin is like trading Gold with 100x leverage and, next year, Bitcoin's inflation/production rate will actually be *lower* than […] The post Gold-Like Bitcoin (BTC) May Eventually Surpass ATH, Says Crypto Entrepreneur appeared first on Ethereum World News.
2019-1-20 22:30 | |
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Having met the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in August 2018, officials of VanEck, SolidX and Cboe BZX Exchange have met with the Commission again, in the latest attempt to convince the regulator to approve the nation's first bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), according to an official presentation submitted to the SEC.
2018-12-1 01:17 | |
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When the towers in New York fell, I became obsessed with economics. I wanted to follow the money to understand what happened on that dreadful day. During that time of inquiry, I found myself very interested in Austrian economic theory.
2018-11-21 19:26 | |
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As the CEO of Hut 8, one of North America’s largest cryptocurrency miners and the world’s largest publicly traded cryptocurrency miner, I’m often asked questions about energy consumption in the mining of cryptocurrency.
2018-11-1 23:35 | |
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Rhetorical style should never distract from the content of someone’s arguments. So when I heard that Nouriel Roubini testified to the U. S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on the cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem, I decided to peruse his testimony and reflect on it.
2018-10-24 19:38 | |
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Life in Venezuela is anything but. Last year, the South American nation of 32 million led the world with 652% inflation and this year the economic turmoil is even worse. As of September 2018, the annual inflation was estimated at 200,000% and International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it could spike to a mindboggling 1,000,000% by December.
2018-10-10 22:30 | |
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As his Hungarian parents had fled post-war Soviet regime to settle in the United States, Nick Szabo came to call the Californian Bay area of the 1990s his home. Here, he was among the first to frequent the in-person “Cypherpunk” meetings organized by Timothy May, Eric Hughes and other founding members of the collective of cryptographers, programmers and privacy activists centered around the ’90s mailing list of the same name.
2018-7-13 17:16 | |
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South Korea just ruled that bitcoin is a legally recognizable asset, which is good news for investors, but not such good news for convicted criminals that had managed to hold onto their cryptocurrency in the past.
2018-6-11 18:04 | |
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Cathie Wood, who is the CEO and chief investment officer of Ark Invest, made a prediction during an interview with Bloomberg, suggesting that Bitcoin will hit a price of $1 million by 2030.
Launched in 2009, Bitcoin has massively surged as the flagship cryptocurrency recently hit an all-time high of $106,533. Since the U. S. presidential election, the value of the cryptocurrency has increased by at least 50 percent.
El Salvador, the first nation to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, is reportedly negotiating changes to its Bitcoin policies in exchange for a $1. 3 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Ray Dalio has highlighted the growing risks of global indebtedness, urging investors to pivot toward “hard money” assets like gold and Bitcoin rather than traditional debt instruments. Speaking at a financial conference in Abu Dhabi, Dalio expressed concerns about mounting…
Bitcoin (BTC) shattered the $100,000 price milestone yesterday, reaching as high as $104,088 on Binance crypto exchange. This historic price action has prompted analysts at the trading firm Bernstein to assert that Bitcoin is well-positioned to replace gold within the next decade.
Founder and CEO of ARK Investment Management, Cathie Wood believes Bitcoin is ‘bigger’ than gold, predicting BTC’s $2 trillion market cap could one day surpass gold’s $15 trillion over time.
Bitcoin has often been referred to as the “digital gold,” as it has proven to be a unique asset class and, more importantly, a reliable store of value over the years. While gold surely outpaces BTC in age, both assets are commonly used by investors as a hedge against economic instability and inflation. Interestingly, there […]