{"id":22750,"date":"2025-04-18T15:33:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T15:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=22750"},"modified":"2025-04-18T15:33:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T15:33:10","slug":"bitcoin-vs-gold-safe-haven-2025-why-btc-is-losing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=22750","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin vs Gold Safe Haven 2025 \u2013 Why BTC is Losing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"text-body font-regular leading-[24px] pt-[9px] pb-[2px]\">Gold has surged to a staggering $3,660 per ounce as investors flock to safety amidst the U.S.-China trade war. They\u2019re leaving Bitcoin <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/high-risk-high-reward-crypto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for gold<\/a>, so what gives?<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-body font-regular leading-[24px] pt-[9px] pb-[2px]\">Funds are flowing fast into <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/best-crypto-to-buy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gold ETFs<\/a>, now commanding $150 billion in assets, leaving Bitcoin ETFs far behind with their comparatively weak $93 billion. It seems that when uncertainty spikes, centuries of trust keep gold ahead of the curve.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/1f6a8.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udea8\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/1f1e8-1f1f3.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\"> BREAKING: CHINA just SOLD 15,000 BITCOIN, opting to instead buy RECORD amounts of GOLD <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9EFElMN3Fa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/9EFElMN3Fa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Legitimate Targets (@LegitTargets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LegitTargets\/status\/1912898857031385503?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">April 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"font-bold text-body leading-[24px] pt-[12px] pb-[2px] [&amp;_a]:underline-offset-[6px] [&amp;_.underline]:underline-offset-[6px]\">Bitcoin: The Struggles To Secure Safe Haven Role<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text-body font-regular leading-[24px] pt-[9px] pb-[2px]\">Bitcoin\u2019s safe haven story is unraveling. Trading at $85,000, down 20% from its $109,000 January high, BTC has struggled to replicate gold\u2019s resilience during market upheavals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-body font-regular leading-[24px] pt-[9px] pb-[2px]\">The problem has been Bitcoin\u2019s increasingly <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/crypto-presales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tight link to U.S. tech stocks<\/a>, which drags it away from the traditional flight-to-safety flows flocking to gold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-body font-regular leading-[24px] pt-[9px] pb-[2px]\">As JP Morgan wrote in a report this week: \u201cBitcoin has failed to benefit from the safe haven flows that have been supporting gold in recent months.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_227271\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-227271\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-227271\" src=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-correlation-to-gold-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-correlation-to-gold-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-correlation-to-gold-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-correlation-to-gold-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-correlation-to-gold-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-correlation-to-gold-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-correlation-to-gold-50x28.png 50w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-correlation-to-gold-308x173.png 308w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-correlation-to-gold-350x197.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-227271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(<strong><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/studio.glassnode.com\/charts\/da038c46-94e7-45e4-63e3-4ecfa5d1b7e9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener nofollow\">Glassnode<\/a><\/strong>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"text-body font-regular leading-[24px] pt-[9px] pb-[2px]\">Trump\u2019s trade war with China has turned gold into a lifeboat, while Bitcoin watches from the deck. Tariffs, inflation scares, and broken supply chains have reawakened gold\u2019s dominance, leaving Bitcoin\u2019s status as a safe haven stalled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-body font-regular leading-[24px] pt-[9px] pb-[2px]\">Yet many investors believe Bitcoin is just waiting for the right moment. History has shown that when gold rallies, Bitcoin tends to follow harder, but with time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-body font-regular leading-[24px] pt-[9px] pb-[2px]\">99Bitcoins analysts predict that Bitcoin could enter a parabolic rise later in 2025, with speculative price targets as high as $200,000.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"font-bold text-body leading-[24px] pt-[12px] pb-[2px] [&amp;_a]:underline-offset-[6px] [&amp;_.underline]:underline-offset-[6px]\">Lessons from 2025<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text-body font-regular leading-[24px] pt-[9px] pb-[2px]\">The BTC vs. gold standoff in 2025 is a litmus test for how investors deal with chaos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-body font-regular leading-[24px] pt-[9px] pb-[2px]\">For now gold remains the old standby, trusted and unflinching, while BTC is at a price many won\u2019t pay.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EXPLORE:\u00a0<a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/xrp-price-jumps-11-after-sec-crypto-unit-tease-xrp-etf-progress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">XRP Price Jumps 11% After SEC Crypto Unit Tease XRP ETF Progress<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/B7Uk6agkqj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener nofollow\">Join The 99Bitcoins News Discord Here For The Latest Market Updates<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways\">\n<h3 class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__title\">Key Takeaways<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list\">\n<li class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list-item\">\n        Gold has surged to a staggering $3,660 per ounce as investors flock to safety amidst the U.S.-China trade war. They\u2019re leaving BTC for gold, so what gives?     <\/li>\n<li class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list-item\">\n        Bitcoin\u2019s safe haven story is unraveling. Trading at $85,000, down 20% from its $109,000 January high.    <\/li>\n<li class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list-item\">\n        For now, the debate about cryptocurrency\u2019s place in America\u2019s financial future is just beginning.    <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/bitcoin-btc\/bitcoin-vs-gold-safe-haven-2025-why-btc-is-losing\/\">Bitcoin vs Gold Safe Haven 2025 \u2013 Why BTC is Losing<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/\">99Bitcoins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gold has surged to a staggering $3,660 per ounce as investors flock to safety amidst the U.S.-China trade war. They\u2019re leaving Bitcoin for gold, so what gives? Funds are flowing fast into gold ETFs, now commanding $150 billion in assets, leaving Bitcoin ETFs far behind with their comparatively weak $93 billion. It seems that when [&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-22750","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\/22750","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=22750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22750\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}