Gold Has Its Best Day Ever While Bitcoin Stalls
JANUARY 29, 2026 – Gold, the classic precious metal, just had a record-breaking day. In 24 hours, its total value shot up by an incredible $1.5 trillion.
To understand how big that is, imagine adding almost the entire value of all the Bitcoin in the world to gold’s price in a single day. That’s what happened.
What’s Going On With Gold?
The price of gold broke through $5,500 per ounce, a new all-time high. This is part of a huge run-up over the last year and a half. In 2025 alone, gold’s price went up by 64%, which was its best year since 1979.
Financial experts say this rush to buy gold is a “debasement trade.” This is a fancy term meaning that many big investors are worried about the future value of regular money (like dollars or euros), so they are moving their wealth into solid, physical things like gold to keep it safe.
How Does This Compare to Bitcoin?
Right now, the moods around these two investments could not be more different.
- Gold sentiment is in “extreme greed,” meaning everyone wants to buy it.
- Bitcoin sentiment is in “fear,” meaning people are nervous and selling.
Bitcoin’s market has been quiet and struggling since a big crash in October 2025. Over the last five years, gold’s price increase of 185% has actually been stronger than Bitcoin’s increase of 164%.
However, a survey of big-money investors shows that 71% of them still think Bitcoin is priced too low and is a good buy for the long term.
Silver Is Also Shining
It’s not just gold. Silver, another precious metal, has also been rising fast. Its value went up over 21% in the past week. The total value of all the silver in the world is now about $6.6 trillion, which is more than the value of huge tech companies like Nvidia.
A Different Side of the Story: Crime and Crypto in Kenya
In a separate report about crime in Africa, Kenya was ranked as having the most organized crime in East Africa (and 4th on the whole continent).
The report warned that as digital money like cryptocurrency becomes more popular, crime groups are using it more to hide their illegal money. Kenyan police say that profits from crimes are now often “laundered and concealed within cryptocurrency.”
Because of this, Kenya has started a special police unit to fight digital currency crime and has made new, stricter laws to try to stop it.
In short: Investors around the world are pouring money into classic, safe assets like gold and silver, while the newer digital currency market waits for its next move. At the same time, countries are working hard to stop criminals from using these new digital tools.
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