Bitcoin Outgained By Silver-Backed Crypto In 2025, Even Forever Bitcoin Bull Max Keiser Sees An Upside For The Shiny Metal
Posted On September 12, 2025
Silver zoomed to its 14-year high on Thursday, spurring a similar rise in cryptocurrencies linked to the precious metal.
Tokenized Silver Beats Bitcoin, Ethereum
Spot silver was up 1.22% to $42.07 per ounce as of this writing, matching levels last touched in January 2011.
The gains trickled down to physical silver-backed coins, such as Kinesis Silver. The latest spike pushed its year-to-date gains to over 33%, according to CoinMarketCap, higher than Bitcoin but slightly trailing Ethereum.
Note that each Kinesis silver token is backed by one ounce of investment-grade silver bullion, securely stored in Kinesis’ fully insured, audited vaults.
| Cryptocurrency | 24-Hour Gains +/- | YTD Gains +/- | Price (Recorded at 2:00 a.m. ET) |
| Kinesis Silver (KAG) | +2.65% | +33.29% | $42.40 |
| Spot Silver | +1.22% | +42.36% | $42.07 |
| Spot Gold | +0.52% | +37.49% | $3,652.48 |
| Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) | +1.18% | +23.81% | $115,622 |
| Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) | +3.07% | +36.79% | $4,555.42 |
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