{"id":32559,"date":"2024-11-14T17:51:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T17:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ci02ec8f26a00027e9"},"modified":"2025-01-30T14:28:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T14:28:24","slug":"your-savings-salary-collapsing-against-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/markets\/your-savings-salary-collapsing-against-bitcoin","title":{"rendered":"See How Fast Your Savings and Salary Are Collapsing Against Bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p>With the price surging above $90,000, you\u2019re likely all too aware that everything that isn\u2019t Bitcoin is rapidly diminishing in value\u2026<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1_pete-rizzo.png\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>But now you can visualize it! On&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/pricedinbitcoin21.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PricedInBitcoin21.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I just discovered this website this week, and as a Bitcoin owner, I\u2019ll say it makes me feel better about my financial decisions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As you can see from a quick glance here, the U.S. dollar is now down 86% against Bitcoin on a 5 year basis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ouch.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1_screenshot-2024-11-14-at-124744pm.png\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>Most of the charts are a sea of red.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at Bitcoin\u2019s performance against precious metals. I\u2019m glad I don\u2019t own any! From a quick look, we can see they are rapidly going to zero against a superior asset\u2026<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1_screenshot-2024-11-14-at-124811pm.png\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>At this point in the article you\u2019re either depressed beyond all reason, or reasonably happy, so I figured we\u2019d throw in another chart.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1_screenshot-2024-11-14-at-124932pm.png\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>This one shows how fast the value of wages are dropping against BTC. I still get paid in dollars, preferring to roll over my savings, but I have to say, this makes me reconsider the decision\u2026<\/p>\n<p>On a 5-year basis, you\u2019ve lost nearly all of your purchasing power. Wow-wee. At least you didn&#8217;t buy livestock&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1_screenshot-2024-11-14-at-124957pm.png\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>Anyway, I\u2019ll be bookmarking this site, and referring back to it.<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t yet own Bitcoin, it provides all the evidence you need to understand the situation \u2013 get off zero or face the red wave of economic reality.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article is a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/takes\/bitcoin-magazine-introduces-opinion-takes\"><em>Take<\/em><\/a><em>. Opinions expressed are entirely the author&#8217;s and do not necessarily reflect those of BTC Inc or Bitcoin Magazine.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This new website offers a quick resource that shows just how fast everything is depreciating against Bitcoin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2581,"featured_media":385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[59],"class_list":{"0":"post-32559","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-markets","8":"tag-opinion"},"author_data":{"id":2581,"name":"Pete Rizzo","nicename":"pete-rizzo-bitcoin-journalist","avatar_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/pete-rizzo-pensive-96x96.jpg"},"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/screenshot-2024-11-14-at-124507pm.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}