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Bitcoin and gold may already be pricing in a crisis scenario. Both recently set new record highs amid an elevated interest-rates environment worldwide.
Bitcoin and gold may already be pricing in a crisis scenario. Both recently set new record highs amid an elevated interest-rates environment worldwide.
Outflows from gold exchange-traded funds and a surge in bitcoin ETF inflows fueled speculation investors were shifting from the precious metal into the cryptocurrency.
MicroStrategy is the owner of 205,000 bitcoin worth nearly $15 billion at the current per token price of $72,000.
The bitcoin spot ETF market could grow to around $62 billion in the next two to three years, the report said.
Whether the divergence means a migration from gold to bitcoin is a separate question.
All but one of the recently launched spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) charge a lower fee than the largest gold ETF, making them a cheaper investment into a gold-like asset.
While bitcoin’s price is often denominated against fiat currencies, Wood pointed out that even relative to gold, BTC has risen consistently since its early days.
Over $100 billion is now stashed in gold ETFs that trade in the U.S., the world’s largest capital market. Will bitcoin ETFs grow to this size?
Interest rate-sensitive assets, such as Gold, are seeing bullish momentum in a positive sign for bitcoin, one observer said.
SEC approval of a U.S.-listed spot bitcoin ETF could result in inflows of as much as $30 billion, a report by the crypto services provider said.