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The World Gold Council is particularly critical of the fact that the price of Bitcoin moves, on average, 5 percent day — stating that «it is hardly a characteristic of a currency, let alone a store of value,» and thus only appropriate «for investors looking for extremely high investment returns.»

In its January 2018 investment update, the World Gold Council acknowledges Bitcoin's vastly superior 13-fold increase when compared to gold's very respectable 13 % gains in 2017.

, the World Gold Council acknowledges Bitcoin's vastly superior 13-fold increase when compared to gold's very respectable 13 % gains in 2017.

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Although Bitcoin (BTC) has sometimes been referred to as «digital gold,» the World Gold Council sees the main differences between the two assets as BTC's lower «day - to - day liquidity» and gold's diverse uses and application in the jewelry industry, as well as the tech industry and central banks.

The World Gold Council claims Bitcoin — commonly referred to as «digital gold» — will never be as good as the real deal while admitting it could...

Meanwhile, let's not forget that the World Gold Council recently acknowledged that cryptocurrencies pose a threat to central banks.

According to the World Gold Council, total gold above ground stocks: 187,200 tonnes.

NOT QUITE DIGITAL GOLD, SAYS GOLD In its January 2018 investment update, the World Gold Council acknowledges Bitcoin's vastly superior 13-fold increase when compared to gold's very respectable 13 % gains in 2017.

The World Gold Council claims Bitcoin — commonly referred to as «digital gold» — will never be as good as the real deal while admitting it could «undermine the tools used by the Fed and other central banks to influence the economy.»

A report has even been published by the World Gold Council claiming that Bitcoin can very soon undermine central banks.

Bitcoinist: Even the World Gold Council acknowledged that Bitcoin could undermine central banks.

According to World Gold Council, the best estimates currently available suggest that around 187,200 tonnes of gold have been mined up to date, of which around two - thirds came after 1950.

As per World Gold Council estimation, gold demand increased by 18 % in the first quarter to Rs. 32, 420 crore, which was just Rs 27,540 crore in Q1 2016.

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As an example, World Gold Council predicts that the demand for gold will not up much in the near future.

By Hard Assets Investor: By Sumit Roy Marcus Grubb is managing director of investment for the World Gold Council, where he leads investment research and product innovation as well as marketing efforts surrounding gold's role as an asset...

SPDR Gold Trust was created in 2004 by the World Gold Council as StreetTracks Gold Trust.

According to the World Gold Council, as of 2011, central banks collectively held approximately 17 % of the world's gold and have continued to amass it at record rates.

LONDON (Reuters)- Gold demand posted its weakest start to the year in a decade, the World Gold Council said on Thursday, as prices of the metal stagnated and the threat of rising interest rates led investors to seek better returns elsewhere.

Bitcoinist: Even the World Gold Council acknowledged that Bitcoin could undermine central banks.

According to data from the World Gold Council, the most popular Islamic assets have all underperformed when compared to gold, as have the major currencies that are traded in that region of the world.

Even a casual glance at the World Gold Council's Gold Demand Trends Report will refute this idea.

These were among the findings in a 2010 World Gold Council (WGC) study.

According to the World Gold Council's (WGC's) industry benchmark publication «Gold Demand Trends», the third quarter saw a 9 percent annual decline in gold demand from the same period in 2016; and while demand for gold - backed exchange - traded funds grew by 18.9 tonnes during the quarter, this paled in comparison to the 144.3 tonne inflow in 2016's third quarter.

On December 5, the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) and the World Gold Council jointly announced the issuance of Shari'ah Standard No. 57 on Gold and its Trading Controls.

Mr. Lassonde is past Chair and a past director of the World Gold Council, Chair of the Quebec National Art Museum and the Canadian Council for the Arts and a director of New Gold Inc. and Enghouse Systems Limited.

News from the World Gold Council that demand declined 7 % in Q1 (see news story below) was a headwind for gold and limited its gains.

The World Gold Council (WGC) publishes annual reports looking at how much gold each country and its central bank hold.

Barrick reported cost of sales of $ 801 / oz in the quarter, which was 2.2 % higher year - on - year, while the World Gold Council's all - in sustaining cost (AISC) metric rose 3.3 % when compared with the same period last year to $ 756 / oz.

Demand was robust in 2015, with investment up 8 percent from the previous year, according to the World Gold Council (WGC).

«When real rates are negative, gold returns tend to be twice as high as the long term average,» the World Gold Council (WGC) writes its latest report.

Former CEO and Board Director of the World Gold Council and investment banker with James Capel, Nikko, and Lazard, Haruko has served on the boards of a number of major international companies, including AB Volvo, and is a Non-Executive Director of several public companies.

The Gold (GLD) market is shifting to Asia, that's the conclusion of the World Gold Council's Volume 8 Report.

According to the World Gold Council, China is the number one producer and consumer of gold and therefore the interest level regarding our Marudi Gold Project should be very high.»

Global demand for gold appears to be dropping according to figures published by the World Gold Council earlier today.

Former MD of Investment & Strategy at the World Gold Council and CEO of Swapstream, Marcus was also global head of equities at Rabobank and a top rated investment strategist at UBS, Salomon Brothers and SBC Warburg.

By: Nadine James 3rd May 2018 Lacklustre investor performance, stemming from investors» decision to embrace a «wait and see» approach in light of geopolitical uncertainty muddying growth and market outlooks, has contributed to soft first - quarter gold demand, the World Gold Council (WGC) reports.

Regardless, the World Gold Council (WGC) writes in its 2016 outlook that gold's role as a diversifier remains «particularly relevant»:

In the gold market, miners added 13 % more supply in the second quarter, year over year, even as demand fell 16 %, according to the World Gold Council's latest report.»

Chinese consumer demand totaled 210 metric tons in the third quarter, a rise of 18 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the World Gold council.

The World Gold Council (WGC) released a video Wednesday that looks at the third - quarter trends of gold demand on a worldwide scale.

In June 2010 the World Gold Council reported that Saudi Arabia had increased its gold reserves by 126 percent since 2008, from 143 tonnes to 323 tonnes.

Gold's total supply is increasing by an average of less than 2 % annually, according to the World Gold Council.

According to gold - demand trends in first quarter 2017, published by the World Gold Council, the mandate for the precious metal dropped at an annual pace of 18 percent to 1,034.5 tons in the first quarter of 2017, from 1,260 tons a year earlier.

According to the World Gold Council (WGC), India gold demand is expected to touch a record level of 300 - 400 tonnes between April and June, a 200 per cent year - on - year increase and almost half of total imports last year.

According to the World Gold Council (WGC), demand for gold slipped by 7 percent in 2017 compared with a year earlier on the back of a decline in central - bank purchases, a sharp slide in inflows into gold ETFs (exchange - traded funds) and a 10 - percent fall in coin investments.

The industry's sole innovative effort during this period was to have its association, the World Gold Council, get behind a gold ETF, GLD.