According to Bill Miller, the collapse of Russia's currency is good for Bitcoin

[DoublerHunter]

Bill Miller, a billionaire investor, says that Russia would likely turn to Bitcoin to reclaim control of their resources. Western sanctions have now blocked Russia's foreign exchange reserves. Bitcoin is frequently regarded as a superior "digital gold" that can partially or completely replace national currencies.

What are your thoughts and opinions on this? I would love to hear it!

^ It is possible since BTC is decentralized and no one controls it, it will probably have good news for us and will increase the price of BTC sooner or later.
BTC is good for alternate currency and this is now, BTC is useful when it comes to this but the question is how they will purchase BTC if their banks and their foreign exchange reserves were banned from all financial transactions. BTC is the best choice is all kinds of payment online, this will realize to them how important BTC and it could be after the war their government announces the legalities of BTC.

[Bollexz1]

Exactly what I was thinking too as Russia economy keeps cramping and the nation are draining of cash, Bitcoin may be their best solution. With new sanctions been announced everyday, Putin hasn't even slow down invading nor shaken a bit, I think the man has a strategic plan in beating that.

[LeviOrwell]

I think bitcoin has a chance only if the dollar completely collapses, Russia this is just a blip, and now is the time for bitcoin to defeat the financial oligarchs that control the world.

[Ozero]

Bill Miller, a billionaire investor, says that Russia would likely turn to Bitcoin to reclaim control of their resources. Western sanctions have now blocked Russia's foreign exchange reserves. Bitcoin is frequently regarded as a superior "digital gold" that can partially or completely replace national currencies.

What are your thoughts and opinions on this? I would love to hear it!

There is a strong possibility that Russia can be using Bitcoin to go around the economic sanctions that it is facing right now and into the future. However, we have to understand that all of these things had have been planned ahead by Putin as he is a truly smart though now so ruthless politician, tactician and a warrior. Another aspect that we should look at is that there can be a China-Russia axis as a result of this because China could not live without the oil from Russia...and if you look at it now even USA have not yet cut off the oil ties with Russia and all that we hear of strong speeches coming from White House is lacking the teeth and all because under Biden they forego of energy independence because of the pressure coming from the left-leaning Democrats. The way it is now, sadly it is Putin's game and should we be celebrating if he will decide to make Bitcoin so legal in his country once and for all?

Putin clearly miscalculated the results of the attack on Ukraine. Many warned him about this, but he did not heed these advices. Now he has led Russia into a big dead end, from which there is simply no way out. Because of this, Russia will soon be thrown back in development to the level of secondary countries. And it is "the smart, ruthless politician, tactician and warrior Putin" who will be to blame for this. And at the same time a murderer and a war criminal.
When Putin realizes that he lost in Ukraine, if he does not die, he will try to disappear, and the citizens of Russia will have to live with this shame, and even the next generations of Russians will have to pay for this war. Well, it's their choice.
Cryptocurrency will not be able to help Russia avoid international sanctions, since they are multifaceted and also relate to the ban on the import and export of certain groups of goods. If someone violates the ban and enters into trade deals with Russia, he himself will risk falling under sanctions.
As for energy carriers from Russia, the United States is now preparing the next package of sanctions, which may concern the imposition of an embargo on Russian gas and oil. These sanctions may be the most destructive for Russia.

[Mpamaegbu]

and it's not like using Bitcoin will help unfreeze their reserves, which are blocked by Western sanctions.

But of course, there's nothing much anyone can do if the milk is already spilled. Russia didn't think fast on that one to convert her foreign reserves to Bitcoin before it's freezed. Now it can't be accessible. It's like expecting to move money out from a banned/restricted bank account.

Like Miller, I also expect that the ongoing war would be good for Bitcoin to soar because people are going to switch over to it as a safe Haven. However, I'm yet to notice much spike on Bitcoin ATM. Perhaps, that will be evident in days to come as the sanction begins to bite the Russians deeper.

[mindrust]

But of course, there's nothing much anyone can do if the milk is already spilled. Russia didn't think fast on that one to convert her foreign reserves to Bitcoin before it's freezed. Now it can't be accessible. It's like expecting to move money out from a banned/restricted bank account.

I thought Vitalik was advising Putin. I am pretty sure he warned Putin for this and told him to convert their reserves to ETH but somehow Putin didn't pay attention probably. Like you said now they can't access them at all. If they had ETH on their reserves they could have spent them freely. It is probably a blessing for the Ukrainians though. I also see Vitalik is supporting the Ukrainians on Twitter which is kind of confusing. Wasn't he Russian?

