Bitcoin and gold are both valuable assets that can be used to protect against inflation; nevertheless, there are important differences between the two in terms of their history, accessibility, and other sources of demand.
Gold, undoubtedly, has a lengthy history and solid basis, while Bitcoin has barely more than a decade of existence to prove its worth as an inflation hedge.
In November of last year, the price of a single BTC soared beyond $65,000, setting a new record high. This increase was related to the introduction of a Bitcoin exchange traded fund in the United States; while others during the year were due to events involving Tesla and Coinbase, respectively.
As of this writing, BTC is trading at $19,058.84, down 5.5% in the last seven days, data from Coingecko show, Sunday.
Michael Saylor, Source: Bloomberg The Crypto Is So Much Better Than Gold: SaylorDespite the fact that BTC has lost over 73% of its value since its all-time high in 2021, crypto bull and MicroStrategy co-founder and CEO Michael Saylor is unfazed.
Not only does he think the digital coin will regain its former glory, but he also thinks the cryptocurrency has a lot of room to grow beyond its current high point.
While the value of the most popular cryptocurrency in the world has been falling in recent weeks, MicroStrategy has been buying the dip. With 130,000 BTCs in its vault, it is sitting on nearly $4 billion of the crypto.
“I think that the next logical stop for Bitcoin is to replace gold as a non-sovereign store of value asset and gold is a $10 trillion asset as we speak. Bitcoin is digital gold, it’s 100x better than gold,” Saylor said during the Money Festival hosted by MarketWatch on Wednesday.
Bitcoin has a market cap of around $365 billion, according to data by TradingView on Sunday.
Bitcoin Will Hit $500,000 In 10 YearsAnd during the festival’s Best New Ideas segment, Saylor didn’t hold back when he predicted the crypto’s price tag may reach $500,000 within the next decade.
“The half-life of money in crypto is forever. You can move it on billions of computers at the speed of light. So if Bitcoin goes to the value of the yellow metal, it’s going to $500,000 per coin, and I think that happens this decade,” Saylor pointed out.
According to MarketWatch, Saylor has around 17,732 Bitcoins that he purchased for around $9,500. Meanwhile, MicroStrategy’s stock price has fallen almost 65% this year, just like Bitcoin.
BTC total market cap at $365 billion on the daily chart | Source: TradingView.com Featured image from Al Bawaba, chart from TradingView.com