How Does Quantitative Easing (QE) Affect the Price of Bitcoin?

With QE on the rise, is Bitcoin poised to fill the gap?

Pedro Febrero (@febrocas)
cryptonerds
Published in
17 min readMay 11, 2020

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Since the 2008 financial crisis, expansive monetary policies have barely kept the struggling economy alive. With infinite QE on the rise, the only solution in sight seems to be a return to a hard money standard. Will Bitcoin fill in the gap?

In this article, we aim to explore the impact that quantitative easing (QE) has on the price of Bitcoin. To achieve that goal, we will first look into the effects of…

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Pedro Febrero (@febrocas)
cryptonerds

Head of Blockchain @RealFevr. Researcher @QuantumEconomics. Hobbies include swimming and sith lording. Twitter @Febrocas