<aside> 👉 **Finimizer’s Top 10 Surprise event predictions for the market in 2022

What’s a Surprise event?** The definition of a Surprise is an event which a professional investor would assign a one out of three probability of happening, but which we think is probable, meaning it has a better than 50% of taking place.

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  1. Inflation will continue to rise, hitting double figures by the end of 2022. Resulting in lower disposable income and the onset of a more bearish market
  2. War between Russia and Ukraine, causing energy prices to soar for Europe (due to Europe’s dependency on Russia for gas)
  3. Big tech will be back in favour, and Metaverse will take off. With Apple or EV also releasing their own Metaverse.
  4. Prices in energy will reduce the volume of crypto minings, increasing scarcity and value for available cryptocurrencies.
  5. Everyone is expecting 2022 to have a big stock market correction. Or at best go sideways. Instead, there will be a few smaller dips followed by big upward movement with 2022 looking up like 2021 in the end.
  6. Persistent EU inflation forces the ECB to dramatically change its tone and hike interest rates at least twice this year.
  7. Crypto will continue to rollercoaster in response to economic and geo-political conditions. Crypto will steadily become more and more regulated. Eventually in all markets.
  8. Global warming comes early with a massive monsoon disruption in South Asia. Regional markets collapse and supply chain issues come back. India then enters talks with Russia to buy land in Siberia.
  9. Max (Finimize) launches his own NFT collection that becomes worth more than BYAC
  10. Elon musk has a heart attack and Dogecoin is renamed Muskcoin in his legacy.

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