Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Bitcoin ETFs Mean 'Substitution' From Gold Into BTC Will Continue, Says Cathie Wood

Summary

Cathie Wood, CEO of ARK Invest, stated that a shift from gold to bitcoin is occurring, and the introduction of spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) will further this trend. She noted that bitcoin's value has consistently increased relative to gold since its inception. Bitcoin is often likened to gold as a store of value due to its limited supply and the difficulty in mining both. The potential impact of the first spot bitcoin ETFs is compared to the effect of the first gold ETF, which led to a 250% surge in gold's price over seven years after its introduction in November 2004.