A new survey conducted by the world’s largest independent financial advisory and fintech organisation, deVere Group showed millennials prefer Bitcoin to Gold as a safe-haven asset.
The findings by the Group revealed that more than two-thirds or 67 percent of the 700 plus millennial clients surveyed said they think Bitcoin, the world’s most dominant cryptocurrency, competes better against Gold, the traditional safe-haven asset.
The respondents drawn from North America, the UK, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, East Asia, Australasia and Latin America were all born between 1980 and 1996.
Commenting on the findings, Nigel Green, the CEO, deVere Group CEO said: “From Ancient Egypt onwards gold has always had immense value and has long been revered as the ultimate safe-haven.
“It’s always been a go-to asset in times of political, social and economic uncertainty as it is expected to retain its value or even grow in value when other assets fall, therefore enabling investors to reduce their exposure to losses.
“But, as this survey reveals, Bitcoin could be dethroned within a generation as millennials and younger investors, who are so-called ‘digital natives’, believe it competes better against gold as a safe-haven asset.”
Speaking further he said: “Millennials are to become an increasingly important market participant in the coming years, with the largest-ever generational transfer of wealth – predicted to be more than $60 trillion – from baby boomers to millennials taking place.
“In addition, our world is becoming increasingly tech-driven and cryptocurrencies are, of course, digital by their very nature.
“Another key factor is the historic levels of money-printing as central banks around the world attempt to prop-up their economies following the fallout from the pandemic. If you are flooding the market with extra money, then in fact you are devaluing traditional currencies – and this, and the threat of inflation, are legitimate concerns to a growing number of investors, who are seeking alternatives.
“As such, and in-line with the findings that show that millennials have a preference for Bitcoin over gold, the cryptocurrency is set up for growing prominence as a serious safe-haven asset class.”
This may explain why the cryptocurrency is often referred to as digital gold, because like gold it is a medium of exchange, a unit of account, non-sovereign, decentralised, scarce, and a store of value.
Green concluded by saying “During 2020, a year of unprecedented financial turbulence, the value of Bitcoin has risen by around 170%.
“Bitcoin has been around a little more than a decade, but already accounts for more than 3% of gold’s $9 trillion market cap.
“As the world continues to shift towards tech and as millennials become a more dominant part of the world economy, we should expect Bitcoin to also take an increasingly influential role in financial markets, especially in regard to being a ‘recession-proof’ asset.”
