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by CalChris 1915 days ago
Gold is a useful metal over and and above its currency value. Bitcoin is not useful except as a currency.
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Except that most gold being traded under the "store of value" premise doesn't exist, it's "paper gold".

Also, gold is the one most manipulated market in the world, having both banks, central banks and governments actively interfering in its price discovery.