Gold or cryptocurrencies: The global trust race after the 2025 crises

In a world riddled with geopolitical crises and technological shifts, the question of trust resurfaces: do we put our faith in the old metal or the new code?
The year 2025 was a critical turning point. Gold surpassed $3,400 per ounce for the first time in history, driven by record buying from central banks, which acquired more than 634 tons in nine months. Meanwhile, cryptocurrencies entered a new phase of institutional recognition, with crypto exchange-traded funds exceeding $156 billion, cementing their place in the formal financial system.

Gold is still synonymous with fear and caution, while cryptocurrencies represent the ambition of adventure and innovation. Gold feeds on crises; whenever geopolitical tension rises or the dollar weakens, its price jumps. Bitcoin's rise is more related to waves of technical and regulatory optimism - such as the adoption of clear legal frameworks for digital assets in the US and Europe, and the launch of new investment funds.

Gold remains a tangible asset with low volatility, while Bitcoin can lose 20 percent of its value in two days as it did in October 2025, when a political tweet sent the market into a tailspin. Nevertheless, cryptocurrencies continue to attract those looking for high returns and to challenge the traditional financial system.

During crises, investor behavior reveals the psychology of trust:
When fear prevails, people turn to gold for safety.
When hope prevails, they rush to crypto in search of the future.
In times of war and inflation, the world turns to the hard metal; in times of monetary easing and innovation, cryptocurrencies soar.

In the end, the world does not seem to be experiencing a conflict between gold and cryptocurrencies, but rather a new balance between two types of trust:

Traditional trust embodied in physical metal that maintains order.
And an emerging digital trust that is building a new, more autonomous and daring financial system.
The question may not be: "Who will win?" but "How will we share trust between what can be touched and what can be programmed?

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