Re:MasterCard to open up network to cryptocurrencies
by imtringued on Thursday February 11, 2021 @06:12PM
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The velocity of a particular Bitcoin arrives at 0 given enough time. Bitcoin get lost. These Bitcoin cannot move and thus contribute to the deflation of Bitcoin. They effectively shrink the money supply.
Re:MasterCard to open up network to cryptocurrencies
by arcticbull on Friday February 12, 2021 @01:54PM
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True, but that's a uniquely Bitcoin problem, and it's one of the many reasons Bitcoin is not fit for purpose.
How this interacts with assets is in my opinion not super clear. Pricing of assets is supply and demand, unlike the CPI basket. The CPI basket is based on human need. There's no human need for AAPL shares. However, there's a ton of stimulus money, and folks who remember 2008's V-shaped recovery, and a bunch of people stuck at home day trading. I think that's much more likely to be driving asset prices than supply. After all supply is enacted by changing lending parameters.
To the extent asset prices don't put pressure on CPI, they reflect an increase in welfare, not an increase in inflation.