Gold costs have topped $5,000 amid rising geopolitical and world commerce tensions, whereas Bitcoin has fallen towards $86,000 because the divergence between the 2 belongings widened.
Gold surged to a file excessive of $5,080 on Monday following a 17% achieve up to now this 12 months, based on Gold Value, with merchants flocking to the valuable metallic amid fears of a possible US authorities shutdown and uncertainty over the Trump administration’s escalated tariff threats.
“A probable authorities shutdown simply added gas to the fireplace for valuable metals,” the Kobeissi Letter stated on Monday.
Commerce tensions have additionally elevated with one other weekend spherical of tariff threats as US President Donald Trump threatened Canada with a 100% tariff over a China commerce deal.
Gold beat Ether (ETH) to the $5,000 milestone, closing out a Polymarket wager positioned in early October on which asset would attain it first. ETH costs tanked beneath $2,800 on Sunday and are actually greater than 40% down from their August all-time excessive of $4,946.
Silver has additionally surged above $107 per ounce for the primary time in historical past and is up 48% up to now in 2026.
Bitcoin and gold correlation crumbles
Bitcoin (BTC) has misplaced 1.6% on the day, erasing all of the beneficial properties it made up to now this 12 months because it fell to a five-week low slightly below $86,000 on Coinbase late on Sunday, based on TradingView.
Bitcoin is now 30% beneath its October peak of $126,000 because the divergence between the digital asset and gold continues to develop.
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Traders extra desirous about gold than treasuries
Gold is rallying, and cryptocurrencies are down due to the growing probability that the US authorities will face a shutdown on the finish of the month, says Jeff Mei, chief operations officer on the BTSE trade.
“Moreover, markets are pricing within the probability that the Fed will keep present rate of interest ranges, provided that the economic system has been exhibiting stronger progress and employment numbers,” Mei advised Cointelegraph.
“Usually, in unsure instances, capital strikes in the direction of safe-haven belongings corresponding to US Treasuries and gold, however due to the potential authorities shutdown and Trump’s current tariff threats over Greenland, world buyers are much less inclined in the direction of Treasuries and extra in the direction of gold,” he added.
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