Category: FX
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Hedging a Weak Yen with Crypto — Stablecoins and BTC as Practical Tools
Overview of This Article As a weak yen becomes the new normal, more people are asking whether cryptocurrency — not just FX deposits or foreign stocks — can serve as a hedge against yen depreciation. USD-pegged stablecoins (USDC, USDT, and similar) and Bitcoin (BTC) both tend to rise in yen terms when the yen weakens, which is the core of the argument. This article focuses narrowly on the question: how do you use crypto as a weak-yen hedge? It separates…