I have many bitcoins I'm wanting to cash out, but I'm debating whether I should do it for gold, or for USD. The possibility of the bitcoin price crashing scares me, whereas it seems impossible for gold to lose all value.
What do you hold the bulk of your wealth in?
If you are that afraid then diversify your investment. Convert some of your bitcoins into USD and others into gold and the remaining one just leave it be in btc form. If in case bitcoin will never go back to its former glory then your losses is smaller since you have converted it to USD and gold. But if bitcoins value has increased again faster then you will earn a lot and you will never regret that you left some of your bitcoins.