Gold gets stolen all the time. Most people only keep it in the form of jewelry, but almost everyone knows several people who've had someone break into their hou

Gold gets stolen all the time. Most people only keep it in the form of jewelry, but almost everyone knows several people who've had someone break into their house and steal it. (People who keep gold as a stash of wealth generally don't have it in their physical possession.) I'd argue there are probably thousands of instances of gold theft for every one of bitcoin. It's just not much of a story. Bitcoin is new and interesting, gold isn't.