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Key Insights Digital gold, not BTC, hit 219 million India transactions, showing traditional beats crypto market innovation. Indian families own $5 trillion in gold, while the US government holds only $14 billion in seized Bitcoin. Gold surged 94% since January 2025, while the crypto market dropped 40% from its local peaks. Crypto market fans say Bitcoin is the best way to store value. They call it digital gold. Government holdings and big company investments fill the news. But one number tells a different story. Indian families hold around 34,600 tonnes of physical gold, valued at $5 trillion. The United States government holds about 207,189 Bitcoin valued at $14 billion. That makes a 357 times difference in how people actually save wealth. India’s $5T Gold Compared to US $14B Bitcoin Shows 357x Gap Indian families saved gold over many years through jewelry, coins, and bars passed from parents to children. The 34,600 tons is more than India’s entire yearly economy of about $4.1 trillion. It represents roughly 11% to 14% of all gold ever dug from the earth. This is not guesswork but family belief going back hundreds of years, where people almost never sell their gold even when prices go very high. They use gold to get loans instead, so they can keep the metal forever. The United States government’s Bitcoin story is totally different. Those 207,189 coins did not come from buying or planning. Every single Bitcoin came from taking them away from criminals. Police seized more than 69,000 coins in Silk Road cases. Indian Not Selling Gold, Even Officially | Source: X The Bitfinex hack case gave back about 94,000 more. Other police actions added the rest. The government sells these seized coins regularly instead of keeping them forever. They treat Bitcoin like stolen property; they need to…

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