Three reasons gold outshines Bitcoin price as threat of US government shutdown looms
Yahoo Finance·2026-01-28 17:37
Political chaos is driving investors to bet on gold as a safe haven asset, while Bitcoin fails to spark confidence, analysts say. Worries about a US federal government shutdown and fiscal volatility have “weighed on Bitcoin,” Gabe Selby, head of research at CF Benchmarks, told DL News. “Near-term bullish catalysts for Bitcoin remain intact but are increasingly political rather than monetary,” he said. Selby’s analysis comes as the top cryptocurrency is significantly trailing behind other asset classes ...