{"id":52824,"date":"2020-12-05T09:01:20","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T09:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=52824"},"modified":"2020-12-05T09:01:20","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T09:01:20","slug":"british-politician-nigel-farage-says-bitcoin-is-the-ultimate-anti-lockdown-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=52824","title":{"rendered":"British Politician Nigel Farage Says Bitcoin Is the Ultimate Anti-Lockdown Investment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/british-politician-nigel-farage-says-bitcoin-is-the-ultimate-anti-lockdown-investment-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"British Politician Nigel Farage Says Bitcoin Is the Ultimate Anti-Lockdown Investment\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/british-politician-nigel-farage-says-bitcoin-is-the-ultimate-anti-lockdown-investment-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/british-politician-nigel-farage-says-bitcoin-is-the-ultimate-anti-lockdown-investment-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/british-politician-nigel-farage-says-bitcoin-is-the-ultimate-anti-lockdown-investment-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/british-politician-nigel-farage-says-bitcoin-is-the-ultimate-anti-lockdown-investment-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/british-politician-nigel-farage-says-bitcoin-is-the-ultimate-anti-lockdown-investment-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/british-politician-nigel-farage-says-bitcoin-is-the-ultimate-anti-lockdown-investment-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/british-politician-nigel-farage-says-bitcoin-is-the-ultimate-anti-lockdown-investment-190x107.jpg 190w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/british-politician-nigel-farage-says-bitcoin-is-the-ultimate-anti-lockdown-investment-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/british-politician-nigel-farage-says-bitcoin-is-the-ultimate-anti-lockdown-investment-760x428.jpg 760w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/british-politician-nigel-farage-says-bitcoin-is-the-ultimate-anti-lockdown-investment.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>British politician and leader of the Brexit Party, Nigel Farage is lauding bitcoin branding it as the ultimate anti-lockdown investment. The controversial politician\u2019s comments are drawn from one edition of his daily \u2018Fortune &amp; Freedom\u2019 newsletter whose mission is to help \u201cget your money and your destiny back in your hands.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Everyone Is Interested<\/h2>\n<p>The newsletter is published by Southbank Investment Research whose mission is to \u201cpublish investment ideas that can change one\u2019s life for the better.\u201d Meanwhile, following the newsletter\u2019s publication, Farage alongside Southbank\u2019s Sam Volkering sat down for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/91843856-ff9a-4d52-b3a9-285387fe129d\">interview<\/a>. In this discussion, the politician doubles down on his newfound fondness for bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks, Farage, a libertarian who helped spearhead the Brexit campaign, says \u201cfrom the poorest to the richest in the land, one of the conversations that\u2019s going on is about cryptocurrency.\u201d Expanding on why cryptocurrencies have become popular, the politician says:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Its (because) governments are, through this pandemic, creating vast amounts of funny money, debasing currencies, and people are scared about what this means for their money, their investments.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Self Education<\/h2>\n<p>According to Farage, it is this debasing of currencies by governments and the resulting inflation that prompts people to explore alternatives like bitcoin. Nevertheless, the British politician admits that he is no crypto expert, and that he\u2019s \u201cbeen a bit lazy\u201d on learning about bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. Still, Farage says he has been educating himself after getting hold of a book written by Volkering. He then shares some of his thoughts after reading the book:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>There is a lot to learn but is it important. Actually, I think it could be crucially important that you get your minds around crypto, and what it means. Already fortunes have been made and lost on this! I\u2019m beginning to understand that in terms of our future, this stuff is really important.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- growjs zone placement 31 --> <ins> <ins class=\"growjs-placement\"><\/ins> <\/ins> <!-- end of growjs zone placement --> <\/p>\n<p>While Farage does not say anything about owning bitcoins himself, there is speculation that his pivot to bitcoin is due to the crypto\u2019s recent performances, which are down to its enduring attributes. For instance, bitcoin has a known fixed supply, unlike national fiat currencies that apparently have an <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/christine-lagarde-the-european-central-bank-cannot-go-bankrupt-or-run-out-of-money\/\">infinite supply,<\/a> as recently confirmed by <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/ecb-christine-lagarde-downplays-bitcoin-risks-financial-stability\/\">Christine Lagarde<\/a>, president of the European Central Bank. Furthermore, bitcoin has outperformed all other assets including gold. This makes it the best asset to hold for purposes of preserving value.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What do you think of Nigel Farage\u2019s comments about bitcoin? Share your views in the comments section below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/british-politician-nigel-farage-says-bitcoin-is-the-ultimate-anti-lockdown-investment\/\">British Politician Nigel Farage Says Bitcoin Is the Ultimate Anti-Lockdown Investment<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/\">Bitcoin News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British politician and leader of the Brexit Party, Nigel Farage is lauding bitcoin branding it as the ultimate anti-lockdown investment. The controversial politician\u2019s comments are drawn from one edition of his daily \u2018Fortune &amp; Freedom\u2019 newsletter whose mission is to help \u201cget your money and your destiny back in your hands.\u201d Everyone Is Interested The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[309],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/52825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}