{"id":5578,"date":"2020-11-23T21:00:57","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T21:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/?p=450650"},"modified":"2020-11-23T21:00:57","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T21:00:57","slug":"bitcoins-risk-adjusted-returns-make-it-a-better-investment-vehicle-than-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/bitcoins-risk-adjusted-returns-make-it-a-better-investment-vehicle-than-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin\u2019s Risk-Adjusted Returns Make It a Better Investment Vehicle than Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin&rsquo;s price has been caught within a bout of range-bound trading throughout the past few days, with the support at $18,000 and resistance at $19,000, leading to the formation of a new and intense trading range.<\/p>\n<p>Its trend of trading sideways has greatly favored <a class=\"wpg-linkify wpg-tooltip\" title=\"&lt;h3 class=&quot;wpg-tooltip-title&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;wpg-tooltip-term-title&quot;&gt;Altcoin&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/h3&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;wpg-tooltip-content&quot;&gt;Altcoin is defined as any cryptocurrency except for Bitcoin. &ldquo;Altcoin&rdquo; is a combination of two words: &ldquo;alternative Bitcoin&rdquo; or &ldquo;alternative coin&rdquo;. There are over 1,500 altcoins with many more planned for release.&lt;p class=&quot;wpg-read-more&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/dictionary\/altcoin\/&quot;&gt;&raquo; Read more&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/dictionary\/altcoin\/\" >altcoin<\/a> bulls, as Ethereum and many other digital assets have been posting massive gains throughout the past few days.<\/p>\n<p>This momentum is showing few signs of slowing down anytime soon, and some believe that Bitcoin&rsquo;s consolidation will bring funding rates back down to neutral before the cryptocurrency embarks on the next leg of its journey higher.<\/p>\n<p>While looking towards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/analysis\/btc\/after-1200-surge-bitcoin-faces-down-a-pivotal-resistance-level\/\">Bitcoin&rsquo;s<\/a> macro price trend, the cryptocurrency now has a firmly better risk-adjusted return than gold, boosting its status as a safe-haven asset.<\/p>\n<p>If this trend persists, then the narrative regarding it being an emerging safe-haven asset could continue gaining steam, potentially onboarding a host of new investors.<\/p>\n<p>Combine this with the &ldquo;FOMO&rdquo; that will start setting in once the crypto breaks above $20,000, and there&rsquo;s a strong possibility that it will soon see some massive momentum in the days and weeks ahead.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Bitcoin Enters Consolidation Phase as New Trading Range Forms<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>At the time of writing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/analysis\/btc\/bitcoin-needs-to-surpass-16200-to-confirm-the-case-for-a-further-rally\/\">Bitcoin<\/a> is trading down marginally at its current price of $18,300. This is around where it has been trading throughout the past few days.<\/p>\n<p>The selling pressure it has found at $19,000 has proven to be too much for bulls to break, with each visit to this level resulting in it seeing a harsh rejection.<\/p>\n<p>There is massive support around &ndash; and just below &ndash; $18,000 that has bolstered its price action as of late, with each dip to this region being rapidly absorbed.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>On-Chain Analyst: BTC has Better Risk-Adjusted Returns than Gold<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>While looking towards Bitcoin&rsquo;s risk-adjusted returns over a macro time frame, it far exceeds counterparts like gold and other assets.<\/p>\n<p>This provides some validity to the safe-haven narrative that has largely underpinned its recent push higher.<\/p>\n<p>One on-chain analyst spoke about this in a tweet from today, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/BTCUSD\/\">saying<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;Bitcoin is more stable than Gold as an investment vehicle. If you&rsquo;re in it for the long run, you want long term stability of returns for the risk you&rsquo;re undertaking. Day to day price volatility drops to the background for long term investors.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"860\" height=\"628\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-450651\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/EnhyIP2VQAEhShd-860x628.jpg\" alt=\"Bitcoin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/EnhyIP2VQAEhShd-860x628.jpg 860w, https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/EnhyIP2VQAEhShd-460x336.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/EnhyIP2VQAEhShd-768x560.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/EnhyIP2VQAEhShd-750x547.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/EnhyIP2VQAEhShd-1140x832.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/EnhyIP2VQAEhShd.jpg 1199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\"\/><\/p>\n<pre>Image Courtesy of Willy Woo.<\/pre>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/news\/bitcoin\/heres-the-reason-bitcoin-may-not-break-20k-record-for-another-year\/\">Bitcoin<\/a> nears fresh all-time highs, whether or not this narrative will be enough for it to see a sustained rally higher remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<pre>Featured image from Unsplash.\nCharts from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/BTCUSD\/\">TradingView<\/a>.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin&#8217;s price has been caught within a bout of range-bound trading throughout the past few days, with the support at $18,000&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[180,114,115,116],"class_list":["post-5578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-crypto-news","tag-btc","tag-btcusd","tag-btcusdt","tag-xbtusd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5578"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}