- Gold and silver hit fresh ATH prices increasing frustration over Bitcoin price action.
- This signifies faith in low-risk assets and offers a good time to sell the euphoria.
- Lark Davis highlights how Bitcoin has easily outperformed gold and silver since 2020 crash.
As the week nears closer to the end of the first month of 2026, the crypto market continues to grow anxious and frustrated, especially as metals hit fresh ATH prices. In detail, both gold and silver hit fresh ATH prices this week, increasing frustration amongst the crypto community over Bitcoin price action. Amidst the disappointment, one crypto leader and long-term trader reminds the masses of Bitcoin’s continued prowess and high potential.
Gold and Silver Hit Fresh ATH Prices
The prices of gold and silver have been on a rally for quite a few years now and analysts believe they may be heading towards their peak at the moment, while others believe a continued rally will play out over the course of the year, if not longer. Most recently, in the final days of January 2026, both the prices of gold and silver continue to set new ATH records, leading to bullish expectations over non-risk assets.
In detail, the price of gold has breached an impressive ATH record between $5,100 – $5,300 per ounce. Similarly, the price of silver went on to set a new ATH of $117.75, beating even the most bullish predictions for the asset so far at $100. Will the prices of gold and silver continue to rise at an accelerated pace, or will this flow of wealth, capital, and liquidity start to rotate towards crypto and high-risk assets?
As we can see from the post above, this reputed and respected long-term crypto analyst, Lark Davis, highlights how long and silver have both set impressive recent ATH prices, continuously beating the allegations that these non-risk assets will be topping out soon. Davis says that upon zooming out, one will see that the assets of gold and silver are up by 250% and 860% respectively since the 2020 crash.
Meanwhile, it seems like the price of the pioneer crypto asset, Bitcoin (BTC), is stuck in the higher $80,000 price range since it dropped down from the $90,000 price range earlier this week. So what brought upon this divergence? On this, Lark states that the reason behind it is that metals are simply surging due to a safe-haven demand amidst global de-dollarization, inflation, and geopolitical tensions.
Frustration Over Bitcoin Price Action Increases
Then, he states that the lingering fears from theories about quantum technology, the 4-year cycle, and no passage on the CLARITY Act, are all affecting the rise of risk-on assets like Bitcoin (BTC). So does that mean one should just top blast metals right now? Absolutely not, he answers and then goes on to remind traders that the price of BTC is up by 2,186% since the 2020 crash. Thus, he concludes that now would be a good time to sell gold and silver instead.
