Gold and silver are hedge against inflation/price rise and they protect people's wealth during wars, natural disasters such as Earthquakes, hurricanes, cyclones, economic crisis, 9/11 terrorists attack etc.. so gold and silver are a store of value.
Stock markets are indicators of sales in the economy. When there is sales for the company as per study, they are profits and share price rise. if there is loss, the share price falls.
As a commodity, what does Bitcoin price show or protects people from ??
In my opinion, for now bitcoin can protect the country from American financial policies
. Because, Bitcoin and other virtual currencies can pose a direct threat to the status of the United States Dollar as the world currency. With the existence of bitcoin, other currencies such as Yuan, Yen, Rupee and Rupiah which are used by other developing countries will actually get the most benefit from the emergence of bitcoin as an alternative currency.
