Bitcoin vs. Stocks, Bonds, Gold, Silver, and Oil
Bitcoin is the best-performing asset of the last ten years. For early investors, this means an ROI of 100,000 percent in ten years. How has Bitcoin performed against other asset classes such as stocks, bonds, precious metals, and oil more recently?
Bitcoin’s drop shows no safe-haven status, gold not much better
As the Ukraine conflict began, Gold rallied and then faltered, while Bitcoin faltered and then rallied. Global markets continue to be unpredictably volatile. Will the real safe haven please stand up?
BTSE launches Gold Futures priced in Bitcoin
Traders on the multi-currency digital assets exchange and derivatives platform can now speculate on the performance of Bitcoin versus gold.
Research: How gold and bitcoin can adapt to a new paradigm
In a world going to negative interest rates and no cash many traditional safe havens are turned on their head. From billionaires buying farms and building bunkers in New Zealand to investing in fresh water, this report with Valiendero Digital Assets explores the new paradigm of value. Rather than make price predictions for either bitcoin or gold, this report explores what the function, rather than the form, of a 21st century safe haven should be.
Bitcoin and gold jump after Trump strikes Iran
World markets were rattled on Friday. Gold, oil, and Bitcoin surged after top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was struck by a U.S. drone at Iraq's Baghdad airport.
Bitcoin and gold: Risk versus resilience in the 21st century
When considering a safe-haven asset it is important to ascertain what we are protecting against. Known high-probability risks within a system, or low-probability high-consequence systemic risks that interconnected with other systems? Intelligent investors should consider the difference between risk and resilience, and look at the market from a systems perspective.
A perfect storm for Bitcoin?
Economic storm clouds have long been gathering on the horizon, and lightning struck this week with the Dow erasing two months of gains, and the Chinese yuan falling to a level not seen since 2008. With Bitcoin surging, is the digital currency turning into a safe-haven asset?
Ray Dalio and the paradigm shift to gold
Hedge Fund investor Ray Dalio says a paradigm shift is coming to the global markets, and he urges smart investors to buy gold. Is this a subliminal suggestion to also buy Bitcoin?
Gold bugs flinch as Grayscale campaign promotes bitcoin
Cryptocurrency investment firm Grayscale is taking the bitcoin versus gold fight to TV, launching a multi-million dollar campaign that promotes bitcoin as a new and improved form of gold.
Brexit shows how bitcoin shines as a safe-haven asset
Yesterday's historic vote by Britain to exit the European Union (EU), known as the Brexit, carried with nearly 52 percent of Britain's support, and most every one of the world’s financial markets have reacted to the threat of Britain leaving the EU with turmoil.
Bitcoin rivals
While Bitcoin might not compete against Gold or USD, it can still catch the attention of some [gold bugs](http://www.wsj.com/articles/bitcoin-catches-on-with-gold-bugs-1463959897), [internet sellers](https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3dsyj6/the_backpage_effect), or [the unbankables](http://tpbit.blogspot.ca/2014/10/for-unbankables.html). Bitcoin might be too small to compete in the primary markets of companies like PayPal or Western Union, but it seems to be catching up in the more fringe markets.
A Bitcoin Standard: Lessons from the Gold Standard
This paper imagines a world in which countries are on the Bitcoin standard, a monetary system in which all media of exchange are Bitcoin or are backed by it. The paper explores the similarities and differences between the Bitcoin standard and the gold standard and describes the media of exchange that would exist under the Bitcoin standard. Because the Bitcoin standard would closely resemble the gold standard, the paper explores the lessons about how it would perform by examining the classical gold standard period, specifically 1880â1913. The paper argues that because there would be virtually no arbitrage costs for international transactions, countries could not follow independent interest rate policies under the Bitcoin standard. However, central banks would still have some limited ability to act as lenders of last resort. Based on the experience during the classical gold standard period, the paper conjectures that there would be mild deflation and constant exchange rates under the Bitcoin standard. The paper also conjectures how long the Bitcoin standard might last if it were to come into existence.
