Bitcoin & Gold in the Modern Portfolio
Protect Your Wealth with Institutional-Grade Gold & Bitcoin Custody
The Case for Sound Money
Invest beyond the shock: build portfolios that outlast debt, inflation, and conflict.
Navigate the new financial regime with assets that endure.
Debt Surging, Not Stopping
Global debt surged past $337.7 trillion in mid-2025, up more than $21 trillion since January.
Inflation Volatility & Fear
U.S. inflation holds near 3% in October 2025 — above target with one-year expectations at 4.6% amid tariff and supply-chain fears.
Geopolitical Risks, Tensions Rising
The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2025 ranks state-based armed conflict as the top global risk.
The Complements
Gold and Bitcoin: the complements
While often debated, gold and bitcoin are not competitors; they are complements that cover the same monetary need across different operational domains.
Gold: the analog anchor
- Earns its monetary premium through geology and the high cost of extraction.
- Offers centuries of history as a store of value and deep, global market intermediation.
- Provides path stability and a long-tested defense of real-term value preservation.
Bitcoin: the digital counterpart
- Derives its scarcity from a fixed issuance schedule and an asymptotic cap of 21 million units.
- Offers native portability, public auditability, and permissionless settlement over the internet.
- Provides convexity to policy error and monetary debasement over long horizons.
Vehicles
Best in class exposure vehicles to bring your thesis into practice.
The partnership with Argo and Onramp offers a path from thesis to practice. It provides one place to hold gold and bitcoin as reserves, with ownership that clients can verify and assets they can withdraw in kind. That is the discipline the present regime demands.
Onramp Spot Bitcoin
Direct bitcoin ownership secured by Multi-Institution Custody. 2-of-3 multisig across Onramp, BitGo, CoinCover, and Tetra Trust. No single point of failure.
Onramp Bitcoin Trust
A US (Wyoming) statutory trust offering security-like bitcoin exposure with in-kind subscription and redemption capability, vaulted by Multi-Institution Custody.
Argo Spot Gold
Direct gold ownership, entirely under your control, outside the banking system. Secured by world-class vaulting and insurance with real-time pricing.
Sprott Physical Gold Trust
Fully allocated gold held in the Royal Canadian Mint. A trusted institutional vehicle for gold exposure with full redeemability.
Download our ‘Sound Money Index’ tearsheet.
The Sound Money Index tracks bitcoin and gold as the foundation of monetary scarcity, measuring their performance, market share, and growing influence in global wealth. It reveals how traditional assets truly compare when measured against sound money.
Argo Gold
Argo makes Gold exposure easy.
Argo is redefining how investors access, trade, and secure gold with innovative solutions.
Direct Gold ownership
Entirely under your control, outside the banking system.
Top-tier security
Your gold is fully protected by world-class vaulting and insurance.
Real-time pricing
Know what you're paying — total transparency.
Download the ‘Demystifying the Debasement Trade’ report.
Build a portfolio designed for the current regime of financial repression and currency debasement. Our report provides the complete thesis for why gold and bitcoin are essential monetary reserves for the modern portfolio.
Onramp Bitcoin
Onramp delivers bitcoin exposure with peace-of-mind.
By distributing bitcoin private keys across multiple, fully independent, and regulated entities, Multi-Institution Custody provides an unmatched level of security, resilience, and ease of use. No single custodian can unilaterally freeze or compromise your bitcoin — giving you the confidence to hold and grow your assets for the long term.
Eliminate single points of failure
With 2-of-3 multi-signature architecture, at least two entities must sign off on transactions, preventing unilateral actions by any single custodian.
Secure & compliant
Each participating custodian is a regulated entity that follows strict compliance standards, ensuring robust oversight and audited processes.
Fully distributed control
Keys are managed in separate jurisdictions and by separate institutions, neutralizing threats like collusion or coerced access.
White-glove support
A dedicated Onramp team is here to simplify setup and provide ongoing guidance — allowing you to focus on your financial goals, not technical complexities.
Scalable coverage
Unlike single-custodian solutions, Multi-Institution Custody is more readily insurable for larger sums. Onramp's Lloyd's of London facility demonstrates the industry's recognition of the low-risk profile of Multi-Institution Custody.
On-chain transparency
Every action in Multi-Institution Custody is transparently recorded on-chain, enabling independent verification at any time. This ensures all activity is provable, fostering trust and long-term assurance.
From thesis to practice: Argo & Onramp
By partnering with Onramp, an institutional-grade bitcoin custody specialist, Argo instantly extends its model into bitcoin without rebuilding infrastructure or navigating crypto-regulation alone.