2025-12-30 07:27:00

Recently, gold and silver prices have been hitting new highs one after another, and safe-haven funds are flocking in. But this good news is actually bad news for Bitcoin—the once-prominent "digital gold" narrative is being weakened.

As conflicts escalate and inflation expectations rise, a large amount of capital is flowing into traditional safe-haven assets. Although Bitcoin's volatility is relatively moderate, its short-term performance has lagged. This exposes a problem: when the macro environment dominates, cryptocurrencies tend to become risk assets that are sold off.

Although Bitcoin holders are continuously accumulating, signs of short-term capital outflows are quite evident. Industry insiders generally believe that to regain market narrative dominance, Bitcoin must break new highs in 2026.

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EthSandwichHero

· 4h ago

Here we go again, gold hits a new high while Bitcoin drops the ball. This move is really awesome. Short-term dumping is so annoying. Let’s wait and see; I don’t plan to sell what I’ve accumulated anyway. The narrative of digital gold has collapsed; now it’s all about who can tell the best story. Breaking through a new high in 2026? Just drawing big pies here, but it’s not impossible either. Traditional safe-haven assets are being drained, and crypto has become the target of the scythe—an old story. What are those who keep accumulating thinking? Still daring to add positions at this time?

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GasFeeTherapist

· 4h ago

Is the digital gold narrative collapsing? Haha, that's hilarious. The true safe-haven asset still has to be gold. --- So now it's a situation where traditional assets are being bottom-fished while the crypto circle watches the show. It's very real. --- Only a breakthrough to a new high in 2026 can turn things around. So what should we do now? Play with fiat currency? --- Continuous accumulation is fine, but short-term exits are also quite obvious. Who still believes in the "digital gold" rhetoric? --- Whenever there's macro turbulence, BTC becomes a risk asset. Even Bitcoin is quite pitiful, haha.

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mev_me_maybe

· 4h ago

Here we go again, traditional safe-haven assets win another round, and our "digital gold" has been proven wrong again. Wait, does an all-time high in gold mean Bitcoin should follow suit? That logic doesn't hold up, brother. Must break new highs by 2026? Haha, you're starting to hype again, but it's true that we should reflect on this narrative. Short-term capital outflows are a bit uncomfortable, but accumulators are still quietly buying. The silent majority will never miss a bull market. Is it true? As soon as macro conditions change, it turns into a risk asset? Have we been wasting our efforts these past few years? If gold were really that attractive, Bitcoin would have died long ago. Don't be too pessimistic, okay?

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OnChainDetective

· 4h ago

nah this is exactly the transaction pattern i've been tracking... whale wallets dumping into gold etfs while accumulating btc on the low. statistical anomaly if you ask me - everyone's looking at the price action but nobody's checking the actual on-chain flows. 2026 breakout? lol based on historical data that's just cope talk tbh

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