Bitcoin Down 6% As Gold Shines With 70% Rally To $4,500: How 2025 Surprised Everyone
Posted On December 24, 2025
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 Capital
Bitcoin 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 a legitimate diversifier, with digital asset treasuries holding over 1 million BTC collectively.
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