Measuring Wealth in Sound Money
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Why gold still matters
Gold remains the analog benchmark of scarcity. Bitcoin is its digital counterpart, finite, portable, verifiable. Treating them as substitutes misses the larger point: they are complements within the “outside money” sleeve that competes with fiat-linked assets.
From ‘debasement trade’ to portfolio construction
The core principle endures: measure returns in sound money to see real performance. The world is slowly shifting the denominator. Gold’s persistence reflects the enduring demand for monetary assets outside the fiat system.
Bitcoin improves on gold’s constraints, greater auditability, portability, programmability, and absolute scarcity, but gold’s role as a legacy reserve asset will persist longer than most expect.
For stewards of capital, the question isn’t gold or bitcoin, it’s what ratio of each best protects purchasing power through policy cycles. Argo is an operating vector for that allocation.
Why This Theme Persists
The sound money bid will run on two rails for a long time. Today’s gold demand is led by central banks and sovereign balance sheets that are unlikely to pivot fully to bitcoin in the near or medium term. Gold’s thousand-year track record, depth, and liquidity still matter at that scale.
Bitcoin, though superior in its monetary properties, has yet to match gold’s tenure, size, or settlement footprint. The result is an enduring interplay: gold anchors the legacy reserve system while bitcoin matures into its role as the digital counterpart.
As the debasement story unfolds, allocators will use both, adjusting weights over time as bitcoin’s liquidity, institutional comfort, and regulatory clarity increase.
Custody and the Next Phase of Adoption
The shift toward multi-institution custody models signals how serious allocators will hold bitcoin in the future: through verifiable control, policy-based access, and governance resilience. This architecture eliminates single points of failure while aligning with fiduciary and regulatory standards.
For families, institutions, and sovereign funds alike, the destination is clear: sound money assets held through sound custody infrastructure.
Chart Of The Week
"More than 5 decades of debasement! Since 1970, fiat currencies have lost massive purchasing power, with the USD down 99% vs. gold! While Wall Street just caught on, gold has proven to be the ultimate safe haven and true inflation hedge."
— Incrementum, In Gold We Trust
Quote of the Week
"Gold is overbought, not because it is overvalued and will crash soon, but because the fiat system is starting to show serious cracks. Smart and conservative investors are fleeing to safety (Gold), less conservative ones are increasing their Bitcoin positions. This is a sign, ignore it at your own peril."
Podcast Of The Week
Bitcoin For Professionals: Episodes Catalog
What happens when professionals across industries pause to ask, “What is money?”
On Bitcoin for Professionals, doctors, engineers, investors, and entrepreneurs share how studying Bitcoin reshaped not just their portfolios, but their thinking, values, and approach to life. These conversations reveal a deeper shift toward responsibility, resilience, and long-term vision in a changing financial world.
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