Bitcoin bottoms out as Russia invades Ukraine. Afterwards, it quickly recovered due to the weak sanctions of the West. However, the developments experienced today caused the leading crypto to sag again. We’ve compiled what Sam Bankman-Fried, Michael Saylor, and other top voices in crypto have to say on the subject, for Cryptokoin.com readers.
Statements by famous figures in wartime about Bitcoin
Russian forces attacked Ukraine from various directions on Thursday and launched a large-scale invasion that has been preparing for days. With the invasion, the market collapsed under the leadership of Bitcoin. After the weak reaction of the USA and the EU, the market recovered at the same pace. But yesterday, the color changed and the West took very radical decisions, including removing Russia from the SWIFT system and military aid.
Today, however, hot developments took place on the war front. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the military, including nuclear deterrence forces, to put the military on high alert. And with this order, Bitcoin’s rise was reversed and the leading crypto slipped down. On the other hand, the news that the parties were going to hold talks between Ukraine and Belarus eased the atmosphere a bit.
Bitcoin bull Michael Saylor
Nation-state conflicts create uncertainty, constrain production, weaken currency, crippling trade and undermining credit, making debt and equity investments riskier, and treasury assets pure digital emphasizes the benefit of converting it to energy. Wars create inflation, paralyze trade and make Bitcoin attractive.
Crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried
What should BTC be doing here? On the one hand, if the world became more uninhabitable, people would have less money. Basically, you buy BTC, stocks, etc. to pay for the war. Sold with. On the other hand, this is probably destabilizing for Eastern European currencies. And more generally, for Eastern European financial systems. This means they may be looking for alternatives. If you were in Ukraine right now, where would you trust for your money?
So right now there are arguments both ways about what should happen to BTC. I’m not so sure I predicted it would go down based on the fundamentals. There is a push and pull where fundamental traders buy and algorithmic traders sell; To be clear, BTC ends half-way down 8% on the day. But I also think we’re probably on a newer regimen than we’ve been in the past year and a half. We’ll have to see how things go here.
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson
People often say I shouldn’t get into politics. I keep reminding people of who we are as an industry, because our struggle is not about a particular token having a higher price than another. Our struggle is ultimately a struggle for freedom and freedom. To give people the power to be their own institution, to be their own bank. Anyway, to verify what could not be verified before.
‘Wolf of All Streets’ crypto trader Scott Melker
Scot Melker, as Bitcoin donations to the Ukrainian military increase, “Bitcoin is a lousy tool for criminals, but an excellent tool for charity and donations” he tweeted.
Morgan Creek Digital co-founder Anthony Pompliano
The United States should start thinking about what to do in a world where most of the world does not use the US dollar as the reserve currency. The hypothetical situation will make Russia and China, which have long announced their intention to exit the US dollar system, decide that the costs of using the current global reserve currency are too high.
This game theory leads us to Bitcoin. The next best option to become the producer and distributor of the global reserve currency is to become the most advanced user and owner of a global reserve currency that is not controlled by a single country.
This incentive leads these superpowers to realize that Bitcoin will be essential for the next decades. Countries with a large ownership stake will have a significant advantage as well as conducting mining and other pro-Bitcoin activities in their home country.
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