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Re:Public Comment on Inflation Measurement by nradov on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @07:58PM (#28464532)
Very few people are buying cryptocurrencies over fears of a USD monetary crisis. That's a fringe group. Instead must buyers are speculators trading on momentum and hoping to get rich quick before the bubble bursts. There are also a bunch of people using it to conduct illegal transactions (drugs, weapons, ransoms) or evade capital controls in repressive countries (China, Venezuela).
Re:Public Comment on Inflation Measurement by reedjosh on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @08:23PM (#28464698)
> Very few people are buying cryptocurrencies over fears of a USD monetary crisis.

You should join some of the Telegram groups. My experience has been generally the opposite.

Checkout the channel for LN support group PlebNet or the PirateChain channel for example.