Saifedean Ammous, who wrote the 2018 academic book “The Bitcoin Standard,” expects Bitcoin to become larger than gold. He also expects it to become less volatile than gold as it matures. Cointelegraph reported his comments on Oct 14, 2026, in an article by staff writer Zoltan Vardai, edited by Robert Lakin.
Ammous argues that Bitcoin already works as money when people hold it as a store of value. He also says it already serves as a medium of exchange. In his view, volatility will probably matter less and less to that role over time.
These are one author's expectations, not measurements. The article does not say when Bitcoin would pass gold in size or how its volatility would be compared with gold's. The price ticker on the article page listed BTC at $83,416.81.
For someone already holding a perpetual position on Bitget, Bybit, MEXC or OKX, this changes nothing directly. An author's view on Bitcoin's long-term size and volatility does not change funding rates, trading fees or order-book liquidity on any of these exchanges. The article reports no change to any of them.
Source: cointelegraph — Bitcoin will become ‘less volatile’ and larger than gold: ‘The Bitcoin Standard’ author
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