We have to keep in mind that central banks have been holding Gold for years. Bitcoin, although popular, is relatively new to the world. We may need to wait decades until BTC becomes as trusted and "reliable" as Gold during times of crisis. At least, governments adding Bitcoin to their reserves is a sign that soon Gold will "lose its luster". It won't be long before BTC overtakes the "yellow metal" in market cap. Capital inflows from institutional investors into BTC is already rising. So you can see where this is heading to.

Considering that market prices dipped a bit due to the US' involvement with Iran, now may be a good time to accumulate more Bitcoin. Once it hits $1m, you'll be able to cash out big time. You'll thank me later.

The average person already also doesn't understand fiat/fractional reserve banking, and how/why that's a scam to begin with.

People that can't even play checkers correctly are criticizing the rules of a chess game they can't even interpret.

I prefer to streamline or discuss it more specifically rather than including several other Altcoins that fall under the overall Bitcoin umbrella (the price of which depends on Bitcoin movement). It is completely irrelevant to conclude that Bitcoin is not a safe haven based solely on short-term price declines, so to draw any conclusions from the article you quoted, it needs to be viewed in a broader context.

Based on the historical returns of the last 10 years, Bitcoin is far superior in terms of price growth, Bitcoin experienced an average annual surge of around 78% and increased by more than 2 million% from 2011 to early 2025, while Gold was only able to increase by around 10% and was only able to jump by approximately 60% from 2010 to early 2025. Although Gold has shown a strengthening trend throughout early 2025 and has been strengthened by geopolitical tensions between Israel and Iran, if measured more broadly, Bitcoin still stands firmly at the top as a safe haven for the long term.

I'd argue more people, and institutions, are starting to see BTC as digital gold (good thing).

Starting to see, is the keyword here.

Bitcoin can only be a safe haven for Investor who are prepared to consistently accumulate Bitcoin and hodl for long time, short time Investors won't see it in that perspective because all their intentions will be to buy when the price is low and sell when it goes up most time they even sell at lost, while long time Investor has already stand a generational wealth for this generation both unborn.

I know some persons may not have a clue about how is that amidst this war oil prices are jumping high while cryptocurrency like bitcoin was dropped in price. This is an artificial market set up for oil price to sky up using the war between Israel and Iran by oil marketers as excuse for making available sufficient supply/distribution of oil through the Strait of Hormuz across Europe, Asia and Africa.

I can tell you for free. This rise wouldn't see beyond what it is now. And bitcoin will come back stronger.
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Nothing in reality is ever a safe haven.

There will be some places to store your money that may be safer but not always safe, that is how I understand it.

A conflict is often going to have a short term impact only. Eventually the prices of all types of assets will bounce back, it is only a question of what can hold out and who can hold out.

Bitcoin is different from other assets like stocks which are regulated. It's true that price of Bitcoin is volatile and global events have great impact on price of Bitcoin. Like we saw Bitcoin going down to 75k few weeks back when there is their is tariff row between USA and China. But then again we saw price of Bitcoin recovering and eventually crossing 100k. If you are investing in Bitcoin for short duration then one say it's a volatile asset or not a safe heaven but those who invest for long duration have found it a valuable asset.