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Bitcoin could begin to take market share from gold over the next decade as a 
hedge against inflation and geopolitical uncertainty, according to Blockstream 
CEO Adam Back.
Speaking during a fireside chat with Cointelegraph managing editor Gareth 
Jenkinson at Paris Blockchain Week 2025, Back said rising inflation and 
monetary instability across global economies will drive broader Bitcoin (BTC) 
adoption.
He compared the cryptocurrency to gold, noting its scarcity and growing 
recognition as a store of value despite its 30% correction from its all-time 
high above $109,000.
&#8220;Bitcoin has the advantage of being like gold &#8212; it&#8217;s a scarce asset but also 
undergoing an adoption curve,&#8221; he said.
Inflation continues to plague global economies, with major currencies like the 
US dollar and the euro seeing their supplies rise by more than 50% over the 
past five years &#8212; a development that may drive Bitcoin&#8217;s adoption as a hedge 
against monetary destabilization, according to Back.
&#8220;Eventually, that money is used to buy all the goods. So eventually they will 
go up by that much, particularly hard assets like housing, anything physical 
long term,&#8221; Back said. &#8220;The inflation rate is probably 10% or 15% for the next 
decade, an investment return that is very hard to get with stocks or housing 
rentals.&#8221;
&gt; &#8220;So there&#8217;s a real prospect of Bitcoin competing with gold and then starting 
&gt; to take some of the gold use cases, like as a geopolitical hedge, take some 
&gt; of that money into Bitcoin.&#8221;
_Adam Back during a fireside chat with Cointelegraph &#8216;s Gareth Jenkinson. 
Source: Cointelegraph_
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The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland expects the 10-year inflation rate to 
average 2.18% annually, according to data published on March 12.
_Inflation projections. Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland via_ _FRED_
However, alternative data points to a potential uptick in inflation over the 
next five years.
Consumer inflation expectations spiked to 5% for the next year and 4.1% over 
the next five years, a development amplifying economic concerns, according to 
a consumer survey from the University of Michigan published on March 28.
_Consumers; expected change in inflation rates. Source: University of 
Michigan_
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## Bitcoin adoption aided by ETFs and policy shift
Beyond growing monetary instability, US-based spot Bitcoin exchange-traded 
funds (ETFs) and a more crypto-friendly US administration under President 
Donald Trump may help boost Bitcoin&#8217;s adoption as a hedge against inflation.
&#8220;US regulators approved the ETFs, finally, and the current US administration 
under Trump is removing a lot of negative regulation that was intended to slow 
down crypto adoption &#8212; like Operation Chokepoint 2.0,&#8221; Back said.
Back argued that Bitcoin adoption among private investors should precede 
institutional or governmental accumulation:
&gt; &#8220;I prefer that those people buy Bitcoin ahead of governments because as soon 
&gt; as governments buy, it&#8217;s probably going to create a wave of other 
&gt; governments competing with them.&#8221;
_Source:__Margo Martin_
On March 7, President Trump signed an executive order to create a Bitcoin 
reserve seeded with Bitcoin seized from criminal cases, a move that industry 
leaders have called a major step toward integrating Bitcoin into the 
traditional financial system.
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