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Elon Musk says he is hodling cryptocurrencies as inflation rises

Elon Musk says he is hodling cryptocurrencies as inflation rises

Elon Musk has no plans to divest his Bitcoin, Ethereum and Dogecoin. The Tesla and SpaceX chief said this during a discussion on inflation that he sparked among his followers.

Musk cited a Financial Times article about commodity prices rising to their highest levels since 2008 amid fears of disruption to Russia’s supply of raw materials. According to latest data, US annual inflation reached 7.9%, a peak not seen since 1982.

Those looking to take a lesson from this thread would be better off investing in physical assets. Buy a home or shares in a company that makes good products. For what it’s worth, I personally still hold Bitcoin, Ethereum and Dogecoin., — he wrote.

In a tweet, Musk agreed with Michael Saylor. The MicroStrategy chief predicted a collapse of weak fiat currencies and a flight of capital from value stocks, bonds and cash into scarce assets like Bitcoin.

In response to Musk’s tweet, the Dogecoin price surged briefly by about 10%. By the time of writing, DOGE was down 1% over a 24-hour period, according to CoinGecko.

Hourly chart of DOGE/USDT on Binance. Data: TradingView.

Earlier this year, at the end of February, Sam Bankman-Fried, head of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, stated that demand for Bitcoin would rise amid economic instability in Eastern Europe.

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