Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsBitcoin (BTC) faces an uphill struggle as a safe haven in 2025 as gold fund inflows circle $80 billion.
\nData from Bank of America (BoA) uploaded to X by trading resource The Kobeissi Letter on April 15 confirms gold\u2019s \u201cbest streak\u201d since 2013.
\nGold beats records as Bitcoin ETFs slump
\nAs the US trade war sees investors flee to gold, Bitcoin has lost the limelight as a hedge against macroeconomic volatility.
\nBoA figures show inflows to gold funds beating records, with data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView capturing new all-time highs for XAU\/USD near $3,300 per ounce on April 16.
\n\u201cGold fund net inflows have hit a record $80 BILLION year-to-date. This is 2 TIMES more than the previous high set in the full year 2020,\u201d Kobeissi noted.\u00a0
\n\u201cInvestors are pouring money into gold at a record pace as the market uncertainty has skyrocketed. As a result, gold prices have rallied 22% year-to-date and have outperformed every other major asset class.\u201d
\nGold fund flows chart. Source: The Kobeissi Letter\/XBTC price action, by contrast, paints a very different picture. Despite the appearance of the US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and growing global integration, BTC\/USD reached five-month lows earlier in April.
\nData from onchain analytics platform Glassnode calculates that the ETFs\u2019 combined assets under management fell from $106 billion at the start of the year to $92 billion this week.
\n\u201cGold prices have also hit 52 all-time highs over the last year, posting the best streak in 12 years,\u201d Kobeissi concluded.\u00a0
\n\u201cGold is the global safe haven.\u201d
\nUS spot Bitcoin ETF balances. Source: GlassnodeGold \u201cterminal top\u201d meets Bitcoin bulls
\nDespite its repeated new records, market commentators already see gold\u2019s unprecedented upside coming to an end.
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\nAddressing the topic on X this week, veteran trader Peter Brandt called a \u201cblow-off top\u201d on XAU\/USD.
\n\u201cGold has now entered its blow-off stage,\u201d he summarized.\u00a0
\n\u201cSuch rapid advancement will come to a terminal top, but attempting to pick a high can be very expensive. Blow off tops can extend well beyond a bear’s ability to meet margin calls.\u201d
\nXAU\/USD 1-day chart. Source: Peter Brandt\/XA gold comedown may well leave room for Bitcoin to catch up, per a popular theory that says that BTC\/USD copies gold trends with a delay of several months.<\/p>\n
Great chart from my Partner, David Foley.Shows how Gold moves first, Bitcoin follows harder. Scale different for each.@DAAF17 pic.twitter.com\/jHMe6apewj\u2014 Lawrence Lepard (@LawrenceLepard) April 13, 2025<\/p>\n
\u201cNobody really knows why that happens,\u201d Professional Capital Management founder and CEO Anthony Pompliano told CNBC on April 15. Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsBitcoin (BTC) faces an uphill struggle as a safe haven in 2025 as gold fund inflows circle $80 billion. Data from Bank of America (BoA) uploaded to X… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127279"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=127279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127279\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=127279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=127279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPompliano suggested that traditional financial entities were either unauthorized or simply \u201cnot used\u201d to the idea of Bitcoin as protection against macro uncertainty.
\n\u201cWhat we do see though is that when gold runs, about 100 days later or so, Bitcoin not only catches up; it usually runs much harder, and so you get that higher volatility,\u201d he said.
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