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Bitcoins Crypto prices again muted as gold surges to new record, U.S. stocks advance<\/h2>\n

Bitcoins Bitcoin for the moment was unable to hold the $90,000 level reached prior to the U.S. market open.<\/h2>\n

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Crypto bulls are again watching from the sidelines as the debasement trade continues and risk assets generally move broadly higher during the U.S. trading session.<\/p>\n

The standout performer on Monday is gold, which has surged 2% to a new record high of $4,475 per ounce. Silver is higher by 1.6% and earlier hit its own fresh record at just below $70 per ounce.<\/p>\n

Just after the noon hour on the east coast, the Nasdaq and S&P 500 are each ahead by 0.6% and the U.S. dollar index is lower by 0.3%.<\/p>\n

After racing above $90,000 during the Asian\/European trading sessions, bitcoin BTC<\/span><\/svg><\/span>$87,617.03<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span> has pulled back closer to $89,000, still ahead over the past 24 hours, but continuing to underperform most major asset classes.<\/p>\n

Ether ETH<\/span><\/svg><\/span>$2,978.37<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>, solana SOL<\/span><\/svg><\/span>$124.42<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span> and XRP<\/span><\/svg><\/span>$1.8449<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span> also in the green on Monday, but they too have pulled back from highs hit prior to the U.S. opening for trade.<\/p>\n

AI trade remains strong<\/h4>\n

A check of crypto-related stocks shows those bitcoin miners that have pivoted to business models to a focus on AI infrastructure and high-performance computing strongly outperforming on Monday.<\/p>\n

Helping the mood in that sector was a deal for <\/a>Alphabet (GOOG) to acquire AI infrastructure start-up Intersect for $4.75 billion. “The acquisition,” said Alphabet, “will enable more data center and generation capacity to come online, faster, while accelerating energy development and innovation.”<\/p>\n

Hut 8 (HUT) is leading gainers with an advance of 17.5%. IREN (IREN), Cipher Mining (CIFR) and Bitfarms (BITF) are posting gains of 5%-10%.<\/p>\n

In other crypto sectors, Circle (CRCL), Coinbase (COIN), Bullish (BLSH) and Galaxy Digital (GLXY) are ahead 2%-4%, and bitcoin treasury bellwether Strategy (MSTR) is up just 0.3%.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin may not rally until gold cools<\/h4>\n

“I reiterate the point that bitcoin and crypto are unlikely to shine until this bull market in precious metals comes to a pause,” ByteTree analysts, led by Charlie Morris and Shehriyar Ali, said in a Monday report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They pointed out that despite the current trends bitcoin have outperformed the metals sector over the past few years.<\/p>\n

However, silver with its ongoing parabolic rally has now nearly matched BTC’s return over the past eight years.<\/p>\n

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Bitcoin vs. silver performance since December 2017 (ByteTree\/Bloomberg) <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

Read more: Why Gold Is Winning Over Bitcoin in 2025: Liquidity, Trade, and Trust<\/a>
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