So my question is, is it really the future of the economy? or just the "new gold"?

It is a digital asset built on a P2P platform giving holders autonomy over their funds and
bypasses the need for a 3rd party. What it has shaped to be at the moment and what it would be in the future depends on lots of factors. Bitcoin is not regulated so there's no road map or set agenda planned for it.
Whether it would be used as a store of value or a (global) staple currency is yet to be seen and we cannot predict it.