According to historic
data, which accounts for total search volumes, «buy bitcoin» is now three times more popular than «buy gold» was even
during the 2008 - 09
market crash - when consumers feared for the safety of their cash.
While we can only hope the the credit crunch, financial
markets crash, recession, and near depression of 2008 and 2009, is an aberation and not the new normal, it is instructive to look at a few
data points to see what happened to the apparent asset allocation percentages at certain points
during this crisis.