High Inflation And Recession Fears Will Drive Bitcoin Adoption

Its safe to say CZ is bullish on bitcoin and cryptos future. Changpeng Zhao visited CNBC’s Squawk on the Street and flipped the prevalent bearish narrative on its head. In less than 2 minutes. Most of the things CZ said are based on common sense and a basic understanding of market forces, but still, its calming to hear a leader of the industry saying them. Especially in this fear-ridden stage of the cycle we’re in.

Notice that even though Binances business is dependent on altcoins performance, especially BNB, CZ makes a clear distinction between bitcoin and crypto in general. On the other hand, even though the interview is about bitcoin, CZ sneaks crypto here and there.

In any case, lets analyze what Binances CEO thinks about the current market conditions and the future of bitcoin and crypto.

What Did CZ Squawked On US National TV?

The first thing the interviewer was interested in was the way that bitcoin bulls have defended the 20Kish line. According to CZ, that was the last peak so theres a psychological barrier there. So far, bitcoins price had never go lower than the previous cycles all-time high. This time it was different, probably because of Teslas paper hands and the Terra collapse. However, the market ended up defending the 20K line.

The interviewer then asked about other factors, like the increase in money supply or bitcoins correlation to Nasdaq. According to CZ, those are two relevant factors, but in the end its a mass psychology market and the last ATH is the barrier. Its only fair that we quote Binance Academy for an explanation of the psychology of market cycles:

In short, market sentiment is the overall feeling that investors and traders have regarding the price action of an asset. When the market’s sentiment is positive, and prices are rising continuously, there is said to be a bullish trend (often referred to as a bull market). The opposite is called a bear market, when there is an ongoing decline in prices.

Recently, as we regularly do here at NewsBTC, we checked on the famed fear and greed index for insights into the current market sentiment. This is what we found:

Last week, the indicators value had risen up to even 34 as the coins price saw a recovery rally. However, as the run ended and the crypto once again slumped down, so did the sentiment among the investors.

The report notes that this trend indicates participants in the BTC (and wider crypto) market believe that this recent rally was just a fakeout.

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Whats the next catalyst?

Back to the interview, the next question was about what factor could catapult bitcoin and crypto into their next chapter. Cautiously, CZ said that no one can forecast that accurately. Nobody really forecasted NFTs, DeFi, etc. Which probably drove the last bullrun. And in 2017, ICOs seemed to be the catalyst. Six months before those things happened, very few people can forecast it.

Then and only then, CZ speculated. He thinks that the market is so much bigger this time around, with so many new applications being developed. The whole space is moving in a positive direction, with most countries adopting regulatory frameworks instead of banning bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. Its hard not to be bullish in an environment like this, even if the market is still fearful about the prices.

The last phrase is the funniest, and it goes into the current state of the world. The macroeconomic situation, theres going to be high inflation, the talk about recession, etc. All of those things drive adoption into bitcoin into crypto.

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