📊 $BTC vs GOLD — The Story of 2025

Let’s analyze the year 👇

If we only look at price, Gold beat Bitcoin in 2025.

Gold: +65% (one of its best years)

Bitcoin: −7% by year close

By August, both assets were nearly tied.

Then inflation fears intensified — gold exploded as a safe haven, while Bitcoin corrected ~36% from October highs.

But here’s the part almost no one talks about 👀

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Institutional behavior tells a different story

1️⃣ Record inflows

Despite BTC underperforming in price, Bitcoin ETFs attracted MORE new capital than Gold ETFs.

Institutions were buying the dip, not chasing performance.

2️⃣ Diamond hands 💎

Bitcoin dropped 36%, yet ETF AUM fell only ~4%.

Pension funds, banks, and large allocators did not panic sell.

3️⃣ BlackRock dominance

IBIT now controls ~60% of the BTC ETF market

Holdings nearing 780,000 BTC — and still accumulating.

The real takeaway

Gold won the price battle in 2025

Bitcoin won the maturity battle

Wall Street didn’t treat BTC as a trade — they treated it as a long-term asset.

That shift is massive.

Question for 2026:

Will Bitcoin reclaim lost ground against gold?

BTCUSDT

Perp

90,125

+2.06%

$PAXG

PAXGUSDT

Perp

4,441.15

+1.88%

$XAU

XAUUSDT

Perp

4,424.56

+1.85%

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