Bitcoin traded near $3,487 Tuesday afternoon after hitting an all-time high of $3308.40 earlier in the day, according to (Coindesk)
That's less than $300 away from triple the price of gold. Gold futures for December delivery settled $2.10 lower Tuesday, at $1,262.60 an ounce.
Bitcoin's first cross above gold's price this year on a closing basis was on March 2, According to data from CoinDesk and FactSet. !