{"id":15639,"date":"2025-03-01T12:16:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T12:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=15639"},"modified":"2025-03-01T12:16:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T12:16:53","slug":"spot-gold-gld-gold-etf-or-gold-backed-cryptos-which-was-a-better-investment-in-february-amid-a-downturn-in-stocks-and-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=15639","title":{"rendered":"Spot Gold, GLD Gold ETF, Or Gold-Backed Cryptos: Which Was A Better Investment In February Amid A Downturn In Stocks And Bitcoin?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Risk-on markets plummeted in February thanks to global trepidation fueled by President <strong>Donald Trump&#8217;s<\/strong> tariff war. Consequently, demand for safe haven assets increased, sending gold-related investments higher.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What happened: <\/strong>Blue-chip indexes like the <strong>Nasdaq Composite <\/strong>and the <strong>S&amp;P 500<\/strong> slid 2.93% and 2.96%, respectively, while <strong>Bitcoin <\/strong>(CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>), the world&#8217;s largest cryptocurrency, tanked 22% in a month.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/news\/global\/25\/02\/44010093\/trumps-plan-for-canada-mexico-china-tariffs-to-start-march-4-could-shake-stock-market\">declaration to impose tariffs<\/a> on major U.S. trade partners, such as China, Mexico, and Canada, has dampened risk sentiment, with critics claiming that it will disrupt critical sectors like auto production and agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, demand &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/general\/market-summary\/25\/03\/44065137\/spot-gold-gld-gold-etf-or-gold-backed-cryptos-which-was-a-better-investment-in-february-am\" alt=\"Spot\" gold gld etf or gold-backed cryptos: which was a better investment in february amid downturn stocks and bitcoin>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Risk-on markets plummeted in February thanks to global trepidation fueled by President Donald Trump&#8217;s tariff war. Consequently, demand for safe haven assets increased, sending gold-related investments higher. What happened: Blue-chip indexes like the Nasdaq Composite and the S&amp;P 500 slid 2.93% and 2.96%, respectively, while Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), the world&#8217;s largest cryptocurrency, tanked 22% in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-15639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15639\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}