{"id":93918,"date":"2026-02-04T15:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=93918"},"modified":"2026-02-04T15:05:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T12:05:16","slug":"gold-surpasses-bitcoin-in-volatility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/gold-surpasses-bitcoin-in-volatility\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold Surpasses Bitcoin in Volatility"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 30-day volatility of gold has surged above 44%\u2014the highest level since the financial crisis of 2008. This figure has surpassed that of Bitcoin, which stands at 39%, according to Bloomberg<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Such an inversion is rare in the market. Traditionally, the precious metal is considered a more stable asset compared to cryptocurrencies.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the 17 years of digital assets’ existence, gold has only been more volatile than Bitcoin twice. The last occurrence was in May amid escalating trade wars<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The increase in volatility followed a sharp drop in prices. On February 2, the price of the precious metal fell by 10%, momentarily reaching $4,400 per ounce. A week earlier, the asset’s value was at a peak of around $5,600.<\/p>\n

The rally at the beginning of the year was fueled by geopolitical risks and concerns about the independence of the Fed<\/span>. However, the leading cryptocurrency did not benefit from these factors.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin’s price fell to a 10-month low, losing more than 40% from its October peak. Meanwhile, gold maintained its lead in returns: over the past 12 months, it has risen by 75%, whereas the digital asset has lost 18%.<\/p>\n

Back in January, the precious metal outperformed<\/a> the flagship of the crypto market in five-year returns.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 30-day volatility of gold has surged above 44%\u2014the highest level since the financial crisis of 2008. This figure has surpassed that of Bitcoin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Gold's 30-day volatility surpasses Bitcoin, reaching highest level since 2008.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,536,984],"class_list":["post-93918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-gold","tag-volatility"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"157","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Gold's 30-day volatility surpasses Bitcoin, reaching highest level since 2008.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93920,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93918\/revisions\/93920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}