Institutional BTC median allocation is almost zero. Pantera CEO straightforwardly states: Bitcoin is expected to surpass gold in the next ten years.

Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead stated at the Ondo Summit that Bitcoin’s performance over the next decade could significantly outperform gold, primarily because large institutions have almost zero allocation to Bitcoin. Data shows that the median institutional Bitcoin holding is “close to 0.0%,” while gold has long held a stable position in most traditional asset portfolios. He views this structural gap as a potential long-term driving force.

Currently, many pension funds, endowments, and sovereign wealth funds remain cautious about Bitcoin. On one hand, this is due to risk assessment pressures from price volatility; on the other hand, it relates to regulatory pathways and a lack of sufficient historical data samples. However, Dan Morehead believes that this “gap between perception and allocation” actually presents an asymmetric opportunity. Once institutions allocate just 1% to 2% of their assets to Bitcoin, demand shifts could have a noticeable impact on prices.

Historically, Bitcoin has outperformed gold by over 5100% in the past decade. Gold still possesses safe-haven attributes, but as an emerging digital store of value, Bitcoin offers advantages such as a fixed supply cap of 21 million coins, rapid cross-border transferability, and transparency and verifiability. These features are attracting more investors concerned about inflation and currency devaluation risks.

Founded in 2013, Pantera Capital is one of the earliest hedge funds focused on crypto assets. The firm’s early investments in Bitcoin yielded substantial returns, reinforcing its long-term trend outlook. Dan Morehead also pointed out that countries continue to expand their money supply to cope with economic pressures, risking dilution of fiat currency purchasing power, while Bitcoin’s scarcity provides a hedge potential.

He predicts that the institutionalization of Bitcoin will not happen overnight but will advance through “gradual infiltration.” As the holding ratio moves from near zero to a significant scale, the price discovery mechanism will accelerate, and Bitcoin’s role in asset allocation may also change. For long-term investors, this comparison with gold may just be beginning.