as digital currencies become increasingly popular as an asset class
This line was an inevitable conclusion imo, and this phase is probably just the transition, the beginning so to speak. Idk if it has affected the market that much, but I suppose it's only a matter of time, especially since Bitcoin itself is becoming more and more favorable in the eyes of the majority. You can expect people who know how to invest in gold to know about BTC, but I'm guessing that those who know how to invest in BTC don't know much about gold.
Most like the Gold and Bitcoin is much the same? but for me i think if i'm going to be for a long term investment i'll go for Gold well the price of it won't crash dramatically unlike the Bitcoin that in any moment it will crash and so the cons is that i can't pay gold online unlike Bitcoin which more likely a Gold of the internet.
Gold isn't that appealing as a long term investment, unlike gold, which is probably why it became like this. Not to mention the ability of Bitcoin to become a safe asset itself, with time that is.