🔥Why does Bitcoin crush gold?
At the Binance Century Forum, the debate between CZ and Schiff revealed a key truth: Bitcoin is the answer to wealth in the new era. Compared to gold, its advantages lie in three core aspects.
In terms of scarcity, gold relies on mining to maintain "pseudo-scarcity," while Bitcoin's hard cap of 21 million coins is an unalterable absolute guarantee, and the halving mechanism continuously reinforces its scarcity. In terms of efficiency, gold storage requires security and incurs transportation costs, whereas Bitcoin's key custody has zero threshold, and the Lightning Network enables global transactions in seconds, completely surpassing the physical constraints of gold. In terms of returns, Bitcoin's Sharpe ratio of 0.96 far exceeds gold's 0.50, and its annualized return over ten years is dozens of times that of gold.
Looking at market capitalization: As of December 2025, the total market value of gold is approximately $14 trillion, while Bitcoin is only $2 trillion, less than 14% of gold. If Bitcoin's penetration in the value-bearing asset space reaches 30% of gold, the corresponding market cap would reach $4.2 trillion, and the price would rise from the current $120,000 to $252,000, representing more than 110% growth potential.
Acceptance is exploding: $54.75 billion in ETF funds are pouring into the U.S., with 59% of institutions planning to allocate; federally chartered banks can custody Bitcoin, and companies like MicroStrategy are incorporating it into their financial reserves; it is even possible to use Bitcoin to directly purchase gold ETFs and tokenized gold, breaking down barriers between traditional and digital assets.
Core advice: Bitcoin is not a substitute for gold; it is an upgrade in wealth. Those who understand this are already positioning themselves!
