besides those US-citizen-only, 15k-per-year-maximum, inflation indexed bonds, what was a safe and good hedge against inflation? SPY is closing a big fat red ye

besides those US-citizen-only, 15k-per-year-maximum, inflation indexed bonds, what was a safe and good hedge against inflation? SPY is closing a big fat red yearly candle, and I wouldn't call real state safe since you could be easily overpaying above inflation. what are you using to benchmark crypto against?