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sentDec 28, 2025, 04:49 PM
On-chain / Market Alert
Gold surges 67% in 2025 best since 1979
- Impact: medium
- Direction: mixed
- Horizon: weeks
- Confidence: medium
- Type: macro_context
- Source: https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/best-cryptocurrency-buy-100-right-now-5
Affected assets
Gold (XAUphysical gold ETFs)Gold miners (equitiesGDX/GDXJ)Safe‑haven assets (silvertreasury bonds)Cryptocurrencies (BTCETH) — indirect
Event summary
Gold price climbed 67% this year marking strongest performance since 1979 as of December 28. Rally sustains amid thin crypto trading.
Rationale
A 67% YTD surge in gold is materially bullish for gold and miners by boosting demand and investor flows, while also supporting other safe‑haven assets; at the same time, a strong gold rally often draws capital away from risk assets — including crypto — creating mixed market effects over the coming weeks.
Analysis
Gold’s 67% gain matters because it signals a broad shift into safe‑haven and hard‑asset hedging driven by central‑bank buying, geopolitical risk, currency concerns and expectations of easier policy[4][3].
Short‑term reaction: risk‑off flows likely push further demand for bullion and related ETFs while crypto liquidity remains thin, amplifying volatility in smaller markets[3][1].
Medium‑term implications: persistent central‑bank accumulation and debasement narratives can sustain allocation to metals and raise benchmarks for portfolio hedges[4][6].
Assets that tend to benefit: physical gold, gold ETFs, mining equities and some industrial metals; assets at risk: rate‑sensitive bonds, fiat‑currency‑pegged instruments and speculative crypto during low liquidity[4][7][1].
Key uncertainty: durability of central‑bank buying versus a Fed pivot or geopolitical de‑escalation that could unwind the safe‑haven premium[4][3].
Short‑term reaction: risk‑off flows likely push further demand for bullion and related ETFs while crypto liquidity remains thin, amplifying volatility in smaller markets[3][1].
Medium‑term implications: persistent central‑bank accumulation and debasement narratives can sustain allocation to metals and raise benchmarks for portfolio hedges[4][6].
Assets that tend to benefit: physical gold, gold ETFs, mining equities and some industrial metals; assets at risk: rate‑sensitive bonds, fiat‑currency‑pegged instruments and speculative crypto during low liquidity[4][7][1].
Key uncertainty: durability of central‑bank buying versus a Fed pivot or geopolitical de‑escalation that could unwind the safe‑haven premium[4][3].