MARKETS DAILY: Featured Story | Bitcoin and the Changing Definition of 'Safety'

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🗓️ 26 November 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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When supposedly safe investments like bonds and stocks underperform, what does that mean for our view of apparently risky investments like bitcoin? Noelle Acheson offers her thoughts. Today's episode is sponsored by CME Group and PayPal. To get the show every day, follow the podcast here. For today’s featured story, Noelle Acheson reads her piece written for CoinDesk, titled: “Bitcoin and the Changing Definition of 'Safety'” - From our sponsors: CME Group Cryptocurrency futures and options provide market-leading liquidity for bitcoin and ether trading. These cash-settled contracts give full exposure to crypto performance without the hassle of holding the physical position. No digital wallet? No problem. Trade nearly 24/7 in a transparent, CFTC-regulated market. Visit cmegroup.com/crypto to learn more. Disclaimer: This communication is not directed to investors located in any particular jurisdiction and is not intended to be accessed by recipients based in jurisdictions in which distribution is not permitted. The information herein should not be considered investment advice or the results of actual market experience. Past results are not necessarily indicative of future performance. Trading derivatives products involves the risk of loss. Please consider carefully whether futures or options are appropriate to your financial situation. - PYUSD, a stablecoin made for Payments. 1USD = 1PYUSD. Introducing PayPal’s new digital currency, PayPal USD (PYUSD), a stablecoin backed by U.S. dollar deposits, U.S. Treasuries and similar cash equivalents. Buy, sell, hold and transfer it in our app or site and explore Web3 with a payments brand that has been trusted for over 20 years. Get started now at paypal.com/pyusd. - This episode was hosted by Noelle Acheson. “Markets Daily” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Eleanor Pahl. All original music by Doc Blust and Colin Mealey. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:49.5	This episode of Markets Daily is sponsored by CME Group and PayPal.
1:02.6	Hello, this is Markets Daily from CoinDex.
1:05.4	I'm Noel Acheson here with your featured story.
1:13.8	Today, I update a piece I wrote earlier this year that looks at how Bitcoin is changing what we mean by safe assets.
1:19.0	And just a reminder, CoinDisc is a new source and does not provide investment advice.
1:27.7	Its title is Bitcoin and the the Changing Definition of Safety.
1:29.2	Here we go.
1:35.8	Fortunately, we rarely have to think about Maslow's hierarchy of needs, that triangle we saw in school that layers the key human requirements for flourishing.
1:39.8	Until that is, one of the needs towards the bottom isn't being met, and then we think about
1:45.1	it a lot.
1:46.7	To recap, at the very bottom, we have the basics for survival, the physical needs of nourishment,
1:52.8	rest and shelter, and then layered on top of that, is safety.
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