WHY GOLD IS WINNING OVER BITCOIN IN 2025

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Gold outperformed Bitcoin by 58% versus a 12% decline since January 2024 spot ETF launches. Analysts attribute the gap to Bitcoin being "too young" for institutional trust. Central banks and sovereign wealth funds prefer gold's established infrastructure and trade utility. Gold's centuries of trust and financial channels versus Bitcoin's absence from international settlement systems created a slower path to reserve asset status than crypto proponents expected.