Precious metals are bleeding, and nobody saw that coming.
By Maxime Laurent · 2026-01-31 08:06
Precious metals are bleeding, and nobody saw that coming.
Silver, platinum, gold are all crashing hard, while crypto… surprisingly holds the line. The old “safe havens” don’t feel that safe anymore.
I woke up with that weird feeling you get when markets do something wrong. Silver down -35%, platinum -24%, gold -13%. And silver even flirted with -40% intraday. That’s not a correction, that’s panic. 2008 vibes, without the suits screaming on TV.
What hits me is the narrative shift. For decades, when fear came, money ran to metals. Reflex move. Almost instinctive. But today? Fear shows up… and metals get dumped like risk assets. Meanwhile, crypto — yes, volatile, emotional, chaotic crypto — is holding relatively steady.
I’m not saying crypto is suddenly a “safe haven”. Let’s stay calm. But something has changed in the collective mindset. Gold is no longer the unquestioned bunker. Younger capital doesn’t dream of bars in a vault. It dreams of sovereignty, mobility, optionality. And that’s where $BTC and friends quietly sit.
Maybe this cycle isn’t about crypto mooning. Maybe it’s about old certainties breaking. And that’s often where the real long-term shifts start. Ça sent le tournant. 😏
#crypto #bitcoin #markets #gold #silver #macro #risk #sentiment
Silver, platinum, gold are all crashing hard, while crypto… surprisingly holds the line. The old “safe havens” don’t feel that safe anymore.
I woke up with that weird feeling you get when markets do something wrong. Silver down -35%, platinum -24%, gold -13%. And silver even flirted with -40% intraday. That’s not a correction, that’s panic. 2008 vibes, without the suits screaming on TV.
What hits me is the narrative shift. For decades, when fear came, money ran to metals. Reflex move. Almost instinctive. But today? Fear shows up… and metals get dumped like risk assets. Meanwhile, crypto — yes, volatile, emotional, chaotic crypto — is holding relatively steady.
I’m not saying crypto is suddenly a “safe haven”. Let’s stay calm. But something has changed in the collective mindset. Gold is no longer the unquestioned bunker. Younger capital doesn’t dream of bars in a vault. It dreams of sovereignty, mobility, optionality. And that’s where $BTC and friends quietly sit.
Maybe this cycle isn’t about crypto mooning. Maybe it’s about old certainties breaking. And that’s often where the real long-term shifts start. Ça sent le tournant. 😏
#crypto #bitcoin #markets #gold #silver #macro #risk #sentiment
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