Gold vs Bitcoin: Why One Shines and the Other Just HODLs

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Markets

What to know:

  • Gold, that old miser, has failed to outpace the ever-expanding money supply since 2011 – as if stubbornness were a virtue.
  • Bitcoin, like a rebellious youth, consistently breaks records against M2 each financial spring, much to the chagrin of traditionalists.
  • Their contrasting dances perhaps tell of destinies cruelly divergent, or merely a tale of old age versus youthful impetuosity.

Gold, our venerable gentleman of 2025, stoically boasts a 38% rise year-to-date, slyly outpacing bitcoin’s rather modest 23% advance. Still, let us not forget: Bitcoin, the impetuous enfant terrible, has outshone gold-and nearly all other assets-over its fleeting existence like a dazzling comet, brilliant yet unpredictable. 🎩✨

We might take a curious glance at these two reputed shields against inflation, measured against the vast ocean of U.S. money supply, known in learned circles as M2. What solemn wisdom might this reveal? 🤔

After adjusting for M2’s relentless growth, gold- despite its recent gallant surge – languishes below its grand 2011 crest, hawking a sameness not far removed from its 1975 repose. The golden zenith against M2 harks back proudly to 1980, when perhaps men believed in more than mere speculation.

Bitcoin, by contrast, tells a wholly different yarn. Each bullish festival sees Bitcoin dancing atop new peaks against the swelling M2, and last month, it bade farewell to modesty entirely-touching both absolute all-time highs and new M2-relative summits. 🎢🚀

Thus, the tale unfolds: Gold remains the steadfast guardian, a slow-moving hedge comforting portfolios like a patient grandfather humming an old tune. Meanwhile, Bitcoin cavorts like the errant youth, embodying the peculiar magic of novel currencies as they frolic amid an age of dizzying monetary expansion-and perhaps whisper caution to the wise. Or not. 😏

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2025-09-21 22:45