Bloomberg: Bitcoin a Top Safe-Haven Asset if US Defaults
May 15,2023,04:43
According to Bloomberg's latest Markets Live Pulse survey, if the US hits its debt ceiling and the two parties fail to reach a agreement, gold, US Treasury bonds, and Bitcoin will be the top three preferred assets for investors, more popular than the US dollar, Japanese yen, Swiss franc, and other assets.
51.7% of professional investors and 45.7% of retail investors prefer to buy gold, 14% of professional investors and 15.1% of retail investors prefer to buy Treasury bonds, and 7.8% of professional investors and 11.3% of retail investors prefer to buy Bitcoin. The survey was conducted from May 8th to May 12th and surveyed 637 respondents globally.
MLIV Pulse is Bloomberg's weekly survey of readers on the Bloomberg terminal and online.
