{"id":2044238,"date":"2026-07-15T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T06:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2044238"},"modified":"2026-07-15T09:00:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T06:00:02","slug":"fidelity-actually-homes-are-getting-cheaper-as-long-as-you-price-them-in-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2044238","title":{"rendered":"Fidelity: Actually, Homes Are Getting Cheaper (as Long as You Price Them in Bitcoin)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/house-sold-1200&#215;675.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"post-2000785675 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cryptocurrencies category-tech tag-bitcoin tag-fidelity tag-inflation tag-real-estate\">\n<div class=\"entry-content prose dark:prose-invert lg:prose-xl prose-main dark:prose-main\">\n<p class=\"p1\">Are you priced out of the housing market? No you\u2019re not, you idiot. You just <i>aren\u2019t using the right kind of money<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">That\u2019s the argument of an article from July 6 on the Fidelity Digital Assets site\u2014in other words the crypto division of one of the world\u2019s largest asset management companies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The post, by a researcher named Zack Wainwright, is basically saying that, if tallied in a <em>strong<\/em> currency like bitcoin, houses are actually nice and cheap. In a sane parallel universe where we price assets in bitcoin, maybe there\u2019s no affordability crisis at all, man (exhales bong smoke).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Wainwright made a video to go with the article:<\/p>\n<div class=\"not-prose video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chart Chatter: It\u2019s the Unit of Account, Not the Asset\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KQszqHhA9ng?feature=oembed\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The average house, Wainwright notes, has gotten ten times less expensive since 2020, <i>assuming you denominate the price in bitcoin.<\/i> His point boils down to this:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>\u201cSimply put, on the Fidelity Digital Assets research team, we believe [\u2026] that housing is not getting more expensive. It is the currency that is getting weaker. It is the unit of account, not the asset.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"not-prose\">\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:exrxvyu6bpoym6mbnctke5tn\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mqnlnxsc2g2g\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreihgiumkgdlmouyll66zzy24isf4wnfzocnmlbiptb27mm74be4rxm\" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode=\"system\">\n<p lang>next up from Fidelity: groceries aren\u2019t getting more expensive!**<\/p>\n<p>** if you denominate their price in World of Warcraft gold<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Molly White (@molly.wiki) July 14, 2026 at 6:40 PM<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p2\">It\u2019s just common sense that as fiat currency grows sickly and declines toward its inevitable death, anyone looking to preserve precious capital needs to invest in what the article calls \u201cscarce, non-sovereign assets.\u201d Like, uh, homes for instance?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"entry-content prose dark:prose-invert lg:prose-xl prose-main dark:prose-main\">\n<p class=\"p1\">Are you priced out of the housing market? No you\u2019re not, you idiot. You just <i>aren\u2019t using the right kind of money<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">That\u2019s the argument of an article from July 6 on the Fidelity Digital Assets site\u2014in other words the crypto division of one of the world\u2019s largest asset management companies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The post, by a researcher named Zack Wainwright, is basically saying that, if tallied in a <em>strong<\/em> currency like bitcoin, houses are actually nice and cheap. In a sane parallel universe where we price assets in bitcoin, maybe there\u2019s no affordability crisis at all, man (exhales bong smoke).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Wainwright made a video to go with the article:<\/p>\n<div class=\"not-prose video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chart Chatter: It\u2019s the Unit of Account, Not the Asset\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KQszqHhA9ng?feature=oembed\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The average house, Wainwright notes, has gotten ten times less expensive since 2020, <i>assuming you denominate the price in bitcoin.<\/i> His point boils down to this:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>\u201cSimply put, on the Fidelity Digital Assets research team, we believe [\u2026] that housing is not getting more expensive. It is the currency that is getting weaker. It is the unit of account, not the asset.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"not-prose\">\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:exrxvyu6bpoym6mbnctke5tn\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mqnlnxsc2g2g\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreihgiumkgdlmouyll66zzy24isf4wnfzocnmlbiptb27mm74be4rxm\" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode=\"system\">\n<p lang>next up from Fidelity: groceries aren\u2019t getting more expensive!**<\/p>\n<p>** if you denominate their price in World of Warcraft gold<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Molly White (@molly.wiki) July 14, 2026 at 6:40 PM<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p2\">It\u2019s just common sense that as fiat currency grows sickly and declines toward its inevitable death, anyone looking to preserve precious capital needs to invest in what the article calls \u201cscarce, non-sovereign assets.\u201d Like, uh, homes for instance?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/fidelity-actually-homes-are-getting-cheaper-as-long-as-you-price-them-in-bitcoin-2000785675&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/house-sold-1200&#215;675.jpg&#8221;] Are you priced out of the housing market? No you\u2019re not, you idiot. You just aren\u2019t using the right kind of money. That\u2019s the argument of an article from July 6 on the Fidelity Digital Assets site\u2014in other words the crypto division of one of the world\u2019s largest asset management companies. 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