According to Michaël van de Poppe (@CryptoMichNL), gold’s strong rally has pushed it into a crucial resistance area and signals a broader risk-off tone, implying mounting economic stress, source: Michaël van de Poppe (@CryptoMichNL), X, Dec 16, 2025. He expects gold to peak this month and start next year weak while Bitcoin (BTC) shows the opposite setup and could take the spotlight due to a recently observed inverse correlation between BTC and gold, source: Michaël van de Poppe (@CryptoMichNL), X, Dec 16, 2025. For trading levels, he flags a likely all-time-high liquidity sweep in gold this week amid multiple market events, and warns that a drop below $4,200 could trigger a long-side liquidation cascade given crowded longs, source: Michaël van de Poppe (@CryptoMichNL), X, Dec 16, 2025.