Bitcoin has actually only taken 2% of gold market cap, new data suggests
Getting to 10% of gold's market cap would mean that each bitcoin costs $154,000, says CryptoQuant. Bitcoin (BTC) has much further to go to suck away even 10% of gold’s market cap than old data claims, a popular indicator reveals.Highlighting numbers from Bitcoin’s realized cap on Jan. 12, Ki Young Ju, CEO of on-chain analytics resource CryptoQuant, said that the cryptocurrency had taken far less of gold’s market cap than previously claimed.Realized cap cools Bitcoin numbers gameAs Bitcoin grew in price towards the end of 2020 and hit all-time highs of $42,000 last week, a narrative....
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Bitcoin tails the gold market but with a delay. And the lagging correlation now suggests that the cryptocurrency would rise to $25,000.
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Gold prices have been steadily tumbling in the past few weeks, more so recently after the Chinese reserves data revealed a smaller than expected portion of gold reserves. Gold has been treated as a hedge against inflation, typically gaining in value also when investors are seeking lower-yielding returns from safe-havens. This time around, even with all the monetary policy easing going on among central banks and the prospect of another downturn in inflation, gold prices have failed to rally. Some financial market experts say that gold prices might not see much upside anytime soon since....