Bitcoin Growth as “Digital Gold”

Bitcoin’s market capitalization has grown rapidly in recent years and remained close to the $2 trillion level in 2025:

Despite price volatility throughout the year, Bitcoin remained the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, ranking above most publicly traded companies and asset classes.

Source: CoinGecko

However, compared with gold, Bitcoin’s market capitalization is still significantly smaller, highlighting the substantial scale difference between the two asset classes.

Source: MacroMicro