{"id":417931,"date":"2020-03-12T19:00:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T19:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=417931"},"modified":"2020-03-12T16:20:14","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T16:20:14","slug":"silver-gold-bitcoin-even-safe-haven-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/silver-gold-bitcoin-even-safe-haven-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Silver, Gold and Bitcoin: Even Safe Haven Assets Cannot Withstand The Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"
When a crisis hits, investors move their capital into safe-haven assets like gold and silver. Bitcoin<\/a> shares similar attributes as these precious metals, and a growing narrative suggesting it too will become a safe haven asset like gold has followed the asset over the last two years.<\/span><\/p>\n However, growing fears and concerns over the coronavirus reaching pandemic status, and the impact it is having on the economy and humanity itself, has caused even the strongest of safe-haven assets to collapse. And the blow to Bitcoin may have ended the safe haven narrative permanently.<\/span><\/p>\n As the economy has inched closer to a recession over the last several years, investors have been slowly preparing for the inevitable by moving their money from stocks to gold<\/a>, silver, and other more stable assets.<\/span><\/p>\n And while Bitcoin<\/a> is anything but stable, the asset sharing important attributes with these precious metals has caused a safe haven narrative to surround the asset since the start of 2019, when the cryptocurrency began rising alongside gold.<\/span><\/p>\n Related Reading | Has the Coronavirus Put an End To the Bitcoin Safe Haven Narrative?\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The safe-haven narrative recently took a turn<\/a>, as gold and silver maintained strength amidst a complete and utter collapse of the stock market<\/a>, while Bitcoin began to nosedive.<\/span><\/p>\n However, after last night\u2019s failure from the United States President Donald Trump<\/a> to ease the public\u2019s concerns over the spread of the pandemic and the latest developments around the virus have struck the film industry, sports, and travel.<\/span><\/p>\n Following a late-night update on the coronavirus from Trump, Dow futures began to plummet, kicking off a panic-induced selloff across the greater finance market.<\/span><\/p>\n The selloff didn\u2019t just hit stocks, it caused gold and silver \u2013 the two main safe-haven assets \u2013 to suffer severe losses.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bitcoin<\/a> suffered even worse, setting a lower low and smashing through the asset\u2019s logarithmic growth curve and a seven-year-long bull market trend line.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The young crypto asset\u2019s future is now in jeopardy, and if gold and silver which have served as a store of wealth, currency, and safe haven for ages can\u2019t withstand the coronavirus and the stock market selloff, then neither will Bitcoin and the rest of the crypto market<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Related Reading | Is the Coronavirus The Black Swan Event That Crushes Cryptocurrency?\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nSilver, Gold, and Bitcoin Come Collapsing Down After Coronavirus Reaches Pandemic Status<\/h2>\n