{"id":481333,"date":"2022-01-17T21:18:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T21:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=481333"},"modified":"2024-06-11T08:29:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T08:29:05","slug":"fidelity-says-what-weve-been-thinking-countries-central-banks-will-buy-btc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/fidelity-says-what-weve-been-thinking-countries-central-banks-will-buy-btc\/","title":{"rendered":"Fidelity Says What We&#8217;ve Been Thinking: Countries &amp; Central Banks Will Buy BTC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Surprising the world, Fidelity predicts what Bitcoin\u2019s game theory implies. It\u2019s as Satoshi Nakamoto said, \u201cIt might make sense just to get some in case it catches on.\u201d That\u2019s the exact same conclusion that Fidelity reaches in its \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fidelitydigitalassets.com\/articles\/2021-trends-impact\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Research Round-Up: 2021 Trends And Their Potential Future Impact<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d report. Take into account that Fidelity is a multinational financial services corporation, it doesn\u2019t get more mainstream than this.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I agree with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fidelity?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@Fidelity<\/a>, of course, but still astonishing to read this on Bitcoin adoption game theory in such a mainstream financial report: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7zRO9rEele\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/7zRO9rEele<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex Gladstein \ud83c\udf0b \u26a1 (@gladstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gladstein\/status\/71256836?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">January 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What did Fidelity say about Bitcoin adoption at the nation-states and central bank level?\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They put it very clearly:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe also think there is very high stakes game theory at play here, whereby if bitcoin adoption increases, the countries that secure some bitcoin today will be better off competitively than their peers. Therefore, even if other countries do not believe in the investment thesis or adoption of bitcoin, they will be forced to acquire some as a form of insurance. In other words, a small cost can be paid today as a hedge compared to a potentially much larger cost years in the future.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In other words, It might make sense just to get some in case it catches on. And, as Stacy Herbert said, \u201cFirst mover advantage goes to El Salvador\u201d. At least if we\u2019re talking out in the open, because other countries might be accumulating Bitcoin on the down-low. For example, Venezuela seized a lot of ASICs from private miners. Chances are those are active in a warehouse somewhere. And, of course, there are r<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/bitcoin\/the-united-states-is-already-mining-bitcoin-maybe-says-compass-mining-ceo\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">umors that the USA is already mining<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fidelity is one of the biggest asset managers in the world<\/p>\n<p>They see what ID-10ts fail to understand <\/p>\n<p>First mover advantage goes to \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfb<\/p>\n<p>Game over for fiat, game on for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bitcoin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#bitcoin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf0b\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfb <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I0Jlp8baVY\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/I0Jlp8baVY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stacy Herbert \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfb\ud83d\ude80 (@stacyherbert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stacyherbert\/status\/46567429?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">January 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In any case, what does Fidelity conclude?<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe therefore wouldn&#8217;t be surprised to see other sovereign nation states acquire bitcoin in 2022 and perhaps even see a central bank make an acquisition.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If those players do it in the open, it will probably trigger a race like no other. A race in which it will be too risky not to participate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Speaking About Bitcoin Mining\u2026<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fidelity\u2019s report summarized 2021, it goes through most of the major stories that NewsBTC has covered ad nauseam. The company doesn\u2019t try to figure out <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/bitcoin\/why-did-china-ban-bitcoin-mining-here-are-the-seven-leading-theories\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">why did China ban Bitcoin mining<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, but it highlights <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/bitcoin\/bitcoins-hashrate-on-its-way-to-total-recovery-maybe-even-to-an-all-time-high\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">how fast the hashrate recovered<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe recovery in hash rate this year was truly astounding and one that we think demonstrates several issues that will be important to keep in mind for 2022 and beyond.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Fidelity report also highlighted how well the network responded. \u201cThis has now been tested and bitcoin&#8217;s network performed perfectly.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-481335 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BTCUSD_2022-01-17_18-04-37.png?resize=460%2C257\" alt=\"BTCUSD price chart for 01\/17\/2021 - TradingView\" width=\"460\" height=\"257\"><\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: center\">BTC price chart for 01\/17\/2022 on Eightcap | Source: BTC\/USD on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/BTCUSD\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">TradingView.com<\/a><\/pre>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What Does Fidelity Say About The Ecosystem In General?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The report wasn\u2019t exclusively about Bitcoin, they also identified the biggest trends in the wide crypto sphere.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe biggest non-Bitcoin themes put on display this past year included the massive issuance of stablecoins, the maturation of decentralized finance, and the early days of non-fungible tokens.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And about those trends, Fidelity predicted:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe growth in interconnectivity between siloed blockchains\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cTraditional fintech companies partnering or building capabilities to interact with DeFi protocols\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe dawn of decentralized algorithmic stablecoins has officially begun.\u201d Responding to the \u201cgrowth in demand for more regulated, centralized stablecoins.