2026-01-15 14:45:42

2025: The year gold stole the spotlight while crypto struggled 🟨

Gold's rally was hard to ignore. The precious metal wrapped up the year with an impressive 62.6% gain, powered by aggressive central bank buying and ongoing tariff-driven uncertainty. Just in Q4 alone, it surged 11.4%—a powerful finale to a dominant year.

Meanwhile, Bitcoin's story told a different tale. $BTC posted a 6.4% loss for the year, managing only to edge out the U.S. dollar index and crude oil among major asset classes. For a digital asset class built on disruption, underperforming traditional commodities raised some eyebrows in the crypto community.

The contrast highlights how macroeconomic headwinds—central bank policy shifts and trade tensions—shaped asset flows in ways that favored hard assets over risk exposure. Both assets play different roles in a portfolio, but 2025 was undeniably gold's championship year.

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LiquiditySurfer

· 29m ago

Oops, the wave of gold really rose high this time, and the entire crypto circle has been washed ashore. Bitcoin with negative returns—this trade is indeed awkward, might as well buy oil at the bottom, hilarious. --- Central banks are疯狂ly pouring gold, this is true liquidity depth, the buy orders in the crypto circle can't compare at all. --- After surfing for a while, traditional assets are just lying there earning money, this trade setup has indeed failed. --- The financial system is still old school; when risk assets cool down, no one wants them. That's why I always say you need some hard assets. --- Wait, there's a problem with this data, is btc really that collapsed? I need to check what on-chain behavior says. --- Gold has risen by 62, Bitcoin has lost 6—this contrast is a bit painful, I really need to reconsider my portfolio allocation. --- The key is the tariff risk; central banks around the world are stockpiling gold. In this macro environment, it's too hard for the crypto circle to turn things around. --- Optimizing capital efficiency? Forget it this year, following gold is much more promising.

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MercilessHalal

· 6h ago

A 62.6% increase, but Bitcoin still fell... Now that's awkward.

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Blockchainiac

· 6h ago

Bitcoin's recent performance is really disappointing; it's better to buy gold and relax.

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ForkPrince

· 6h ago

Gold is going crazy, while BTC is shrinking... This is outrageous

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SigmaBrain

· 6h ago

Gold prices are going crazy, and we're still losing... This is so embarrassing.

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HashBandit

· 6h ago

ngl the 62.6% gold pump while btc tanked is peak macro timing... but like, back in my mining days we'd have laughed at this volatility. honestly tho, that -6.4% hurts less when you factor in transaction throughput improvements on l2s. gas fees were brutal back then too 💀

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AllTalkLongTrader

· 6h ago

62.6%? I really can't hold it anymore, old Gold is still tough No wonder so many people are stockpiling gold. Bitcoin has really been dragging this year This is the power of macroeconomics; when the central bank moves, everything is affected

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