Reading Time: 2 minutes by Aisshwarya Tiwari on February 25, 2021 Bitcoin A report by an Australian crypto exchange posits that bitcoin (BTC) has eclipsed gold in terms of popularity in Australia. Bitcoin More Popular than Gold Per a report by Melbourne-based digital currency exchange BTC Markets, bitcoin is more popular than gold Down Under. The report based its findings on a survey of about 2,000 investors in Australia, finding that close to 12.6 percent of them held cryptocurrencies compared to 12.1 percent holding shiny metal. Motley Fool, close to one in three crypto investors have made their first investment since March 2020 when the global stock markets crashed courtesy of the COVID-19 pandemic.