Bitcoin

Disillusionment with the cost of higher education and mounting student debt could accelerate interest in self-directed, decentralized forms of value storage and income generation. This fits into a larger macro trend where individuals, especially younger cohorts, increasingly question the return on traditional assets and look toward scarce, digital stores of value like Bitcoin as a hedge against inflation and entrenched debt cycles.

A survey indicates a third of people believe a university degree is not worth the cost, as a parliamentary inquiry into student loans begins.