Gold Hits New ATH and Crypto Analysts Expect This Liquidity to Flow Into Bitcoin Once Gold Price Tops

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  • Gold and silver hit new ATH records.

  • Crypto analysts expect this liquidity to flow into Bitcoin once gold price tops.

  • Bearish and bullish debate the many possibilities for 2026.

The low-risk asset markets rejoice as the prices of gold and silver go on to hit new ATH prices. In detail, gold has just set an extraordinary new ATH price, taking the value of one gram of 24-karat gold to an exceptionally high price between $140 – $153. As gold hits a new ATH, crypto analysts expect this liquidity to flow into Bitcoin once the prices of gold and silver hit their top prices.

Crypto Analysts Expect This Liquidity to Flow Into Bitcoin

With gold and silver hitting higher ATH prices, there is no doubt that the low-risk asset market is doing very well, but it seems high-risk assets are facing a fall in prices. At the moment, as both gold and silver hit new ATH records, the price of the pioneer crypto asset, Bitcoin (BTC), has fallen below $90,000, while the price of the pioneer altcoin asset, Ethereum (ETH), has fallen below $3,000.

Gold and Silver Set New ATH Records

With both leading crypto assets falling and having supposedly lost major support lines, crypto traders are wondering if it is too late to make gains while holding crypto assets. After all, several bearish analysts believe the price of BTC will fall to $70,000 by the second half of 2026. This sudden dip in BTC price has led to retail panic-selling their BTC holdings while BTC whales accumulate a massive amount of BTC at discounted prices.

🔥If you think you missed the boat on Crypto, look at the data. 📊

Internet users in 2000: ~360 Million (6% of the world) Crypto users in 2025: ~580 Million (7% of the world)

We are mathematically at the Year 2000 of the Internet.

This is the “Post-Bubble” phase. The 2022…

— PaulBarron (@paulbarron) January 20, 2026

As we can see from the post above, this expert talks about how if one believes they have missed the boat on crypto, the data says otherwise. He mentions how Internet users in 2000 were at 360 million (6% of the world) while crypto users in 2025 are at 580 million (7% of the world). Thus, he concludes that mathematically crypto interest is expected to shoot at an unbelievable pace.

One response to the post states that this is an interesting point of view and that many still expect this bull run to be a significant one, be it the last massive bull run of the biggest bull run, it will certainly be one to remember. He encourages other traders to hold and trade wisely so as not to fall victim and become exit liquidity.

BREAKING: Gold just hit a new all-time high of $4,875 for the first time in history.

In the last 2 years, gold has added $19 trillion to its market cap, that’s 10x of Bitcoin’s total mcap.

I’m not sure when, but once gold tops, this money will flow into Bitcoin and start a… pic.twitter.com/W94E2LK6Zh

— Ash Crypto (@AshCrypto) January 21, 2026

Likewise, adding to the bullish expectations is the analyst in the post above, who remarks on gold hitting a new ATH of $4,875 for the first time in history. In the last 2 years, gold has added $19 trillion to its market cap, which is 10 times that of Bitcoin’s total market cap. The analyst concludes by saying that eventually, once gold tops, this money will flow into Bitcoin and start a parabolic rally, unlike one history has yet to see.

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