There is an inverse relationship between gold and Bitcoin

The above graph shows the movement in gold prices between November and now. Notice a drop in price around the 11th December week, which is the same week when bitcoin hit a record high of around Rs 14 lakhs (Source: Koinex).

Gold ETF also saw an almost 15% drop in comparison to September 2017 in the US. As previously mentioned, it is said that the investors sold gold worth millions to invest in digital assets.

Bitcoin's loss is Gold's gain

n the weeks following December 15, various events like South Korean exchange system hack, saw the volatile rates of Bitcoin decline. Whereas the same week was the beginning of the rise in gold prices.

The Week of 15th December 2017

Bitcoin futures contracts were launched in the same week when it hit its all-time high. If you were to add all the cryptocurrencies in the market, their value in terms of market cap was equivalent to 23% of the gold traded fund that wee(CNBC report).

Bitcoin crashed last week

In the past week, Bitcoin crashed as much 52% of its all-time high to Rs 7 lakhs. But referring to the graph above once again, we can see the rise in gold prices last week.

This shows how investors having doubts with the volatality of the cryptocurrency are moving towards the traditional safe haven of the precious metal that is much more stable.

Gold has been a traditional favourite in physical form as well as digital.

It could go both ways

If there is indeed a serious inverse relationship between gold and bitcoin, the rising in gold investments could bring an end to the digital asset that everyone is skeptical about.

Or could this be a chance to bet on bitcoin and watch it rise?