Bitcoin vs. QE Infinity: The 4 Archetypes Of The Halving Debate

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The bitcoin halving is just two weeks away. While the COVID-19 crisis pushed attention off the momentous event for a while, the discussion is coming back fast and strong. Google searches for the bitcoin halving already exceeding the 2016 peak, despite almost no mainstream media coverage. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, NLW breaks down 4 archetypes of people within the larger debates around the bitcoin halving:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Speculators - those who flock to Twitter to engage in endless rounds of debate around the efficient market hypothesis and whether the halving is priced in or not</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Fundamentals - those who believe that what matters about the halving isn’t the short-term price movement but the fundamental decrease in supply</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Miners - those who have to actually figure out how to make their business model work in the context of reduced issuance</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Symbologists - those who are focusing on the significance of bitcoin’s issuance reduction coinciding with QE infinity </span></li> </ul> <p> </p>