Mix Bitcoin and Gold to Defend Against Downturn"...Coinbase Launches Store of Value Index

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MarketVector Indexes and Coinbase Asset Management have launched a new financial index combining Bitcoin (BTC) and gold.

According to a CoinTelegraph report on April 9 (local time), the two companies unveiled the Coinbase Store of Value Index (COINSOV), which aims to preserve assets by combining the advantages of digital assets and traditional assets.

COINSOV is a rules-based benchmark index that tracks Bitcoin and Pax Gold (PAXG), a tokenized version of gold. The index adopts a volatility-aware framework that dynamically adjusts the weighting of Bitcoin and Pax Gold based on market conditions. It assigns weights proportional to the inverse of each asset's volatility and rebalances quarterly, designed to capture Bitcoin's upside potential while maintaining gold-like downside protection. Currently, Pax Gold accounts for 71.49% and Bitcoin for 28.51% of the weighting.

The launch of this index reflects investor demand to protect assets in response to rising global debt and declining currency values. According to research conducted by MarketVector Indexes from 2017 to 2025, this method showed higher risk-adjusted returns and significantly lower drawdowns than simply mixing Bitcoin and gold 50/50. MarketVector Indexes explained that the index provides a disciplined means of capital preservation amid changing macroeconomic environments through its transparent and rules-based construction.

In the virtual asset market, the debate continues over whether Bitcoin can replace gold as a store of value. Recently, as the correlation between Bitcoin and the stock market has increased, while gold has shown strength by hitting new highs daily, attempts to manage volatility by mixing the two assets are on the rise. Coinbase Asset Management analyzed that the definition of a store of value is expanding from being gold-centric to including digital assets.

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