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…
The spread of the deadly and highly contagious Coronavirus has kindled fear in the hearts of investors, as the global equities markets are now facing heightened recession risk as the death toll and potential economic impact of the virus grows at a rapid rate.The strength of the ongoing global selloff can be seen by the…
Peter Schiff, a libertarian proponent of gold and an asset manager, has long been a skeptic of Bitcoin and other digital currencies. In fact, Schiff has been around commenting on the cryptocurrency throughout multiple of its cycles.Related Reading: Research Firm: 3 Use Cases Could Send Bitcoin To $1 TrillionToday, on January 19th, he continued to assert…
Few assets are worth $1 trillion. Even still, analysts and investors in Bitcoin have long expected the market capitalization of the cryptocurrency to surmount the billions and enter the trillions.As crazy as this may sound, a prominent investment research firm, ARK Invest, in a recent report mentioned three somewhat feasible use cases that could push…
The correlation between gold and bitcoin has reached its highest levels since August 2016, according to a new study.Arcane Research, a cryptocurrency-focused data analysis firm, noted a steep direct proportionality between the two rival assets. In a report published on Friday, the firm mentioned that the correlation was “below zero just half a year ago”…