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhile the long-term value of these NFTs is not known, the impact of increased digital property rights for art, music, and content is likely to be meaningful in some form.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In general, Fidelity thinks that investment in digital assets will keep growing:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAllocating to digital assets has become far more normalized over the past two years for all investors. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/go.fidelitydigitalassets.com\/e\/869871\/S-2021-digital-asset-study-pdf\/n4d2nm\/1376437018?h=69rtuU9R1c6d_GdQD8fsbMV1UazqAzUcCKfDY1y8_3c\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Fidelity Digital Assets 2021 Institutional Investor Survey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> found that 71% of U.S. and European institutional investors surveyed intend to allocate to digital assets in the future. This number has grown across each individual region of the survey for the past three years, and we expect 2022 to show another year of higher current and future asset allocations to digital assets amongst institutions.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, something has to happen to catalyze widespread institutional adoption. \u201cThe key to allowing traditional allocators to continue to pour capital into the digital asset ecosystem revolves around regulatory clarity and accessibility.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Is 2022 the year of regulatory clarity? What will happen first, institutional adoption of cryptocurrencies or nation-states adoption of Bitcoin? What central bank will earn first-mover advantage? Burning questions for the year ahead.<\/span><\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: center\">Featured Image by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@spanic?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\" rel=\"nofollow\">Damir Spanic<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/central-bank?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\" rel=\"nofollow\">Unsplash<\/a>  | Charts by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">TradingView<\/a><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surprising the world, Fidelity predicts what Bitcoin\u2019s game theory implies. It\u2019s as Satoshi Nakamoto said, \u201cIt might make sense just to get some in case it catches on.\u201d That\u2019s the exact same conclusion that Fidelity reaches in its \u201cResearch Round-Up: 2021 Trends And Their Potential Future Impact\u201d report. Take into account that Fidelity is a multinational financial services corporation, it doesn\u2019t get more mainstream than this. I agree with @Fidelity, of course, but still astonishing to read this on Bitcoin adoption game theory in such a mainstream financial report: pic.twitter.com\/7zRO9rEele &mdash; Alex Gladstein \ud83c\udf0b \u26a1 (@gladstein) January 13, 2022 What did Fidelity say about Bitcoin adoption at the nation-states and central bank level?\u00a0 They put it very clearly: \u201cWe also think there is very high stakes game theory at play here, whereby if bitcoin adoption increases, the countries that secure some bitcoin today will be better off competitively than their peers. Therefore, even if other countries do not believe in the investment thesis or adoption of bitcoin, they will be forced to acquire some as a form of insurance. In other words, a small cost can be paid today as a hedge compared to a potentially much larger cost years in the future.\u201d\u00a0 In other words, It might make sense just to get some in case it catches on. And, as Stacy Herbert said, \u201cFirst mover advantage goes to El Salvador\u201d. At least if we\u2019re talking out in the open, because other countries might be accumulating Bitcoin on the down-low. For example, Venezuela seized a lot of ASICs from private miners. Chances are those are active in a warehouse somewhere. And, of course, there are rumors that the USA is already mining. Fidelity is one of the biggest asset managers in the world They see what ID-10ts fail to understand First mover advantage goes to \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfb Game over for fiat, game on for #bitcoin \ud83c\udf0b\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfb pic.twitter.com\/I0Jlp8baVY &mdash; Stacy Herbert \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfb\ud83d\ude80 (@stacyherbert) January 13, 2022 In any case, what does Fidelity conclude? \u201cWe therefore wouldn&#8217;t be surprised to see other sovereign nation states acquire bitcoin in 2022 and perhaps even see a central bank make an acquisition.\u201d If those players do it in the open, it will probably trigger a race like no other. A race in which it will be too risky not to participate.\u00a0 Speaking About Bitcoin Mining\u2026 Fidelity\u2019s report summarized 2021, it goes through most of the major stories that NewsBTC has covered ad nauseam. The company doesn\u2019t try to figure out why did China ban Bitcoin mining, but it highlights how fast the hashrate recovered.\u00a0 \u201cThe recovery in hash rate this year was truly astounding and one that we think demonstrates several issues that will be important to keep in mind for 2022 and beyond.\u201d The Fidelity report also highlighted how well the network responded. \u201cThis has now been tested and bitcoin&#8217;s network performed perfectly.\u201d BTC price chart for 01\/17\/2022 on Eightcap | Source: BTC\/USD on TradingView.com What Does Fidelity Say About The Ecosystem In General? The report wasn\u2019t exclusively about Bitcoin, they also identified the biggest trends in the wide crypto sphere. \u201cThe biggest non-Bitcoin themes put on display this past year included the massive issuance of stablecoins, the maturation of decentralized finance, and the early days of non-fungible tokens.\u201d And about those trends, Fidelity predicted: \u201cThe growth in interconnectivity between siloed blockchains\u201d \u201cTraditional fintech companies partnering or building capabilities to interact with DeFi protocols\u201d \u201cThe dawn of decentralized algorithmic stablecoins has officially begun.\u201d Responding to the \u201cgrowth in demand for more regulated, centralized stablecoins.\u201d \u201cWhile the long-term value of these NFTs is not known, the impact of increased digital property rights for art, music, and content is likely to be meaningful in some form.\u201d In general, Fidelity thinks that investment in digital assets will keep growing: \u201cAllocating to digital assets has become far more normalized over the past two years for all investors. The Fidelity Digital Assets 2021 Institutional Investor Survey found that 71% of U.S. and European institutional investors surveyed intend to allocate to digital assets in the future. This number has grown across each individual region of the survey for the past three years, and we expect 2022 to show another year of higher current and future asset allocations to digital assets amongst institutions.\u201d\u00a0 However, something has to happen to catalyze widespread institutional adoption. \u201cThe key to allowing traditional allocators to continue to pour capital into the digital asset ecosystem revolves around regulatory clarity and accessibility.\u201d Is 2022 the year of regulatory clarity? What will happen first, institutional adoption of cryptocurrencies or nation-states adoption of Bitcoin? What central bank will earn first-mover advantage? Burning questions for the year ahead. 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