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Can’t Buy a Thrill

Two-line chart showing Bitcoin value and Gold in USD per Troy Ounce over the past year. Chart subtitle: Bitcoin has rallied while gold, a more traditional inflation hedge, has lagged. Chart description: Left Y-axis shows Bitcoin value from $0-70,000. Right Y-axis shows Gold in U.S. Dollars per Troy Ounce from $1,500-2,100. X-axis spans May 2020- May14, 2021 in monthly increments. Bitcoin line in brown generally only slightly increased in 2020, but had several spikes from December, with a recent peak in mid-April of 2021. Gold line in yellow-green is generally static, hovering between 1700 and 1900, though peaked above 2000 in August of 2020. The two lines converged in February and generally have moved in opposing directions since, with gold at $1831 as of May 14, 2021, and Bitcoin at $54,109. Chart sources: Coinbase, fred.stlouisfed.org, ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (IBA).
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