Bitcoin promises to be digital gold: safe, valuable and rare. That could explain much of the cryptocurrency’s rally over the past year. Like the yellow-coloured metal, the price of bitcoin is supposed to surge as investors take fright at the possibility of inflation from central banks printing money or, for some, the potential collapse of society in the face of the coronavirus pandemic and civil disturbance following the US election. In those circumstances the two scarce assets are supposed to retain their value while others’ disappears.
比特币有望成为“数字黄金”:安全、珍贵、稀有。这或许可以在很大程度上解释这种加密货币在过去一年的上涨。与那种黄色的金属一样,比特币的价格按理是应该大涨,因为投资者担心央行印钞可能引发通胀,一些人还担心新型冠状病毒肺炎(COVID-19,即2019冠状病毒病)疫情以及美国在大选后出现的骚乱可能造成社会崩溃。在这样的形势下,当其他资产价值蒸发之时,这两种稀缺资产理应能够保值。