Bitcoin Ownership Overtakes Gold as 49.6 Million Americans Now Hold BTC

Bitcoin has overtaken gold as the preferred hard asset among American investors, according to bitcoin financial services firm River. The firm found that 49.6 million Americans, or 18.6% of the adult population, now own bitcoin, compared to 28.8 million, or 10.8%, who hold gold.

Bitcoin Adoption Outpaces a 5,000-Year-Old Rival River, a bitcoin-focused financial services […]