Both gold and Bitcoin are pitched as monetary hedges against geopolitical risk. But when that risk materialized in 2026, gold ran +20.2% and Bitcoin dropped −26.4%.
The data reveals a market rotating hard into monetary hedges as energy risk reprices and crypto responding in ways that don't fit its long-cycle profile.
Yet the headline numbers don't reveal the derivative dynamics, ETF flows, and stress-window behavior at play—or what it would take to reverse them.
For the full picture, check our March Industry Rollup.
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