As fiat currencies dump, some countries are moving towards increasing the amount of gold they have in their reserves. More specifically some of them are dumping US dollar to replace it with gold. For example India recently bought 200 tonne of gold and there is rumors of more conversions happening. China has been doing something similar under the radar. So are others.
The countries you mentioned are not buying bitcoins massively to solve the fiat complex and they prefer gold to be stored in bulk, even though gold and bitcoin are close to equal bargaining values in the future and both can retain the value of the assets they hold, it's just that the price fluctuations of the two are different, because gold tends to be stable and does not fluctuate like bitcoin. They still maintain the that bitcoin is not a source of freedom and are still ashamed to admit its advantages, so whatever decision they make, so don't take chances in bitcoin.
However, we haven't seen any significant changes in gold price yet to approve the above news.
Gold was once victorious in its time and holders or in other words those who kept it did not have a large return effect, because the increase in gold prices every year tended to be stable and slow, gold was also able to survive in the midst of recessions and inflation. Maybe that's one reason for the country to buy more gold.
I'm wondering what does everyone think about gold price in the long term, specially in coming year or two as the conflicts get worse and more economies crash which would push regular people to invest in gold and more governments to start increasing their gold reserves on larger scale.
All my comments are personal analysis and I want to say that gold and bitcoin are almost similar in their journey, but talking about bitcoin returns is much more reliable even though it is very risky due to price fluctuations, while gold is stable and unable to provide large returns in the long term or short term.
Take a look at the heyday of gold and compare when bitcoin was introduced to today and you will find the answers to the questions you want to know and I am also one of those people who save gold and till now not get big returns.