Yeah, I heard something about that a while back but don't know how true it is.  If asteroid miners know what's good for them, they'll leave any gold found there alone.  Can you imagine diluting the gold market that way?

Definitely no call for celebration here, and I also pretty much ignore what the Fed has to say about anything.  They're a bunch of really smart morons with too much power. 

The gold vs. bitcoin comparison has been going on longer than I've been a member of this forum, because I recall it being discussed when I was just a lurker--and I'm sure people are going to be comparing the two things well into the future.  Bitcoin hasn't quite proven itself to be a safe store of value, certainly not in the league of precious metals.  There's still way too much volatility and it's just too young.  Maybe if bitcoin starts to become stable it'll become a safe haven asset, but I highly doubt that's going to happen.  It's way too easy to speculate in bitcoin, and its market cap is still too small for the big money players to get involved with.