Boomer gold outperformed digital rival BTC by 70% over the past year

Gold has rallied 28% over the past year from $3,400 to $4,330, outperforming digital rival BTC by over 70 percentage points.

Over the same time period, BTC has suffered an embarrassing 44% decline from $117,000 to $65,000.

In fact, across the past three years, owning so-called “digital gold” instead of the real thing would have returned a couple fewer percentage points despite 36 months of patience.

BTC has crashed off a financial peak, not just a psychological one. It hit an all-time high near $126,200 on October 6, 2025 but has since declined 48%.

Gold achieved its own record shortly after. Spot prices surged to $5,589 per ounce on January 28, 2026, a nominal high that also sat well above the metal’s inflation-adjusted 1980 peak. 

The precious metal has since pulled back from that spike, but it never came close to giving up its year-over-year gain. BTC, in stark contrast, halved.

Boomer gold beats BTC

Evangelists have spent a decade comparing BTC to a global store of value. Its performance over the past few years has certainly stalled that pitch.

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