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Bitcoin is a lifeboat for escaping a broken system, but one needs to understand that system in order to see that.In the story of Noah’s Ark in the Book of Genesis, God has come to a decision. Man had strayed far from God’s instruction, and annihilation was the chosen solution to set straight our wayward kind. Noah was known to be a...

Excessive money supply and rising inflation could lead to an U.S. market meltdown, he said, a perfect setup for Bitcoin.Excessive money supply and rising inflation could negatively affect U.S. markets, billionaire Carl Icahn said.“In the long run we are certainly going to hit the wall,” Icahn said. “I really think there will be a crisis the way we are going, the...

Let’s focus. If we do, we can finish our analysis of Saifedean Ammous’ “The Bitcoin Standard” this century. The rest of this chapter is all about inflation, the buzzword of the last few months. As the whole world is feeling the effects of something that’s day-to-day life for small economies, people in privileged countries are curious about why their purchasing power decreases every...

Alarmingly, G7 governments appear to be following a playbook designed to cap interest rates and let inflation run hot.The below is from a recent edition of the Deep Dive, Bitcoin Magazine's premium markets newsletter. To be among the first to receive these insights and other on-chain bitcoin market analysis straight to your inbox,...

The proposed bill includes intrusive tax collection measures which would inhibit the productivity of the nation.There’s a strong reason behind the recent wave of bitcoin adoption among the world’s least stable and poorest countries. Bitcoin disproportionately benefits the underbanked and underprivileged because it gives them access to an open global monetary network with predictable policy and low barriers to...

The creation of a decentralized monetary network provides an escape from the flood of fiat inflation.Imagine all of the people who laughed at Noah when he was building his ark to save his family from the inevitable flood that the Creator was going to unleash on Earth. Noah's faith was greatly tested as he spent month after month building a monstrous ark...

The big bank said in a note today that institutional investors are back to taking money out of gold and into bitcoin.JPMorgan analysts have shared that they believe an increased appetite from institutional investors has been fueling the Bitcoin rally."Institutional investors appear to be returning to bitcoin perhaps seeing it as a better inflation hedge than gold," JPMorgan said.Money...

Skyrocketing energy costs, risks of stagflation and a future credit crisis could have major implications on the bitcoin market.The below is from a recent edition of the Deep Dive, Bitcoin Magazine's premium markets newsletter. To be among the first to receive these insights and other on-chain bitcoin market analysis straight to your inbox,...

Dawn Fitzpatrick said yesterday that bitcoin has "crossed the chasm to mainstream" and that her fund owns "some coins."Soros Fund CEO Fitzpatrick said bitcoin is seen as more than an inflation hedge. "I think it has crossed the chasm to mainstream," she told Bloomberg in an interview.Fitzpatrick also disclosed that her fund owns "some coins" but not a lot.The Soros...

Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, that have fixed supplies, are deflationary by the format they create their native tokens in and offer some unique insights into the dynamics of deflation versus inflation. Inflationary, government- issued currencies have dominated the global financial system in recent history, but that was not always the case, and its implications are important to [...] The post Inflation vs Deflation: A Guide...

A father of three explains why he is saving in bitcoin for their future.I am not a worrier and have a quite relaxed kind of life. My wife and I both run our own business. She has a small beauty salon and I have a home office where I consult small-to-medium enterprise (SMEs) about subsidies. We don't work full time. I work about...

Welcome back, fellow student. Let’s dive back into Saifedean Ammous’ “The Bitcoin Standard” to discover the secrets of economic theory. In today’s lesson, we’ll study the “two main government-approved mainstream schools of economic thought: Keynesians and Monetarists.” Then, we’ll contrast them with the Austrian theory of money. Get the facts of...

Dylan LeClair discusses the bitcoin market, inflation and the Triffin dilemma.Watch This Episode On YouTubeListen To This Episode:...

The decaying rot of corporations carried only by the fiat machine will come to an end as Bitcoin fixes our money.2008 Taught Us NothingWe have experienced (and some of us grew up) during a very interesting blip within history, starting with the events that transpired in 2008 when the tools of our “innovations” in financialization proved to be the swords upon...

A generation whose known nothing but mounting government debt finds the value in absolute scarcity.I am a zoomer, you may have heard of us — self entitled, spoiled and good at tech. I recently graduated from high school, attended university and entered the workforce. If you have done any of these things in your life then there is a good chance that...

Despite inflation being most commonly cited as the reason for Bitcoin’s price appreciation, there are other factors at play.What do Peter Schiff, gold bugs, the financial media and many bitcoiners have in common? It is the shared belief that "money printing" is to blame for many, if not all, of the increases in price that plague our economy. While it cannot be...

A film about a thief and a princess is intertwined with an all-too-familiar inflationary ideology.*All images in this article are from Hayao Myazaki’s “The Castle Of Cagliostro.”The lowering of a fiat curtain sealed off all connections to a hard money standard and our global economy has sunk knee-deep into a bog of fiscal uncertainty, mooched by money-sucking mosquitos à la fractional...

Many contributing factors have led to a rise in inflation, which bitcoin offers an escape from.The world is breathing a sigh of relief as things normalize after Covid-19 pandemic devastation. Governments are lifting lockdowns, restrictions are being relaxed, and the economy is slowly returning to a semblance of normality. As a result, consumer spending is on the rise. Inflation Is On The...

The basic supply and demand dynamics of the bitcoin monetary network mean that it serves as a solution for ongoing monetary inflation.The below is from the latest monthly report by the Deep Dive, Bitcoin Magazine's premium markets newsletter. To be among the first to receive these insights and other on-chain bitcoin market analysis straight to your inbox,...

Despite what appearances suggest, the best of Bitcoin is yet to come.When I discovered bitcoin some years ago, I thought I was woefully late to the party. In retrospect it’s obvious how hilariously wrong I was. Like Jon Snow, I knew nothing. Most of the price action, technological development, geopolitical consequences —all this was still ahead of me. And as years go...