🚨 GOLD REACHES 5,022 USD - BITCOIN STILL NOT BREAKING OUT: WHAT IS THE REAL SAFE HAVEN?

📊 Gold dominates the market

The spot gold price is currently at 5,022.78 USD/ounce. Gold has increased nearly 2/3 in the past year and recently peaked above 5,000 USD.

95% of central banks are expected to increase gold reserves in the next 12 months. Approximately 755 tons of gold are expected to be purchased by central banks in 2026 - much higher than the 400-500 tons before 2022.

💔 Where is Bitcoin?

As of today, February 9, 2026, Bitcoin is trading above 70,000 USD, after a drop below 61,000 USD last Thursday night, hitting a low of 60,062 USD. $BTC has lost more than 40% from the historical peak in October and has returned to levels before Trump was elected.

⚔️ Direct confrontation

Bitcoin ETFs in the US are currently net sellers in 2026, while the same period last year bought 46,000 BTC. Bitcoin has no consistent inverse correlation with inflation and behaves more like technology stocks than gold.

🔮 Will Bitcoin catch up?

The hypothesis suggests that Bitcoin lags behind gold by about 3 months - if true, the gold price surge at the end of 2025 could lead to a strong increase in Bitcoin at the beginning of 2026. However, 2026 has broken this correlation, showing two completely different defensive profiles.

💡 Conclusion: Gold is currently the king of safe havens in the short term. Bitcoin still has to prove its role as "digital gold" - but with 755 tons of gold being purchased by central banks.

The question is: Will money "flow" into BTC when sentiment stabilizes?

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