As Inflation Is Here to Stay, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Gold Investors Will Win, But Brace for Volatility - BitMEX

cryptonews.com:

The US Federal Reserve (Fed) aims to get inflation down with its interest rate hikes this year. Longer-term, however, inflation might still remain as the winner, with bets on bitcoin (BTC), ethereum (ETH), and gold expected to pay off. But until then, volatility could flush out even the most dedicated crypto holders, crypto exchange BitMEX warned.

Unlike some other observers from the crypto space who don’t seem to believe the Fed will raise rates in any meaningful way, BitMEX said that it believes the Fed “will respond” to the rising inflation. It added that this shift in Fed policy will have “a significant impact” on both the inflation level and general conditions in the financial markets.

“The Fed is now required to respond and will do so,” BitMEX’s research team said, while adding that this “is not necessarily a consensus view, at least not among Bitcoiners, gold bugs and those who anticipated inflation in 2020.”

The exchange went on to share a chart that showed how inflation, as measured by the US Consumer Price Index (CPI), has reached its highest point since 1982.

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Further, analysts at BitMEX wrote that rising rates are expected to have a “significant impact on investor demand for financial assets,” and that this includes both stocks and crypto.

“Artificially low rates have taken the economic fuel away from real, sustainable, profitable and humble companies. Instead, we are left with loss making tech startups, master of the universe VC funds, meme stocks, CryptoPunks and a Metaverse real estate bonanza.”

It added that this represents “an extreme level of financialisation in the economy,” and that financial assets in general are more sensitive to liquidity conditions and financial flows than any