Crypto has its gold moment, outperforming amid the war in Ukraine. Can it last?

Pedestrians walk past an advertisement displaying a Bitcoin cryptocurrency token on February 15, 2022 in Hong Kong, China.
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As global equity markets tumbled amid the intensifying Russia incursion into Ukraine, bitcoin managed to keep investors in the green this week, showing the world that maybe it is the store of value that was promised and not just another speculative asset.