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Consensus Magazine

A Sudden Onset of Hyperinflation: What Will Happen to Bitcoin?

If the world is thrust into hyperbitcoinization – as Balaji Srinivasan predicts – before the ecosystem is ready, then even bitcoiners might not be in a position to use bitcoin.

By George Kaloudis

Mar 24, 2023 at 4:34 p.m. UTC

Mar 24, 2023

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Tech

Bitcoin

‘Hyperbitcoinization’ Is a Few Years Away, Predicts Samson Mow

The CEO of technology startup Jan3 explains why Bitcoin might become the world's preferred monetary system as early as 2030.

By Frederick Munawa

Nov 3, 2022 at 3:54 p.m. UTC

Nov 3, 2022

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Markets

Inflation

The End of Exorbitant Privilege: Inflation, the Global Dollar and What Comes Next

What would it mean for the dollar to lose its global reserve status? Why might it happen? And what could take its place?

By David Z. Morris

Aug 5, 2021 at 2:41 p.m. UTC

Aug 5, 2021

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Policy

Opinion

There’s More to Inflation Than the Money Supply

The printer may be going "brrrrr" but increasing the money supply doesn't necessarily lead to inflation, writes EY's blockchain leader.

By Paul Brody

Apr 5, 2021 at 2:29 p.m. UTC

Apr 5, 2021

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Markets

Inflation

Bitcoin and Inflation: Everything You Need to Know

The cryptocurrency was designed to counter the harms of inflation, but is this really such a big issue?

By Sandali Handagama

Jan 28, 2021 at 10:00 p.m. UTC

Jan 28, 2021

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Markets

Zimbabwe

Bitcoin News Roundup for June 30, 2020

As Zimbabwe embarks on its fifth bout of hyperinflation in modern history, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back with another bitcoin news roundup.

By Adam B. Levine John Biggs Lyllah Ledesma

Jun 30, 2020 at 4:30 p.m. UTC

Jun 30, 2020

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Markets

Memes

How Monopolies Sow the Seeds of Their Own Destruction, Feat. Tuur Demeester

The managing partner of Adamant Capital joins for a conversation about what the Protestant Reformation and the French Revolution can teach us about bitcoin.

By Nathaniel Whittemore

Jun 26, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC

Jun 26, 2020

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Markets

Satoshi nakamoto

Bitcoin News Roundup for June 8, 2020

As bitcoin traders struggle to bust through $10,000, there's a new claimant to the title of Satoshi Nakamoto. CoinDesk's Markets Daily Podcast is back with your bitcoin news roundup.

By Adam B. Levine

Jun 8, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. UTC

Jun 8, 2020

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