Over the past few months, Bitcoin (BTC) has been lauded by economists, investors, and commentators as an up-and-coming “safe haven” asset. You see, during a period of global turmoil, the cryptocurrency has managed to outpace effectively every other asset class in the books. Related Reading: Bitcoin Bull Run “Guaranteed”: Federal Reserve Expected to Cut Rates…
Bitcoin price has been rallying throughout 2019, and most believe that the crypto asset is about to embark on its greatest bull run yet. As global economic tensions and uncertainty rise, so does the price of gold and its digital counterpart Bitcoin. The rise has only further driven Bitcoin’s safe-haven asset narrative, suggesting it’s the…
For a while now, a debate has been raging between Bitcoin (BTC) bulls and gold investors. The former group argues that the cryptocurrency is a proper alternative to the precious metal; the latter actively rebut this sentiment, claiming that BTC has no inherent value, unlike gold. Related Reading: Global System to Combat Crypto-Driven Money Laundering…
Bitcoin is possibly on its way to new all-time highs, while altcoins like Ethereum, Ripple, and Litecoin are capitulating en masse. The two things don’t often go hand in hand due to how closely the two crypto asset types are connected, yet growing regulatory pressure and other important factors have caused a massive divergence in…
While shunning Bitcoin (BTC), central banks have embarked on somewhat of a gold buying spree. Russia’s monetary authority, for instance, now owns over $100 billion worth of the precious metal, which amounts to over 2,000 tons, after purchasing 20 tons just weeks ago. Related Reading: California City Confirms It Was Hit by Bitcoin Ransomware Attack…
July was yet another strong month for the stock markets despite looming threat of a coming economic recession, with the Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P 500 all close to beating out their average monthly gains for the calendar month. Bitcoin, however, has spent much of July locked in a downtrend. This morning as the Fed monetary…
Famous gold bug and Bitcoin naysayer Peter Schiff has provided comment about what he plans to do with the cache of Bitcoin recently donated to him by the Bitcoin Twitter community. The staunch anti-Bitcoiner said that just because he has been gifted some Bitcoin does not mean that he is suddenly a convert to crypto…
Bitcoin has often been referred to as ‘digital gold’, even more so in recent times when economic woes have been driving investors to safer havens. Industry experts have been weighing in with their own take on the narrative and BTC’s status as a store of value. Is Bitcoin Digital Gold? According to a report from…
Outspoken gold bug and Bitcoin naysayer Peter Schiff claims that the first-ever crypto asset’s “2019 low will not hold” due to the lack of volume during the recent bull run. With Bitcoin price skyrocketing from 2019 lows in the $3,000 to $4,000 range to a local high of $13,800, and its now struggling to sustain…
Despite the massive volatility that is a defining characteristic of the crypto markets, many proponents of Bitcoin (BTC) have claimed that the technology is posed to be a suitable replacement for safe haven assets like gold, and even for fiat currencies. Despite this, one critic of Bitcoin is claiming that BTC’s success over the past…