Gold (XAU) vs Bitcoin (BTC): Face Off (2025) - Milk Road

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Last year, Kyle (our Head Of Research) had a discussion with his girlfriend’s father. 👇

The dinner in question has already happened, but I figured I’d prepare some talking points/rebuttals (across multiple time frames) in preparation for any future arguments with your gf’s dad…or Peter Schiff.

Starting in the current moment:

Fair play, gold has had a great week compared to Bitcoin. 🤝

It’s up 4.86% compared to $BTC’s -0.7%. 

But remember what we covered in the first article: we’re playing the long game baaaby! 

So let’s zoom out…

Over 1 year, Gold is up ~36% while $BTC is up ~17% 

(Don’t worry Kyle, we’re lulling your gf’s dad into a false sense of security with this one. 👇)

Over 5 years: Gold is up ~91%, while $BTC is up – wait for it – ~1,090%!

Oooft! Sorry Kyle’s gf’s dad!

(Kyle, I recommend you stop here. Going any further could do serious damage to your relationship.)

That said…if you really want to dig the knife in – hit him with this bad boy!

Over 15 years: Gold is up ~185%, while $BTC is up 2,743,020,566.67%.

Yuh. 2.74 billion percent. Not a typo. 👇

We’ll say it again:

Zoom out → chill out → stack fundamentally strong assets → win.


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