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March 29, 2026 at 15:20 •
Analysis
Institutional money has been pouring into Bitcoin at a scale that would have seemed far-fetched just a few years ago. Since the launch of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds, roughly $56 billion has flowed in from asset managers around the world — a shift that Bitmine CEO Tom Lee says is changing how serious investors think about protecting wealth. Related Reading: Ethereum Sets User Record As Price Lags Far Behind Network Growth Gold’s Track Record Under Scrutiny Speaking at the Futu Investment Exhibition, Lee made a pointed case against gold’s long-held reputation as the go-to inflation shield. Historical data, he said, shows gold has failed to keep pace with inflation about 48% of the time over the past 55 years. That’s a striking number for an asset millions of investo...