Gold just blasted past $4,500 for the first time ever—up an incredible 71% in 2025, adding nearly $13 trillion to its market cap in a single year. That’s insane.
Silver is ripping as well, touching $72, up 148% this year, and now ranking as the third-largest asset globally.
The S&P 500 isn’t lagging either—it just printed its highest daily close ever and is up 43% from the April 2025 crash lows.
Then there’s bitcoin… and it tells a very different story. Down 30% from its October $ATH
ATH
Alpha
0.0095575
-0.52%
, 13% lower on the year, and on track for its worst Q4 in seven years.
While everything else is smashing records and going parabolic, BTC is struggling just to hold support. There’s no clear fundamental reason for this—honestly, it feels like heavy-handed market manipulation by large players. $BTC
BTC
87,820.01
+0.16%