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During the Cyprus financial crisis, on 25 March 2013, bank account balances over €100K were seized. BTC surged 87% that day, and 700% that month. [0,1,3] When
by andruby 5y ago
During the Cyprus financial crisis, on 25 March 2013, bank account balances over €100K were seized. BTC surged 87% that day, and 700% that month. [0,1,3]
When Greece was freezing / slowing bank withdrawals during its financial crisis in 2015, BTC price climbed.
IIRC BTC also jumped when Russia was getting involved in Ukraine in 2014.
It's not a perfect hedge, but I do believe bitcoin could be valuable if the world/governments go (partly) to shit.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012–2013_Cypriot_financial_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012–2013_Cypriot_financial_cr...
[1] https://money.cnn.com/2013/03/28/investing/bitcoin-cyprus/index.html https://money.cnn.com/2013/03/28/investing/bitcoin-cyprus/in...
[2] https://www.in2013dollars.com/bitcoin-price-in-2013 https://www.in2013dollars.com/bitcoin-price-in-2013