Bitcoin vs. Gold: The Ultimate Cage Match You Didn’t Know You Needed 🥊💰

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  • Kiyosaki fancies Bitcoin’s “limited edition” scarcity while gold is just lying around, getting dug up like last season’s potatoes.
  • Schiff calls Bitcoin a scam, but gold’s having its Beyoncé comeback moment in 2025 returns.

In a recent dispatch sent from the intergalactic council of financial pundits (also known as X, formerly known as Twitter, previously known as “that thing with the bird”), Robert Kiyosaki – yes, the “Rich Dad Poor Dad” guy with more book sales than sense – declared his undying love for Bitcoin [BTC] and placed it several rungs above gold and silver in the cosmic ladder of value. 📈

Robert Kiyosaki Pledges Allegiance to a Number (21 Million, to be Precise)

You see, Kiyosaki’s affections aren’t rooted in taste (Bitcoin has no flavor), but in scarcity. “There can only ever be 21 million.” That’s the kind of sentence you’d expect from someone announcing a limited-run collectible spoon set, but here it’s financial gospel.

He said,

“One reason why I trust Bitcoin is there are only to ever be 21 million. I own gold and silver mines and oil wells. If the price of gold, silver, or oil goes up, I will simply mine or drill for more, expanding supply. I cannot do that with Bitcoin. 21 million is 21 million. Take care.”

Put simply: gold and silver could turn up anywhere like lost socks, but Bitcoin’s supply is locked down tighter than a Vogon poetry festival.

This, Kiyosaki points out, means Bitcoin could be the ultimate “get out of inflation free” card – unless, of course, someone invents Time-Traveling Quantum Bitcoins, but that’s for a different galaxy.

There’s also the not-so-tiny matter of changing that 21 million cap, which would involve convincing a decentralized herd of developers who can’t even agree on pizza toppings. Good luck!

Peter Schiff (Still) Thinks Bitcoin Is for Suckers

Meanwhile, Peter Schiff, eternal raincloud at every crypto parade, swooped in like he always does. Schiff’s latest performance: calling Bitcoin a “scam” (original!), warning that this price rally is just the universe pranking us before a major crash, and generally shaking his cane at digital money.

While he was busy doomscrolling, gold was sneaking up the charts, outdancing Bitcoin in 2025 and threatening to break another all-time high – like a dad at a wedding who has One Move and knows when to use it.

Schiff posted:

“Gold is up another $45 so far tonight, trading above $3,380. With today’s $90 gain, that’s already $135 within one 24-hour period. Silver is also starting to perk up. It’s adding another 50 cents to today’s gains, trading above $33.10. Keep an eye on silver. A breakout is near.”

Future Watch: Bitcoin – Bubble or Brilliant?

Despite Schiff’s very enthusiastic warnings (and his impressive commitment to skepticism), Bitcoin keeps hurling itself past $95,000, with the tenacity of a caffeinated squirrel. Investors, spooked by inflation, tariffs, and whatever else is trending in economic anxiety this week, are piling in like it’s the last lifeboat off the Titanic.

Sure, gold’s winning 2025 with a 25% YTD glow-up versus Bitcoin’s slightly sheepish 3%, but history often throws the script out the airlock. Bitcoin, notorious for dramatic plot twists, tends to get plucky in financial crises. Exhibit A: even after losing over 35% of its value this year (ouch), the world can’t stop casting Bitcoin as its pixelated safe haven.

So, as the economy plays its best impression of a malfunctioning Hitchhiker’s spaceship, we’re left with a familiar showdown: Digital scarcity versus shiny paperweights. Grab your towel. 🛸

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2025-05-08 06:39