Gold and Silver are safe investments with Gold price at $1250/ounce. Bitcoin is high risk.
Why did you come to Bitcoin when the price is more than $2,000 ?
If we are investing in Gold/Silver, its mean price is gonna same even for a year and it will stuck the all investment.
while if we are investing in bitcoin, its expensive but the changing price of bitcoin rapidly give us enough profit.
secondly, people are now changing their mind and investing in cryptocurrencies rather than gold/silver(it was old way to invest in gold/silver). Now people are getting change and advance.