{"id":384213,"date":"2019-05-30T00:01:11","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T00:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=384213"},"modified":"2024-06-11T07:20:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T07:20:15","slug":"flipping-gold-is-inevitable-in-digital-age-would-take-bitcoin-price-to-350000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/flipping-gold-is-inevitable-in-digital-age-would-take-bitcoin-price-to-350000\/","title":{"rendered":"Flipping Gold is \u201cInevitable\u201d In Digital Age, Would Take Bitcoin Price to $350,000"},"content":{"rendered":"
In recent weeks, as Bitcoin price<\/a>\u00a0skyrockets, interest in the crypto market has been revived once again. And with it, so has the \u201cdigital gold\u201d moniker thanks to Grayscale Investments\u2019 \u201cDrop Gold, Buy Bitcoin<\/a>\u201d television marketing campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n Gold is among the first ever transfers of value used across the globe and is still looked to as a store of value even today, as well as a hedge during economic crisis. However, in today\u2019s digital age, the first ever cryptocurrency as digital gold \u201cflipping\u201d actual physical gold is \u201cinevitable\u201d and when it happens, it\u2019ll take Bitcoin price to $350,000 or more.<\/span><\/p>\n Bitcoin<\/a> and gold share many similarities, including being used as a currency, transfer of wealth, store of value, and more \u2013 they also both can be \u201cmined\u201d for and boast relative scarcity as one of the reasons giving it such value. That scarcity is where the differences between the two assets<\/a> begin to show.<\/span><\/p>\n Related Reading | Tech Stocks, Oil, and S&P 500: Bitcoin ROI Beats Them All\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Bitcoin is hard capped at 21 million BTC, while there is potentially an endless supply of gold that can be tapped into. Gold having a physical attribute over the crypto asset’s digital-based existence is both a pro and a con for the chemical element, making it ideal for jewelry and other flashy material items, but preventing it from easily being transferred or stored. BTC on the other hand has no physical footprint for storage, and can be sent in seconds with a few clicks.<\/span><\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rhythmtrader\/status\/20742402<\/p>\n The benefits of Bitcoin in today\u2019s digital age far outweighs anything an archaic asset such as gold can provide. One analyst says that because of this, the cryptocurrency flipping gold is \u201cinevitable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Should Bitcoin actually \u201cflip\u201d gold as this analyst and many other predict, it would take the entire BTC market cap \u2013 currently at around $155 billion \u2013 and take it above gold\u2019s market cap of $7.5 trillion. <\/span><\/p>\n Given Bitcoin\u2019s clear benefits over gold, imagining it flipping the tried-and-true asset is simple, however, this would represent an over 4 million percent increase in market cap \u2013 a number that when read aloud sounds like an impossible feat<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\nAnalyst: Bitcoin Flipping Gold is Inevitable<\/span><\/h2>\n
Bitcoin Flips Gold at a Price of $350,000 Per BTC<\/span><\/h2>\n