If you could make point more concrete, that'd help. Cuz yeah, from just a trading perspective I don't get what you mean by "USD favors" something. If what I want is buying some good or service right now, then scooping some extra dollars up quickly with arb is the move. If I'm trying to do that over a prolonged holding period (storing wealth across time), then holding onto gold might make sense... If resistance to gov seizure/censorship, then maybe BTC. Feel like I'm stating the obvious, so once again not sure you're point. I wanna understand, but I don't