Oh, what a kerfuffle in the land of metals and digits! While those shiny golden nuggets, silver spoons, and splendid platinum trinkets are twirling and prancing their way to dizzying triple-digit gains, our poor friend Bitcoin is having a bit of a wobble. This week, gold shot up like a rocket, almost touching the sky at $5k-bringing its yearly gains to a dazzling 80%. Quite the show-off, isn’t it?
Meanwhile, silver has decided it’s time for a dramatic explosion-up 200%, can you believe it? And platinum? Why, it’s strutting around with a respectable 175% gain. But Bitcoin, bless its heart, is stuck at $89k, down a miserable 12%. Talk about being left out of the party!
Now, hedge fund maestro James Lavish has weighed in, declaring that the “debasement trade” is not just alive and kicking but is practically doing backflips. He thinks Bitcoin might just pick up the pace soon enough.
“The debasement trade is not just on; it is ripping people’s faces off. And so, the next question is not ‘if,’ but ‘when’ does Bitcoin resume higher?”
Will BTC catch up to gold?
In a delightful twist of fate, Jerome Powell’s reign as Fed chair is set to wrap up come May 2026. His successor will not only be a test for the Fed’s independence-oh, what fun!-but will also have the markets gasping and reacting like kids on Christmas morning. Analysts like Tom Lee from Fundstrat predict that gold will keep soaring through such uncertainty. Who wouldn’t want to ride that glittery wave?
But as for Bitcoin? Well, it seems a tad confused-its path is murky, to say the least. Some analysts are shaking their heads, questioning whether it even belongs in the “debasement trade” after trailing behind those fancy “safe havens.”
Lavish had a cheeky comment:
“Bitcoin is still only second to Silver in the debasement trade in the last 5 years.”
This leads us to ponder-what on earth is slowing down Bitcoin’s momentum and keeping it from catching up to its blingy buddies gold, silver, and platinum?
What’s slowing down BTC?
Well, it seems institutional flows for BTC have taken a nosedive while gold’s popularity has skyrocketed since late 2025. Oh dear, poor BTC!
The 30-day ETF flows reveal that gold has snagged a whopping $10 billion since December 2025. Meanwhile, Bitcoin has only managed to reverse its negative inflows from Q4 2025-still waiting for that golden moment to flip to positive!
In simpler terms, there’s a lot more excitement for gold than for our dear Bitcoin these days.
And let’s not forget about the pesky quantum risk, which seems to be another gremlin in Bitcoin’s engine. Recently, Bloomberg reported that Christopher Wood, the Head of Equity Strategy at Jefferies, decided to dump his 10% BTC allocation and hop on the gold train instead. He cited the increasing risk that those clever quantum folks could potentially break Bitcoin! Yikes!
Similar grumbles have been echoed by Charles Edwards from Capriole Investments, who pointed out that Bitcoin seems to be decoupling from the global liquidity surge-blaming quantum risk for its sluggish performance. What a tangled web we weave!
Final Thoughts
- Hedge fund manager James Lavish remains optimistic that BTC will one day join the gold parade as the “debasement trade” continues to frolic.
- Meanwhile, muted inflows and spooky quantum fears are playing the role of party pooper for BTC’s underperformance.
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2026-01-23 18:51