[asus09]

I guess we've seen millionaires and billionaires moving their wealth to bitcoin way before the war. it's just it's magnify again because of the recent event. Bitcoin has already proven itself to be a good hedge against inflation and you can preserve your wealth in it. So wise Russian and even Ukrainians are flocking into BTC right now, no hesitation.

Most likely Bill Miller's statement is also true, because when various countries impose sanctions on Russia, Russia will most likely use bitcoin to avoid sanctions from various countries, thus the price of bitcoin goes up again, even now the price of bitcoin goes up, like ethereum goes up. 11.56%, Doge coin also rose 8.4%, it can be concluded that what Bill Miller said is true..

[Mpamaegbu]

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I thought Vitalik was advising Putin. I am pretty sure he warned Putin for this and told him to convert their reserves to ETH but somehow Putin didn't pay attention probably. Like you said now they can't access them at all. If they had ETH on their reserves they could have spent them freely. It is probably a blessing for the Ukrainians though. I also see Vitalik is supporting the Ukrainians on Twitter which is kind of confusing. Wasn't he Russian?

There's a reason most business owners are said to be shrewd. Taking critical business decisions even when it affects family tie is one of those. I believe Vitalik is firstly looking out for his business and ensuring that Ethereum benefits maximally from the ongoing crisis. Going by your comment, he sold the idea of switching foreign reserves to ETH to his native Russia (he also has dual citizenship with Canada) and then puts his emotion towards Ukraine. If Russia didn't listen to him it's only because these people don't listen until something forces them to.

Ukraine is the small guy in the battle. Naturally, the underdog tag on Ukraine makes a lot of people sympathetic to her. These people see Russia as a menacing bully. If Vitalik were one of those sympathetic to Ukraine, I don't see any problem with that.

[Poker Player]

Bill Miller, a billionaire investor, says that Russia would likely turn to Bitcoin to reclaim control of their resources. Western sanctions have now blocked Russia's foreign exchange reserves. Bitcoin is frequently regarded as a superior "digital gold" that can partially or completely replace national currencies.

What are your thoughts and opinions on this? I would love to hear it!

In reality, it is the economy in general that has led to the creation and use of Bitcoin. An economy that is based on debt and more and more debt, which has worked for a few decades but is heading for disaster via high inflation and in which there seems to be no clear exit situation as it is in a catch-22 situation: if central banks adopt strong liquidity restriction policies with large rate hikes, the economy goes to hell. If we continue as we have been doing so far, printing as if there were no tomorrow with some timid rate hikes from time to time and then opening our hands again when there is a bump in the economy, we are only making the bubble bigger, and bubbles end up bursting.

[qwertyup23]

Bill Miller, a billionaire investor, says that Russia would likely turn to Bitcoin to reclaim control of their resources. Western sanctions have now blocked Russia's foreign exchange reserves. Bitcoin is frequently regarded as a superior "digital gold" that can partially or completely replace national currencies.

What are your thoughts and opinions on this? I would love to hear it!

The impact of having heavy economical sanctions in a country can quite be costly- it will be relatively harder and difficult for the people in Russia to transact and purchase goods within their area. Inflation will rise and all of the costs of goods would definitely spike-up due to having scarce resources on their countries.

This is where BTC can step in. Its application can somehow support Russian citizens to purchase goods outside their country by transacting and using BTCs. I do think that BTC can have an impact to this war especially on its price.

[romero121]

Bill Miller, a billionaire investor, says that Russia would likely turn to Bitcoin to reclaim control of their resources. Western sanctions have now blocked Russia's foreign exchange reserves. Bitcoin is frequently regarded as a superior "digital gold" that can partially or completely replace national currencies.

What are your thoughts and opinions on this? I would love to hear it!

The impact of having heavy economical sanctions in a country can quite be costly- it will be relatively harder and difficult for the people in Russia to transact and purchase goods within their area. Inflation will rise and all of the costs of goods would definitely spike-up due to having scarce resources on their countries.

This is where BTC can step in. Its application can somehow support Russian citizens to purchase goods outside their country by transacting and using BTCs. I do think that BTC can have an impact to this war especially on its price.

Oil wealth countries due to the mismanagement or due to the reach for power end up losing their sovereignty. The first country to experience this in recent days Venezuela.

With Venezuela the scenario is different and improper governing body caused a big economic crisis. Slowly it looks like recovering, but the real recovery needs time. Now Russia have been experiencing out of its invasion on Ukraine. Venezuelans are well aware of bitcoin and even the small stores accept bitcoin. Maybe Russians could follow venezuelans to overcome the upcoming crisis.

