According to @charliebilello, gold returned +64% in 2025, ranking as the best-performing major asset, while Bitcoin fell 6%, the worst among major assets, source: X post on Jan 1, 2026 https://twitter.com/charliebilello/status/2006738768628433299. He adds that this is the inverse of 2013 and the figures imply a 70 percentage-point GLD over BTC outperformance for 2025, source: X post above and his newsletter https://bilello.blog/newsletter.

According to @charliebilello, gold is up 69% year to date in 2025, making it the best-performing major asset, source: @charliebilello on X, Dec 23, 2025; bilello.blog/newsletter. According to @charliebilello, Bitcoin is down 5% year to date in 2025, ranking as the worst-performing major asset, source: @charliebilello on X, Dec 23, 2025; bilello.blog/newsletter. According to @charliebilello, this best-versus-worst spread between gold and Bitcoin has not occurred before in any calendar year and is the inverse of 2013, source: @charliebilello on X, Dec 23, 2025; bilello.blog/newsletter.

According to @charliebilello, gold is up about 60% year to date in 2025 and is the best-performing major asset, while Bitcoin BTC is down about 3% and is the worst performer, source: Charlie Bilello on X Dec 1, 2025 and bilello.blog/newsletter. According to @charliebilello, this gold-beats-Bitcoin polarity has not occurred in any prior calendar year and is the inverse of 2013, source: Charlie Bilello on X Dec 1, 2025. According to @charliebilello, the performance spread between gold and Bitcoin in 2025 is roughly 63 percentage points based on his figures, source: Charlie Bilello on X Dec 1, 2025.