Originally posted by Wrongside
It's actually considered a useful thing. Holding your assets in an on risk currency whilst earning income in a base currency like Euros or US$ in the bad times.
Imagine how awesome this would be for you if your assets were all bitcoin and every time you got paid in US$ at work, it was converted to bitcoin each time. Your income would be nearly double what it was last year... in the same moment everyone else's buying power has gone down.

You have no clue about anything, let alone decoupling
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