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Re:Show HN: See the Price of Stocks in BTC by arcticbull on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @07:25PM (#25756182)
You haven't cited any evidence, you're just speculating.
Re:Show HN: See the Price of Stocks in BTC by roenxi on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @01:38AM (#25758953)
It is a mathematical certainty that if the monetary supply went up by 25%, someone has to have 25% more money in an account somewhere.

I'm not sure where this 'no evidence' accusation comes from. It isn't in contention that the monetary supply went up 25%, the population isn't growing at anything near that sort of rate. There aren't many ways to make that work out, mathematically, unless someone (realistically, quite a few someone) have 25% more dollars in an account.

Re:Show HN: See the Price of Stocks in BTC by arcticbull on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @11:38AM (#25764381)
What you haven't provided any explanation of is why you think there's a small group of people that suddenly have 25% more money scot free. Read rojeee's explanation above. The burden of proof is on you. That's simply not how it works.
Re:Show HN: See the Price of Stocks in BTC by roenxi on Thursday January 14, 2021 @03:58AM (#25773899)
Inflation is what, 2%? And the velocity of money is around 1. It is hardly speculation to say that the typical doesn't-save consumer hasn't got 25% more money in their account. Someone does.

If you're talking about the "M1 can _only_ be held..." comment, rojeee is wrong. M1 includes physical currency [0], so entities other than commercial banks can hold it. If I substitute M2 for M1 the point is still indecipherable. Eg - "the increase in M1 has little to no impact on the aggregate money supply" - as far as I'm concerned the M2 is the monetary supply so that makes no sense.

> The burden of proof is on you.

M2 went up 25%, Pidgeonhole principle: someone's account is up 25%. Inflation went up 2%: it isn't ordinary consumers. QED.

[0] https://fredblog.stlouisfed.org/2021/01/whats-behind-the-rec...