When Money Breaks, People Flee to Anything That Isn’t the Dollar Let’s start with the basics. When an economy is healthy, and when a currency is trusted, money sits still. It doesn’t rush toward speculation or novelty. It doesn’t run from traditional savings. And it certainly doesn’t double down on assets like Bitcoin — an asset born from the wreckage of the 2008 financial crisis. But today? Capital is sprinting into risk. Investors — institutions, billionaires, even retail — are hunting for anything that smells like a hedge against the system. Bitcoin is one option. But it’s not the only one, and certainly not the most stable. Here’s the key point: Bitcoin is not rising because it’s “digital gold” —…

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