Bitcoin Marketcap
$1.78T
Gold Marketcap
$16.11T
BTC Settlement Volume (24hr)
$12.90B
BTC Inflation Rate (next 1yr)
1.17%
CASEBITCOIN making the case for bitcoin every day
Bitcoin Marketcap
$1.78T
Gold Marketcap
$16.11T
BTC Settlement Volume (24hr)
$12.90B
BTC Inflation Rate (next 1yr)
1.17%
CASEBITCOIN making the case for bitcoin every day
Bitcoin is a scarce digital asset with an unchangeable monetary policy. Its rate of inflation is currently under 2% and decreasing, ultimately to zero. Only 21million BTC will ever exist, with ~18.6million in existence today. It is fundamentally independent of the fiat money system, yet is a liquid, globally tradeable asset. BTC is convertible to over 150 national currencies 24/7, and can be self-stored or custodied with 3rd parties, including with qualified custodians. Bitcoin can be traded on venues ranging from peer-to-peer services, to large regulated US institutional brokerages and exchanges.
Bitcoin vs Select Indexes & Assets
Marketcap
Price
Volume
24hr
Inflation
Next 1yr
Inflation
Next 10yrs
ROI
1yr
CAGR
10yr
Volatility
1yr
Sharpe
1yr
Sharpe
5yr
Bitcoin
$1.78T
$94,113
$40.01B
1.17%
10.34%
157.70%
73.99%
0.36
2.51
1.26
Gold
$16.11T
$2,649
~$4.54B
1.52%
15.18%
32.75%
8.26%
0.09
2.21
0.84
S&P 500
~$49.82T
$5,911
--
--
--
29.62%
11.08%
0.10
2.40
0.75
NASDAQ
~$26.73T
$19,233
--
--
--
33.08%
15.05%
0.15
1.84
0.79
USTs (TLT)
--
$98.65
--
--
--
8.34%
-1.93%
0.15
-0.29
-0.53
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BTC vs Traditional Assets ROI:
Bitcoin
Gold
S&P 500
1 year:
+158%
+33%
+30%
2 year:
+490%
+52%
+49%
3 year:
+59%
+45%
+26%
4 year:
+409%
+41%
+65%
5 year:
+1,193%
+81%
+89%
6 year:
+2,045%
+116%
+124%
7 year:
+1,060%
+106%
+127%
8 year:
+12,590%
+120%
+168%
9 year:
+29,091%
+147%
+183%
10 year:
+25,329%
+121%
+186%
11 year:
+11,541%
+113%
+228%
12 year:
+762,125%
+52%
+322%
13 year:
+3.8 million%
+56%
+410%
14 year:
+33 million%
+94%
+396%
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Data Source: Messari.io, bitcoincharts.com
What is it: This shows bitcoin's ROI vs other potential inflation hedge assets.
Why it matters: As with the historical bitcoin price table, we see bitcoin's extreme outperformance vs other assets here as well. Bitcoin's relatively small size, plus fundamental properties, yield extreme outperformance when even relatively small funds-flows find their way to BTC.
BTC vs Traditional Assets CAGR:
Bitcoin
Gold
S&P 500
1 year:
+158%
+33%
+30%
2 year:
+143%
+23%
+22%
3 year:
+17%
+13%
+8%
4 year:
+50%
+9%
+13%
5 year:
+67%
+13%
+14%
6 year:
+67%
+14%
+14%
7 year:
+42%
+11%
+12%
8 year:
+83%
+10%
+13%
9 year:
+88%
+11%
+12%
10 year:
+74%
+8%
+11%
11 year:
+54%
+7%
+11%
12 year:
+111%
+4%
+13%
13 year:
+125%
+3%
+13%
14 year:
+148%
+5%
+12%
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Data Source: Messari.io, bitcoincharts.com
What is it: This shows bitcoin's Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) vs other assets over various timeframes. For example this is showing that bitcoin has returned 155% on average, every year, for the past 5 years, while gold has returned 7% on average each year over the same period.
Why it matters: As with the historical bitcoin price table, we see bitcoin's extreme outperformance vs other assets here as well. These CAGR numbers solidify bitcoin's status as the best performing financial asset in history.
Bitcoin reminds me of gold when I first got into the business in 1976
Frankly, if the gold bet works, the bitcoin bet will probably work better
Bitcoin is a technological tour de force
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Bitcoin may be the TCP/IP of money.
If they become widely accepted, virtual currencies could have a substitution effect on central bank money.
Bitcoin is Gold 2.0, a huge, huge deal.
I think every major bank, every major investment bank, every major high net worth firm is going to eventually have some exposure to bitcoin or what’s like it
Bitcoin is money, everything else is credit.
Common Critique #6
Bitcoin Can Be Cloned
Critique: Bitcoin is one of many thousands of crypto assets, and anyone can create more whenever they want. Bitcoin therefore is not scarce and can't be valuable.
Rebuttal: Crypto currencies are not scarce, but bitcoins on the bitcoin network are. Anyone can indeed clone the open-source bitcoin codebase at any time, and launch their own coin, but they... more
“So [bitcoin] could serve as a diversifier to gold and other such storehold of wealth assets. The main thing is to have some of these type of assets (with limited supply, that are mobile, and that are storeholds of wealth)...” more
“The 50 per cent weight in physical gold bullion in the portfolio will be reduced for the first time in several years by five percentage points with the money invested in Bitcoin. If there is a big drawdown in bitcoin from the current level, after the historic breakout above the $20,000 level, the intention will be to add to this position....” more
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