How does money supply affect cryptocurrencies?

Cointelegraph analyst and writer Marcel Pechman explains how monetary supply affects cryptocurrencies.

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Macro Markets, hosted by Marcel Pechman, airing every Friday at 12pm ET on the Cointelegraph Markets & Research YouTube channel, explains complex concepts in simple terms and focuses on the cause and effect of financial events traditional the day - today's crypto activity.

In today's episode, crypto analyst Pechman discusses the fundamentals of currency, including how to calculate supply, the effects of savings deposits and money market funds, and how central banks can inflate without "printing money".

Pechman explains why near-zero interest rates and reduced reserve requirements for financial institutions benefit risky assets, such as cryptocurrencies, so much. The video then compares the general change in money supply in the United States to that of Bitcoin (BTC) p...