Overview
- Lyn Alden told the New Era Finance podcast she would choose Bitcoin over gold for the next two to three years, calling pessimism on Bitcoin unfair and gold enthusiasm stretched.
- Gold hit a record near $5,608 in January, with JM Bullion’s Fear and Greed Index at 72/100, while Bitcoin trades around $71,164, roughly 44% below its $126,000 October peak.
- The Crypto Fear and Greed Index showed Bitcoin at 18/100, highlighting the stark sentiment gap Alden views as an opportunity.
- Ray Dalio reiterated his preference for gold as the most established money, pointing to central-bank reserves and raising concerns about Bitcoin’s privacy and potential quantum-computing risks.
- Analysts note a strengthening Bitcoin–gold correlation, and longer-range forecasts such as Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong’s $1 million-by-2030 call underscore the divided outlook.