Search query "buy bitcoin" bypassed the index "buy gold" in Google Trends. Against the backdrop of news on the Crypto currency, the search index of the query "buy bitcoin" reached 100 points out of 100, while the analogous index for "buy gold" stagnated at 74 points.

Most often, how to buy bitcoin, are looking for in Nigeria (100 points), Ghana (93) and Australia (52), with Australians even more popular with classical metal - 100 points. Less often in gold are interested in Singapore (68) and United Arab Emirates (53 points).

The agency Bloomberg notes that the decline in interest in gold is associated with a decrease in precious metal quotations, which is becoming less popular against the backdrop of record growth in the US stock market. "Against the backdrop of the American market, which beats one record after another, it's no surprise that gold is losing ground," the director of the research department at one of the largest trading floors, BullionVault precious metals, Adrian Ashe.

He also notes that the unprecedented growth of bitcoin made the best advertising for crypto-currencies, forcing some investors to look at electronic assets.