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Live price comparison and the Gold-to-Bitcoin ratio.
| Asset | Open | High | Low | Close | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bitcoin | — | — | — | — | — |
Open, high, low, and close over the selected 1 year. “Range” is the high-to-low move as a percentage — a quick read on each asset’s volatility over that period.
| Metric | Gold | Bitcoin |
|---|---|---|
| Live price | $ 4,328.50 | $ 63,473.29 |
| 24h change | +0.03% ↑ | +3.29% ↑ |
| 1-month return | -8.21% ↓ | -21.41% ↓ |
| 1-year return | +30.33% ↑ | -40.34% ↓ |
| 5-year return | +129.18% ↑ | +73.16% ↑ |
| Volatility | Low | Very high |
| Pair | XAU/USD | BTC/USD |
| Asset class | Precious Metal | Cryptocurrency |
| Key drivers | Interest rates & the US dollar · Inflation & safe-haven demand · Central-bank activity | Supply & halving · Macro & liquidity · Adoption & regulation |
| Trading hours | Market hours | 24 / 7 |
| Gold-to-Bitcoin ratio | 1 Gold = 0.0682 Bitcoin | |
Gold and Bitcoin are both scarce assets held outside the traditional banking system, which is why Bitcoin is often called “digital gold.” But their track records could hardly be more different.
Gold has been a store of value for thousands of years and moves slowly; Bitcoin is barely over a decade old, trades 24/7, and is far more volatile.
Gold’s stability spans millennia; Bitcoin’s history is short and still being written.
Bitcoin can move double-digit percentages in a day — many times more than gold typically does.
Both are scarce: gold by nature, Bitcoin by a fixed 21-million cap enforced in code.
Choose gold for a proven, low-volatility store of value, and Bitcoin for a high-risk, high-potential bet on digital scarcity. They are not mutually exclusive — some investors hold a small Bitcoin position as “digital gold” alongside physical metal.
Not really. They share a scarcity narrative but have very different risk profiles and track records, so most people treat them as complementary rather than substitutes.
Bitcoin, by a wide margin. It can move double-digit percentages in a single day, while gold rarely moves more than a couple of percent.
Compare the 1-month, 1-year and 5-year returns in the table above — the leader varies by period, and the normalized chart shows how the two have moved relative to each other.
It depends on your goals and risk tolerance: Gold and Bitcoin have different volatility profiles and price drivers, summarised above. This is educational information, not financial advice.
One Gold currently equals 0.0682 Bitcoin — a quick gauge of relative value between the two.