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Every Bitcoin holder experienced it: Bitcoin Price crashing, and your Net Value with it. 

If your spider-senses tingle before a crash, there are two very reasonable actions to protect your Net Value in case of downtrend.

# Gold

**[Vaultoro](http://smarturl.it/vault)** is the service of my choice.
You trade exclusively Bitcoin and Gold there.

## Pros:

* Instant functionality - send BTC to your Address and it's converted to Gold automatically.
* Reasonable fees
* Backed by real and redeemable Gold
* Audits are as transparent as possible

## Cons: 

* Centralized
* Requires KYC

► **[Click Here](http://smarturl.it/vault)** to Start Hedging BTC <> Gold

# bitUSD
*or [HERO](http://www.sovereignhero.com/) for long term savers*

bitUSD is dwelling on BitShares Decentralized Exchange. It's pegged to the value of real US Dollar.

> [Click Here](http://smarturl.it/bitshares) to open a free BitShares Account

## Pros:

* Decentralized
* Incorruptible
* Fast (3 second transfers)
* Secured by at least 2x worth of underlying Asset BitShares
* Pegged to Dollar value
* Instant buy via [Blocktrades.us](https://blocktrades.us/)

## Cons:

* More complicated
* Fees are a bit more expensive

► [Click Here](http://favs.pw/get-started/) to get Started and hedge BTC <> bitUSD