Molson Hart, the CEO of consumer products firm Viahart, has drawn an intriguing comparison between gold and its acclaimed digital version, Bitcoin.
Bitcoin has skyrocketed to fame in recent years, drawing attention from major institutional players as an asset with a clear purpose. Although widely criticized for some of its features, the pioneering cryptocurrency has reevaluated the financial market’s concept of money.
Also, Bitcoin has matched toe-to-toe with the prominent precious metal, gold. Despite Bitcoin’s relative nascence compared to the global market’s safe haven, the premier crypto asset’s performance over the last decade has raised optimism among market enthusiasts that it will reach gold’s standard in the long term.
CEO Analyzes Bitcoin’s Qualities Versus Gold’s
Born in two entirely different dispensations, Bitcoin, also known as digital gold, has striking correlations and differences to gold. Hart highlighted these properties in a Monday tweet, urging market users to choose their preferred asset.
The first on the accompanying table is the large market cap difference between gold and Bitcoin. Gold has a valuation of $22 trillion, spurred by its recent surge to price discovery. Interestingly, its market cap is over 11 times Bitcoin’s $1.8 trillion, as the table shows. It is worth mentioning that this is expected, considering gold’s years of existence before Bitcoin’s emergence.
Furthermore, the table referred to gold as old while considering Bitcoin to be new. In addition, the former is seen as stable and has an uncapped supply, while the latter is volatile and has a finite supply. Recall that Michael Saylor has insisted that Bitcoin’s volatility reflects its utility, placing it as the most valuable asset in the world.
Moreover, Bitcoin has notable advantages over gold, including its susceptibility to new technology, traceability, and ease of verification. On the other hand, gold is resistant to new technology and not easily traceable or verifiable.
Nonetheless, the table highlighted some similarities between the two assets, including their energy-intensive nature. Further, each has groups of promoters and oppositions while sharing an artistic utility.
Gold vs Bitcoin Table
Gold’s Recent Resurgence and Correlation with Bitcoin
Gold surged to an all-time high of $3,499 on Tuesday, gaining momentum despite global market turmoil caused by the trade war. This recent resurgence has put the asset on track for its fourth consecutive month of gains, during which it has increased by a staggering 25%.
Meanwhile, gold’s form has drawn optimism among Bitcoin enthusiasts that Bitcoin would replicate a similar feat in the near term. For instance, analyst Daink recently highlighted Bitcoin’s correlation with gold, stressing that each time their charts decouple, Bitcoin tends to bounce and close the gap.
Interestingly, market pundit Lark Davis shares a similar sentiment, citing Bitcoin’s behavior when gold reaches a new all-time high. In a tweet, he suggested that the pioneering cryptocurrency would soon mirror gold’s performance and resume its next rally to new price discovery.
Gold continues to hit new all-time highs
Getting pretty damn overbought currently
Interestingly, after it gets overbought in the monthly timeframe, that’s when Bitcoin usually starts its next leg
Could we see a huge Bitcoin rally soon? pic.twitter.com/LrO1cDB74E
— Lark Davis (@TheCryptoLark) April 16, 2025
In the meantime, Bitcoin is trading at $94,425, up 8% over the past 7 days.