-Analysis- LIMA — Both gold and the cryptocurrency bitcoin have been reaching record prices of late, with gold rising to over $2,330 per ounce (on April 8, compared with around $2,100 in early March) and bitcoin at almost $67,000 (compared with around $25,000 in early October). Within days of the next bitcoin halving — an automatic event every four years when the reward for mining bitcoins is halved to keep a check on supplies — investors may wonder whether it is safer to plough their money in traditional gold, or the futuristic bitcoin. For the latest news & views from every corner of the wor…