<![CDATA[What Gold must do in order to compete with Bitcoin]]> https://usagag.com/2021/10/28/what-gold-must-do-in-order-to-compete-with-bitcoin/ Thu, 28 Oct 2021 07:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://usagag.com What Gold must do in order to compete with Bitcoin People have always invested in gold, which has historically provided significant returns. Over the last year, however, Bitcoin has outperformed gold and provided fantastic gains. At the time of publication, for example, the mission to overtake Gold with BTC was well underway.

Even though Bitcoin still lags behind Gold in terms of market capitalization, it is closing the gap with the yellow metal.

Surprisingly, while most people see Bitcoin and gold as competitors, one executive is urging investors not to.

During a recent interview, Peter Grosskopf, CEO of Sprott Inc., mentioned something similar. According to Grosskopf, Bitcoin should be viewed as an inspiration for gold because it can provide investors with a hedge against inflation.

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But why is that so? BTC, on the other hand, experienced unprecedented growth as investors and consumers sought new assets to safeguard their wealth and purchasing power. Also,

“There is a reason why bitcoin has hit record highs and that is because there is a counter bet going on against fiat currencies. People are starting to question the Federal Reserve and starting to question the inflation picture. They are figuring out that they need to hedge U.S. dollar risk.”

On the contrary, gold’s market has struggled to lure investor demand. This is why the chief executive added,

“Bitcoin’s been winning the battle for flows. No question. And that has hurt gold in the short-term, but in the long-term, they’re both going to the same place. When I look at bitcoin, I see investors who have pulled $2 trillion out of fiat currencies, and I love that. This just shows what kind of potential gold has…”

However, if the precious mental is to compete in the digital marketplace, it must "go digital itself." The gold market is probably about two years away from having a critical mass of digital presence to sustain itself.

“I think a lot of the technology needed to take gold digital has been proven. I expect that gold will eventually go digital, and that is going to create a lot of new users and investors.”

Nonetheless, other analysts have predicted a bullish narrative for the cryptocurrency. Especially now that the BTC Futures ETF has been approved in the United States. For example, Lark Davis, a well-known New Zealand trader, tweeted,

PlanB, with his well-known S2F model, also presented a bullish scenario.

Following Bitcoin's 2021 surge, supporters have dubbed the asset "digital gold." Nonetheless, both have served as inflation hedges. And it is likely that this will continue to be the case in the future.

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