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Purpose– This study aims to identify the ability of gold and cryptocurrency (Cryptocurrency Uncertainty Index(UCRY)Price)assafehavenassets(SHA)forstocksandbondsinbothconventional(i.e.stockindicesand government bonds) and Islamic markets (i.e. Islamic stock indices and Islamic bonds (IB)). Design/methodology/approach– The authors employed the nonadditive panel quantile regression model by Powell (2016). It measured the safe haven characteristics of gold and UCRY Price for stock indices, government bonds, Islamic stocks, and IB under gold circumstances and level of cryptocurrency uncertainty, respectively. The period spanned from 11 March 2020 to 31 December 2021. Findings– This study discovered three findings, including: (1) gold is a strong safe haven for stocks and bondsin conventional and Islamic markets under bearish conditions; (2) UCRY Price is a strong safe haven for conventional stocks and bonds but only a weak safe haven for Islamic stocks under high crypto uncertainty; and(3) gold offers a safe haven in both emerging and developedcountries, while UCRY Price providesa better safe haven in developed than in emerging countries. Practical implications– Gold always wins big for safe haven properties during unstable economy. It can also win over investors who consider shariah compliant products. Therefore, it should be included in an investor’s portfolio. Meanwhile, cryptocurrencies are more common for developed countries. Thus, the governments and regulators of emerging countries need to provide more guidance around cryptocurrency so that thesocietieshavebetterliteracy.Ontopofthat,theinvestorscanconsidercryptotomitigaterisksbutwith limited safe haven functions. Originality/value– The originality aspects of this study include: (1) four chosen assets from conventional andIslamicmarketsaltogether(i.e. stockindices, governmentbonds,IslamicstockindicesandIB);(2) indicator countriesselectedbasedonthemostusedandownedcryptocurrenciesfortheSHAstudy;and(3)theutilization of UCRYPrice as a crypto indicator and a further examination of the SHA study toward four financial assets.
