Gold bars are the new crypto

My coworking space in SF is a ghost town today with the 75 degree weather. After being in coworking spaces for the past couple of years, I find it absolutely hilarious just how much good weather impacts whether people come in. The remote work aspect is great and of course I support people taking advantage when they’re not busy. But I do wonder how much less people actually work when it’s nice out here with the remote work aspect.

I read an article on CNBC that gold bars are selling like crazy in Korean convenience stores and vending machines. I have been told no less than 5 times in the past few weeks that Costco is selling gold bars and have been selling out.

I’ve been joking with friends that I’m converting my entire portfolio to gold. Some people took that literally and asked if they should be buying gold as well. Gold is starting to become the new crypto which is pretty funny as Bitcoin is meant to be the new digital gold.

For novelty purposes, I’ll go out and buy a few bars for fun once the bubble bursts a bit. I do think it’ll be cool to have a gold bar or two just to show off at dinner parties.