Bitcoin Is Replacing Gold At An “Accelerating Pace”
The narrative taking place across the finance industry, is that cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum are the way of the future and gold’s days are numbered as a store of value. While the “digital gold narrative” has already taken a major dent out of the precious metal’s momentum, according to a top Bloomberg Intelligence analyst, “most indicators point to” Bitcoin replacing the aging asset an an “accelerating pace.” Bitcoin Is Replacing Gold As “Store Of […]
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The Bitcoin as digital gold narrative is suddenly taking on such significance, hedge funds, corporations, and institutional investors have begun reallocating a portion of their gold holdings into the cryptocurrency, according to Bloomberg Intelligence. A top senior commodities analyst for the financial forecasting giant believes that trend along with climbing Futures interest while gold declines, means that the cryptocurrency is beginning to gain the edge, price appreciation wise. Here’s why this trend will only continue […]
To think through how bitcoin will replace the U.S. dollar, we must first turn to the dollar’s own journey in leaving a gold standard.
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Blackrock’s Chief Investment Officer, Rick Rieder, said cryptocurrency, including bitcoin, “is here to stay.” In addition, he said bitcoin is a durable mechanism that could replace gold. Blackrock on Bitcoin and Gold Rick Rieder, Blackrock’s Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of Global Fixed Income, talked about bitcoin replacing gold in an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box on Friday. Blackrock is the world’s largest asset manager, with more than $7.4 trillion in assets under management as of September. Rieder is also Blackrock’s Head of the Global....
Technical and fundamental support for Bitcoin is growing — possibly at the expense of gold. A number of indicators suggest that Bitcoin (BTC) is pushing aside gold as the premier safe-haven asset. This could set the stage for wider mainstream adoption of the digital currency, according to Mike McGlone, a senior commodity strategist at Bloomberg.McGlone tweeted Monday that the battle between the safe havens is beginning to favor Bitcoin, based on technical and fundamental indicators. He explained: “Gold will always have a place in jewelry and coin collections, but most indicators point to....