Crypto Perspective

When it comes to innovation and change, humanity in general has a tendency to want to think of the new in terms of the old. While this is understandable as the old is familiar and serves as a useful analytical springboard, it is also harmful; as we automatically attempt to shoehorn the new into frameworks that are not suitable for it.

Is this the case with Crypto?

Has QE Forced People To Buy Crypto? The Retail Perspective

How does QE really affect crypto prices?

QE has been a popular reason cited for the rise in cryptocurrencies.

Along with stocks and gold, the narrative compares the rise in bank reserves with crypto prices, namely Bitcoin (BTC), and concludes that BTC can only go higher.

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Has QE Forced People To Buy Crypto? The Irony Perspective

How does QE really affect crypto prices?

There is, of course, an even more important driving force behind the mind-blowing rise in the values and popularity of crypto assets – some investors actually believe in it.

Even then, QE has had some role to play in crypto’s meteoric rise… it just isn’t what everyone thinks it is.

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Crypto Perspective 1: Safe Haven Asset?

Crypto does not fit neatly into mainstream categorizations

A major cognitive hurdle modern humans face is our strong predisposition towards categorization.

There are undoubted benefits to doing so, not least of which is that it aids in our evolutionary survival (Big teeth + Big claws = Category: DANGER!), but there are huge drawbacks as well, especially when it comes to dealing with innovation and new creations.

Cryptocurrencies provide an excellent example.

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Crypto Perspective 2: Risk Asset?

Crypto does not fit neatly into mainstream categorizations

Implicit in the question “Is Crypto a safe haven?” is another question: “Is Crypto a risk asset?”

Of course, how one answers the first will determine their answer to the second, at least when thinking about the question from a simple either/or standpoint.

Does it have to be either/or?

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Crypto Perspective 3: Inflation Hedge?

Crypto does not fit neatly into mainstream categorizations

Moving on with our discussion of the problems of categorizing Crypto, we come to what has emerged as an important question – do Cryptocurrencies serve as a hedge against inflation?

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