Why Bitcoin Could Outperform Stocks Over the Next 5 Years

They say absence makes the heart grow fonder, but in markets, scarcity often makes prices grow faster. Investors balking at stretched stock valuations, macroeconomic turmoil, and governments drowning in IOUs have a challenging task ahead: Find an alternative store of value that can still compound wealth.Enter Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), an asset that offers a respite from inflation, and, thanks to a hearty amount of institutional capital flowing in every week, no longer sits at the fringe. If its fundamentals and adoption trajectory hold, the next five years could tilt decisively in its favor, making holders a lot richer along the way.Bitcoin's protocol hard-codes a lifetime limit of 21 million coins. That's the foundation for its stability against fiat currencies like the dollar, and it's also one of the main factors that could drive it to outperform against stocks.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool