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Bitcoin Has a Lot Going for It, Except the Persistent Slide in Copper-Gold Ratio

BTC's best years have been characterized by copper's outperformance relative to gold.

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Solana Looks Overbought Against Ethereum; Bitcoin-Gold Ratio Stuck in a Downtrend

The SOL/ETH pair trading on Binance looks overbought after four-month winning trend.

The RSI shows overbought conditions. (TradingView/CoinDesk)

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Gold Rally Needs to Pause for Bitcoin Price to Break All-Time High, Data Suggests

In the past seven days, over 1 million ounces have gone into gold ETFs, the biggest inflow since October 2022.

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Paul Tudor Jones: 'All Roads Lead to Inflation;' He's Long Bitcoin and Gold

The U.S. government's debt and deficit issues aren't going anywhere no matter who wins the presidency next month, said Jones.

Paul Tudor Jones, founder of Tudor Investment Corporation and The Robin Hood Foundation. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)

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Bitcoin Isn't at a Record Like Gold and S&P 500, but an Overlooked Catalyst Suggests a Coming Change

The downtrend in the yen has resumed in strong fashion, a good sign for risk assets, crypto among them.

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Gold Arrives on 'Digital Gold' as Bitcoin Gets Tokenized Version of the Metal

Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency, is often referred to as "digital gold," but now it is possible to mint and trade physical gold on the Bitcoin blockchain via the Ordinals protocol – essentially encoding ownership of the yellow metal into an NFT.

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Bitcoin Wavers at $62K Amid Major Swings in Stocks, Gold; Memecoins Falter as Profit-Taking Sets In

Traditional risk assets like stocks surged while gold and oil tumbled, but cryptos didn't get the memo.

Risks of a deeper pullback are growing for BTC (mana5280/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin Up 40% YTD But Underperforms Gold When Adjusted for Risk

Bitcoin has risen over 40% this year but the price surge doesn't compensate for the price volatility risks, according to a chart by Goldman Sachs. Bitcoin's year-to-date return to volatility ratio is under 2%, significantly lower than gold's industry-leading risk-adjusted return of around 3%. CoinDesk's Christine Lee presents the "Chart of the Day."

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Bitcoin Price Up 40% YTD, but Gold Wins on Risk-Adjusted Returns

Gold has a significantly higher volatility ratio than bitcoin in 2024, according to analysis by Goldman Sachs.

Absolute YTD returns and return to volatility ratios for key assets, including BTC and ETH  (Goldman Sachs)

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Bitcoin, Gold Could Benefit From Rising Geopolitical Tension and U.S. Election: JPMorgan

Geopolitical risk and the upcoming U.S. election are likely to reinforce the 'debasement trade,' to the benefit of both bitcoin and gold, the report said.

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