Ex‑Bank of England Analyst Warns Alien Disclosure Could Trigger Market Chaos, Bitcoin Cited as Hedge

Beincrypto reports that Helen McCaw, a former senior analyst at the Bank of England, warned that official confirmation of extraterrestrial life could trigger unprecedented financial disruption and suggested Bitcoin might emerge as a decentralized refuge; McCaw, who worked in financial stability and risk at the BoE until 2012, wrote directly to Governor Andrew Bailey urging stress‑tests for verified intelligence behind Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs).

McCaw says such a revelation could produce an “ontological shock” that undermines collective confidence. According to The Times, that shock could unleash extreme market volatility, bank runs, payment failures and civil unrest, potentially within hours. She links the risk to ongoing US declassification efforts, including Pentagon briefings and the UAP Transparency Act, and notes several senior American officials have indicated belief in the possibility of intelligent non‑human life; prediction markets such as Polymarket assign roughly a 14% chance of official disclosure before 2027.

McCaw argues gold could weaken if alien technology promises abundant space‑mined metals, while Bitcoin’s decentralization could attract investors who lose faith in fiat and government‑backed assets.

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