{"id":48257,"date":"2025-10-16T09:29:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T14:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/?p=48257"},"modified":"2025-10-16T09:29:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T14:29:49","slug":"bitcoin-price-struggles-below-110000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/markets\/bitcoin-price-struggles-below-110000","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Price Struggles Below $110,000 as Gold Soars to New Heights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<p>Bitcoin price finds itself in a precarious balance, hovering at $110,000 over the last couple of days after a recent surge to all-time highs and then a drastic pullback.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the flip side, gold is in a relentless run to new all-time high as more investors run for safe-haven assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bitcoin price dropped to $108,000 over the weekend but rebounded to the $116,000 range early this week. Over the last couple of days, the bitcoin price has been between $110,000 and $112,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bitcoin\u2019s current positioning reflects signs of consolidation and of being undervalued, according to <em>Bitcoin Magazine Pro <\/em>data. Bitcoin price rebounded from an oversold level on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BitcoinMagPro\/status\/1978796853484270073\">the Advanced NVT Signal<\/a> for the first time since $75K, indicating it\u2019s currently undervalued based on network activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it appears like the broader crypto market is navigating risk-off sentiment as <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/news\/bitcoin-price-crashes-to-108000-as-trump-to-impose-100-tariffs-on-china\">trade tensions<\/a> between the U.S. and China weigh on investor appetite for speculative assets.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/daybook-us\/2025\/10\/16\/bitcoin-traders-eye-113k-115k-while-alts-get-decimated-again-crypto-daybook-americas?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bitcoin price falls, gold soars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In stark contrast to bitcoin, gold continues to outperform virtually every major asset class this year. The metal has smashed successive records, recently crossing the $4,250 per ounce mark.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/india\/gold-hits-record-high-us-rate-cut-bets-silver-follows-suit-2025-10-14\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this week gold surged to a peak around $4,179.48 per ounce before some profit-taking emerged. Now it is around $4,250.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Year-to-date, gold\u2019s run has exceeded 50%, buoyed by safe-haven demand, dollar weakness, and rate cut expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gold\u2019s near 60% rally in 2025 has outshone Bitcoin\u2019s modest 20% gains, prompting strategist Ed Yardeni <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/markets\/gold-beats-bitcoin-as-new-safe-haven\">to call gold<\/a> the \u201cnew bitcoin.\u201d He argued that while Bitcoin once held the \u201cdigital gold\u201d narrative, gold has proven the more reliable safe haven amid rising geopolitical tensions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yardeni expects gold to top $5,000 in 2026\u2014and possibly $10,000 by decade\u2019s end\u2014as investors flee risk for tangible safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HSBC has responded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/hsbc-raises-average-gold-price-forecasts-2025-2026-2025-10-16\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">by upgrading<\/a> its gold forecasts: projecting an average price of $3,355 for 2025 and $3,950 for 2026, citing strong central bank and institutional demand alongside macro instability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some analyses now consider gold\u2019s rally to be less of a cyclical bounce and more of a structural shift, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/10\/16\/gold-continues-record-run-on-safe-haven-rush-us-rate-cut-bets.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">elevating<\/a> its status beyond \u201cjust a safe haven\u201d to an \u201casset for all occasions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right now, Bitcoin and gold are telling very different stories. Bitcoin is struggling to break through resistance and get back into a bullish groove, while gold keeps climbing, seen by many investors as a safe bet in uncertain times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin price fell below $110,000 this morning as gold skyrockets to new all-time highs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3817,"featured_media":48258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[76,132,559,1920],"class_list":{"0":"post-48257","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-markets","8":"tag-bitcoin","9":"tag-bitcoin-price","10":"tag-gold","11":"tag-safe-haven"},"author_data":{"id":3817,"name":"Micah Zimmerman","nicename":"micahzimmerman","avatar_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Micah_Zimmerman_Author_Image.jpg"},"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Bitcoin-Price-Struggles-Below-110000-as-Gold-Soars-to-New-Heights.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}