BITCOIN SET TO EXPERIENCE PRICE EARTHQUAKE: Super Powers are eyeing Bitcoin to revamp their economy

 

-         The bitcoin price has almost doubled over the last 12 months, climbing as Russia gears up for a bitcoin and crypto flip. This could be because Russian Rubble has faced enough sanctions in a lifetime, prompting it to seek alternative in trading. Bitcoin is the best bet.

-         Former U.S. president Donald Trump teases a mystery crypto project that could rival  bitcoin .

-         China About To Trigger A $1.4 Trillion Bitcoin And Crypto Price Earthquake.

 Economists are calling for China to unleash $1.4 trillion worth of "shock and awe" stimulus that could kick start the economy and trigger a "glorious" bitcoin price boom. The latest economic data out of China shows consumer inflation has remained stagnant, with the its consumer price index (CPI) climbing just 0.6% in August from a year earlier, falling short of the 0.8% rise expected by a Wall Street Journal poll of economists and fueling fears of a deflationary spiral. Through the second quarter of 2024, China's GDP grew 4.7% from a year ago, though in real terms, its nominal GDP, which doesn’t factor in inflation, only grew 4%, suggesting broad-based price pressures are weighing on the economy. Last month, Arthur Hayes, a cofounder of bitcoin and crypto derivatives pioneer BitMex who went on to set up the Maelstrom investment fund, wrote in a blog post that he expects China to next year "finally unleash its long-awaited bazooka fiscal stimulus," predicting the China-U.S. "crypto bull market shall be glorious." Meanwhile, bitcoin and crypto entrepreneurs and investors focused on China have said they expect China to roll back its bitcoin ban.

-          In June, crypto investor Brock Pierce predicted it's only a matter of time before China reopens its digital doors to crypto, while Justin Sun, the founder of tron blockchain, called a recent legal ruling in China "very important."

-          "Is China going to open up to crypto? … I'd say it's inevitable," Pierce, a former child actor who cofounded the USDT dollar-pegged stablecoin issuer Tether in Hong Kong a decade ago, told the South China Morning Post. "The question is not so much if, it’s a matter of when."

-          In May, attendees of a Hong Kong bitcoin conference sparked speculation the much-hyped Hong Kong spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) could eventually be opened up to mainland China investors.

-          China's 2021 bitcoin ban that made the trading and mining of cryptocurrencies including ethereum and XRP illegal, triggered a sudden bitcoin price crash at the time.

 

By Jacqueline C Nnadigwe