When a crisis hits, investors move their capital into safe-haven assets like gold and silver. Bitcoin shares similar attributes as these precious metals, and a growing narrative suggesting it too will become a safe haven asset like gold has followed the asset over the last two years.However, growing fears and concerns over the coronavirus reaching…
Bitcoin has long been referred to as digital gold, due to the crypto asset sharing many attributes as the precious metal that’s often used as a safe haven during economic distress.But with a recession looming, and fears mounting by the day amidst a global pandemic and stock market selloff, that digital gold narrative should be…
Bitcoin holds above a key support level of $9,000 amidst growing demand for safe-haven assets.The cryptocurrency is eyeing a break above $9,500 to confirm a medium-term bullish bias.Rising cases of Coronavirus in the US has led investors to withdraw from equities this week. Gold and bonds have inched higher, meanwhile.The last couple of weeks saw…
After a recent correction from its strong upwards trend in 2020, gold is once again moving higher. Following a significant market crash of its own, the S&P 500 has also started March with its own almost 5 percent rally.Despite the S&P 500’s gains, gold’s current rally seems stronger. The price action suggests that investors remain…
Gold has been used for centuries as a safe haven asset, a currency, and a means of exchange or trade. Bitcoin is just over ten years old but is a new age, digital version of gold offering many of the same attributes, and even some additional benefits above and beyond the precious metal.The two assets…
Gold has joined the proverbial blood bath both traditional and crypto markets have faced over the last few days. The sudden drop is reminiscent of the volatility seen in Bitcoin markets, but we’re still waiting for the likes of Peter Schiff to dismiss the yellow metal’s “store of value” qualities.The markets seem to be reacting…
The impact of COVID-19, better known as the coronavirus, has finally started to hit financial markets in a big way, but crypto has remained relatively stable for the normally volatile asset class. It’s caused the stock market to tank, but safe-haven assets like gold to surge. But what might this mean for Bitcoin and the…
Bitcoin’s correlation with Gold reached a record high at the heights of the US-Iran tensions earlier this year. As both the assets rose in tandem against the gloomy geopolitical sentiment, leading experts said the cryptocurrency is behaving like a safe-haven asset.But heading into the second week of February, bitcoin is shifting its bias to suit…
Bitcoin had an amazing past decade by every definition of the word. The price of the cryptocurrency surged by literal millions of percent since its birth in 2009, some of the world’s most important people — Elon Musk included(!) — gave a nod to the cryptocurrency, and the broader industry began a mainstream technological trend.Related…
Gold bug Peter Schiff continues his relentless attack on Bitcoin, claiming that price manipulation, not legitimate demand, was the real reason for the recent pump.However, community advocate, Jimmy Song, in a heated Twitter exchange, shuts Schiff down by accusing him of bitterness, having passed up on the opportunity of being an early adopter.Whenever Bitcoin price…