[DU18]

Bill Miller, a billionaire investor, says that Russia would likely turn to Bitcoin to reclaim control of their resources. Western sanctions have now blocked Russia's foreign exchange reserves. Bitcoin is frequently regarded as a superior "digital gold" that can partially or completely replace national currencies.

What are your thoughts and opinions on this? I would love to hear it!

I agree with what Bill Miller said about the fall in the value of the ruble, the fall in the value of the ruble made the Russian people now start to switch to buying bitcoin as their investment, and it had a significant impact on the rise in the price of bitcoin a few days ago, today concerns about the stability of fiat currencies, especially the ruble, make bitcoin a better alternative for investing their money.

[redsun114]

The impact of having heavy economical sanctions in a country can quite be costly- it will be relatively harder and difficult for the people in Russia to transact and purchase goods within their area. Inflation will rise and all of the costs of goods would definitely spike-up due to having scarce resources on their countries.

This is where BTC can step in. Its application can somehow support Russian citizens to purchase goods outside their country by transacting and using BTCs. I do think that BTC can have an impact to this war especially on its price.

They can use bitcoin to order stuffs online but I'm thinking if how can a delivery pass through on their country? because this Russia is now blocked for incoming and outgoing transactions. There's also talks that bitcoin transactions which came from Russia is going to be restricted, this includes some exchanges and maybe some wallet providers. They really want to make sure that Russian country would suffer and won't escape the sanctions that have been applied to them.

Bitcoin can be used in tough situations but only as an alternative to national currencies and once the situation returns to normal, I'm afraid that the use of bitcoin can become weaker.

[fiulpro]

No matter what the collapse of Russian currency would bring for the government, or the millionaires who are escaping Russia and even selling their teams in UK with the government allowing them to do such things and to get out of the whole situation quite fast. Who it would impact are the citizens.
- they would be forced to switch to something else that is not in control of the government or anyone else as well so that they can maintain a stable life with visa and Mastercard halting payments and Google pay not working in most cities
- There comes bitcoins, it would not only serve as a global currency but would also save people form going broke and dying under the inflation
It might be good for bitcoins but this good doesn't really matter since it's devastating for the whole of Ukraine.

[OgNasty]

With the amount of coins that Bill Miller owns, I suspect anything he comes across is good for Bitcoin. He’s in the business of making money and right now he needs Bitcoin to go up to make money. He’s a great ally for the price go up crowd though. You can bet he’s talking with other billionaires and cornering the market. It’s investors like him that make me think Bitcoin could still go up quite a bit. With deep pockets and connections like Bill Miller has, it seems like Bitcoin has too much support behind it financially to fail.

[Ozero]

I guess we've seen millionaires and billionaires moving their wealth to bitcoin way before the war. it's just it's magnify again because of the recent event. Bitcoin has already proven itself to be a good hedge against inflation and you can preserve your wealth in it. So wise Russian and even Ukrainians are flocking into BTC right now, no hesitation.

Most likely Bill Miller's statement is also true, because when various countries impose sanctions on Russia, Russia will most likely use bitcoin to avoid sanctions from various countries, thus the price of bitcoin goes up again, even now the price of bitcoin goes up, like ethereum goes up. 11.56%, Doge coin also rose 8.4%, it can be concluded that what Bill Miller said is true..

If we were talking about the need to transfer a large amount of currency, then Bitcoin could in this case help Russia bypass international sanctions. But for Russia, the import and export of certain groups of goods is important. And moving it over long distances and in a large volume unnoticed will not work. The states that have sanctioned Russia for its military incursion into Ukraine will be watching and everyone who has contact with Russia will also be sanctioned.
How the collapse of the Russian currency will affect the cryptocurrency, we will see in a while, but so far such an impact is not noticeable. Bitcoin behaves as before, its behavior corresponds to the current state of the market.

[slaman29]

How the collapse of the Russian currency will affect the cryptocurrency, we will see in a while, but so far such an impact is not noticeable. Bitcoin behaves as before, its behavior corresponds to the current state of the market.

I always feel like people who say things like this are ignoring past examples and only using one example. Firstly, the collapse of ruble is not even new, it's been declining slowly ever since collapse of Soviet Union. Secondly, it's not as bad as hyperinflation that many other countries fiat already experience during Bitcoin's life.

Iran rial, or Argentina, or Venezueal. Everyone remember people saying Venezuela collapse would fuel Bitcoin there and all that? What happened now? Nothing.