debasement
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Bitcoin hit $80,000 for the first time since May, reversing months of subdued valuations as fresh investor interest in the so-called debasement trade brought growing support for the cryptocurrency as a dollar hedge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
“The dollar debasement narrative is back after the Treasury’s latest buyback announcement,” said Glassnode Research analysts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Anyway, if the debt should finally sink the public credit, Smith prescribed an open and avowed national bankruptcy rather than the treacherous debasement of the coin of the realm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
A weakening dollar was also a tell that the debasement trade is seeing a bit of a revival.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
When other entrepreneurs created jukeboxes by arranging for a phonograph to play popular music at the drop of a coin, Edison objected to this debasement, which apparently detracted from serious office use of his invention.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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