Cedar Rapids, Iowa Correspondent An accountant tests an asset class by asking what it does when everything else is doing something, and this year supplied the test. Oil went to a hundred and twenty dollars when the Iranians closed the strait, inflation went above four percent, the Federal Reserve raised rates for the first time … Continue reading How have cryptocurrencies and digital-asset markets responded to the year’s geopolitical shocks, inflation pressures, and evolving U.S. and international regulation, and do they still function as a distinct asset class or primarily as high-volatility speculative vehicles?