Institutional money has been pouring into Bitcoin at a scale that would have seemed far-fetched just a few years ago. Since the launch of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds, roughly $56 billion has flowed in from asset managers around the world — a shift that Bitmine CEO Tom Lee says is changing how serious investors think about…
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Binance Users Register Record Gold Futures Trading Activity – What This Means
The Binance exchange has registered a surge in derivatives activity triggered by an ongoing pullback in gold’s price. The highly priced commodity and world’s largest asset has experienced a steady price decline since around February amid exacerbating geopolitical tensions and concerns about global inflation levels. Binance Users Show Heavy Interest In Gold Market In an…
Bitcoin Holds As Gold Posts Worst Week Since 1983 Amid Iran War
Bitcoin quietly gained ground while gold crumbled. That contrast has become one of the more telling stories to emerge from weeks of escalating conflict in the Middle East, as the two assets — long compared as competing stores of value — have moved in sharply opposite directions since the US and Israel launched strikes on…
Bitcoin Gains Ground On Gold Even As Both Assets Slide
For six straight weeks, Bitcoin was losing the battle against gold. That streak has now reversed — and it has held for two weeks running, with Bitcoin up more than 4% against the precious metal this week alone. A Parallel Decline Reshapes The Debate The timing of that rebound is striking, given that both assets…
Bitcoin Has Entered A Rare Zone Against Gold, Fidelity Says
Bitcoin’s five-year compound annual growth rate has slipped below gold’s for the second time in its history, according to Fidelity Digital Assets, marking an unusual moment for an asset long defined by its outsized long-term returns. For markets, the signal is not just about relative performance against gold, but about what a slower growth profile…
Crypto Funds Bleed $1.80 Billion As Metals Rally Heats Up
Investors stepped back this week as a mix of shifting bets and quick profit-taking pushed money out of spot crypto ETFs. Markets moved fast, and some of the biggest swings were driven by short-term reactions rather than a change in long-term views. Spot Crypto ETF Flows Based on reports from Farside, US-based spot Bitcoin ETFs…
Bitcoin’s Slide To $82K Sets Off A $1.7 Billion Chain Reaction
Bitcoin slid sharply this week, hitting just above $82,000 in early US trading and triggering a wide purge of crowded positions. Based on data from Coinglass, roughly 270,000 accounts were wiped out across exchanges in the past day, and close to $1.70 billion in total liquidations was recorded. Many of the losses came from traders…
Tether Reveals Massive Gold Accumulation In Q4: Adds 27 Tons To Reserves
Tether, the company behind the world’s largest stablecoin USDT, has disclosed a substantial expansion of its gold holdings, underscoring a growing shift toward hard‑asset backing amid uncertainty across crypto and traditional financial markets. Tether Expands Gold‑Backed Stablecoin Reserves Gold crossed the $5,000 per ounce threshold for the first time on Monday, a milestone that market…
Why Is Bitcoin Lagging Gold And Silver? Anthony Pompliano Explains
Gold and silver have gone on a record-setting tear in recent months, ripping through fresh all-time highs, while Bitcoin has been stuck grinding sideways in a tight $84,000–$94,000 box since mid-November. In a January 27 video posted to X, Anthony Pompliano argued the gap is less about a single catalyst and more about shifting demand…
Gold Becomes The Whale Safe Haven As Bitcoin Takes A Back Seat
A large investor shifted funds into tokenized gold this week, and Bitcoin felt the impact. Prices dipped while a whale quietly bought millions in XAUT, a gold-backed token, signaling a short-term move toward traditional hedges. Whales Move Into Tokenized Gold According to on-chain trackers, one address moved $1.53 million in USDC into Hyperliquid to buy…