In the 11 months of 2025, gold prices rose for eight months in the range of 2% to 11%. In May, June, and July, price changes did not exceed 1%. The historical maximum was reached in October at a level above $4,38 thousand per ounce. According to Tradingview on December 17, the price decreased by less than 2% from the record level.
In comparison, Bitcoin, like gold, reached a maximum in October at $126,2 thousand, but by the current moment, its quotes have fallen from the peak by more than 30%. Since the beginning of the year, Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) have lost 8% and 12% respectively, trading at around $87 thousand and $2,9 thousand. The capitalization of the cryptocurrency market as a whole has dropped by approximately 9%, to $2,97 trillion over the same period.
Coins that have outperformed gold in terms of returns since the beginning of the year belong to the privacy sector — Zcash (ZEC) and Monero (XMR) with growth of 600% and 125% respectively. The closest performing coins following the 'gold tokens' include the token affiliated with the largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance — BNB (BNB) and the most popular hard fork (modified version of the codebase) of Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash (BCH). Their growth rates since the beginning of the year have been about 25%.