Stephanie Hughes

What does that mean for how attractive it might be during times of geopolitical crisis?

What do you think will happen with Bitcoin if the war continues for weeks, months, maybe even longer?

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I'm Stephanie Hughes.

We're back with Gil Luria, head of technology research at DA Davidson.

At Marketplace, we've had some conversations in the past few days about how war is inflationary.

And you see it reported that some traders are investing in Bitcoin now as a hedge against inflation.

Can you talk a little bit about what that means?

And so basically people may be turning to crypto instead just to kind of to hide there.

Tell me a little bit more.

You mentioned there is a lot of wealth in Bitcoin in Iran.

As this war goes on, what might happen with that wealth?

Gil Luria leads tech research at D.A.

Davidson.

Daniel Shin produced this episode.

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