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Markets

Crypto Long & Short: Bitcoin's Relationship With Gold Is More Complicated Than It Looks

Just because gold is losing momentum and bitcoin is gaining it doesn't mean investors are selling gold to buy bitcoin – not yet, anyway.

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Markets

Bitcoin's Rising Popularity With Investors Means Gold Will 'Suffer': JPMorgan

"The adoption of bitcoin by institutional investors has only begun, while for gold its adoption by institutional investors is very advanced," a JPMorgan managing director wrote in the report.

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Markets

First Mover: Why Bitcoin Isn’t a Replacement for Gold Just Yet

Bitcoin's price is approaching a new all-time high, but bitcoin is not yet the replacement for gold many think.

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Markets

BlackRock's Chief Investment Officer Says Bitcoin Could Replace Gold to a Large Extent

Rick Rieder, CIO of Fixed Income at investment giant BlackRock, told CNBC that bitcoin and cryptocurrency are "here to stay."

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Markets

Deutsche Bank Says Investors Increasingly Prefer Bitcoin Over Gold as Inflation Hedge

The Deutsche Bank analyst's comments are another sign of bitcoin's increasing acceptance in the mainstream of finance.

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Markets

Gold Lags Far Behind Bitcoin as Vaccine Optimism Buoys Markets

Bitcoin is outshining the precious metal by a significant margin as expectations soar of a swift global economic recovery enabled by promising coronavirus vaccines.

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Finance

MicroStrategy CEO Explains Why Bitcoin Is 'a Million Times Better' Than 'Antiquated' Gold

Even if they don’t know it yet, Michael Saylor thinks gold investors will eagerly dump the commodity for what he calls a superior store of value – bitcoin.

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Finance

Family Offices May Now See Bitcoin as Alternative to Gold: JPMorgan Report

In a research report by JPMorgan’s global markets team, analysts noted that Grayscale Bitcoin Trust’s flow trajectory outperformed gold ETFs.

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Markets

Bitcoin's Rivalry With Gold Plus Millennial Interest Gives It 'Considerable' Upside Potential: JPMorgan

A Friday note outlines institutional, corporate and millennial interest in the leading cryptocurrency.

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Videos

Will Bitcoin Replace the US Dollar as the World’s Reserve Currency?

Marc Chandler, chief market strategist at Bannockburn Global Forex and author of “Making Sense of the Dollar,” joins CoinDesk markets reporter Omkar Godbole to discuss the trend in the dollar, bitcoin and gold and whether the dollar would be replaced by bitcoin as the global currency reserve.

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