Bitcoin Down 6% As Gold Shines With 70% Rally To $4,500: How 2025 Surprised Everyone
Benzinga·2025-12-24 13:17
As Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) sits around $87,000, down 6.4% in 2025, gold — tracked by the iShares Gold Trust (NYSE:GLD) — has returned over 70% and hit an all-time high above $4,500 this year.Bitcoin Built Infrastructure, Gold Got The CapitalBitcoin achieved milestones that seemed impossible five years ago. Spot ETFs pulled in over $132 billion from BlackRock Inc. (NYSE:BLK) , Grayscale, and Fidelity Investments. Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) accumulated over 200,000 BTC. Corporate treasuries treated Bitcoin as ...