Bitcoin drops below $120,000 as gold rally fades
Bitcoin’s attempt to reclaim its record high was short-lived: after trading slightly below $124,000 before the U.S. stock market opened, the cryptocurrency fell below $121,000 just an hour and a half into trading.
At the same time, a pullback hit the gold market, though silver held up better.
On Thursday, for the first time in history, the price of silver surged 50% from its April lows to reach $50 per ounce. Hitting that level triggered rapid profit-taking, sending prices down about 4% to $48.55 within minutes.
“In the short term, the trend looks unstable as technical indicators show increasing market overbought conditions.
In the medium term, the desire to hold above $50 should persist — as long as macroeconomic conditions and real yields remain favorable,” wrote Daniela Sabin Hathorn, senior market analyst at Capital.com.
Meanwhile, gold fell 1%, from $4,100 per ounce to $4,035.
Smaller cryptocurrencies saw even deeper declines:
Ether dropped 3.5% to $4,300, while BNB and DOGE lost 3–4% of their value.
Amid the turbulence, Bitcoin’s market dominance climbed to its highest level in nearly eight weeks, indicating that traders are rotating capital back into the leading cryptocurrency.
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