{"id":122529,"date":"2020-01-09T04:30:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T04:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=122529"},"modified":"2020-01-09T04:57:10","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T04:57:10","slug":"from-magic-internet-money-to-digital-gold-has-bitcoin-has-become-a-safe-haven-asset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/from-magic-internet-money-to-digital-gold-has-bitcoin-has-become-a-safe-haven-asset\/","title":{"rendered":"From magic internet money to digital gold: has Bitcoin become a safe-haven asset?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Advocates of <a href=\"http:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/bitcoin\">Bitcoin<\/a> (BTC) have long claimed that its long-term growth prospects would not necessarily stem from its utility as a currency, but rather from its status as a digital alternative to safe-haven investments like gold.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past several months and years, this narrative was purely speculation and lacked any real teeth, but this appears to have changed during this past week, as Bitcoin\u2019s price movements have had an uncanny correlation to key global events.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Bitcoin Closely Tracks Traditional Safe Haven Assets During Tumultuous Times<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The world was captivated by events unfolding in Iraq yesterday when Iran fired a series of missiles at a military base that was hosting American soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>This attack was retribution for the US drone strike that killed one of Iran\u2019s top military officials on January 3rd, which significantly exasperated tensions in the region.<\/p>\n<p>This attack instantly led investors to grow jittery, with futures for the equities markets plummeting as the world awaited a response from the United States, which could have \u2013 but fortunately as of now has not \u2013 marked the start of another war.<\/p>\n<p>In tandem with the drop seen by the equities markets, gold, crude oil, and <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/heres-why-analysts-are-cautious-of-bitcoin-despite-todays-insane-rally\/\">Bitcoin<\/a> all posted massive rallies at nearly the exact time, expressing an uncanny correlation that suggests that BTC is, in fact, viewed by investors as a safe-haven.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI think Bitcoin just got its first successful beta test of being a war time safe haven, this is a pretty big test for Bitcoin,\u201d Willy Woo, a prominent figure within the blockchain industry, explained in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/woonomic\/status\/1215032306034851840\">tweet<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>The Past Few Weeks Seem to Confirm That BTC is Becoming a Digital Gold<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Bitcoin\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/bitcoin\/\">price<\/a> appears to have been <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/bitcoin-aims-for-lower-lows-as-the-market-sentiment-turns-bearish\/\">connected<\/a> to the events surrounding Iran far before yesterday\u2019s missile attacks, as its recent massive uptrend appears to have begun just hours after the US killed the Iranian general Qasem Soleimani.<\/p>\n<p>In the time between the drone strike on his car and yesterday\u2019s missile attack, Bitcoin\u2019s price closely fluctuated according to how the situation unfolded. Its price even dived today as the situation showed signs of deescalating.<\/p>\n<p>Messari, a crypto and blockchain analytics group, recently produced a highly informative chart showing a timeline of how the main events surrounding the Iran conflict related to Bitcoin\u2019s price movements, elucidating just how real its status as an alternative to gold truly is.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_122530\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-122530\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-122530 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MessariBTCIran.png\" alt=\"Bitcoin BTC\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MessariBTCIran.png 800w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MessariBTCIran-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MessariBTCIran-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-122530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Courtesy of Messari<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The past couple of weeks appear to have made it abundantly clear that, at least for the time being, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/why-bitcoin-prices-tend-to-move-aggressively-on-weekends\/\">Bitcoin<\/a> is being treated as a sort of digital gold by investors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advocates of Bitcoin (BTC) have long claimed that its long-term growth prospects would not necessarily stem from its utility as a currency, but rather from its status as a digital alternative to safe-haven investments like gold. 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