For decades, seasoned investors have used gold as a means to hedge against potential market downturns and inflation. Gold doesn’t have any credit or default risks; it holds intrinsic value because of its limited supply. If you wanted to protect your portfolio against market downside or a rise in inflation, you held gold in some form or fashion.

Today, investors have added a new asset to the list of potential hedges: cryptocurrency (more specifically, bitcoin).

In this episode of The Bull & The Bear, I compare using gold vs. using bitcoin as a hedge against a market downturn or a rise in inflation.

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