The week of November 9 to November 16, 2025, was a period of extreme contrast, characterized by a severe market downturn and retail panic on one side, and highly confident, strategic institutional adoption on the other.
For decades, gold has been considered a safe haven when it comes to inflationary periods and protecting your savings at a fairly low risk. The price of the precious metal has increased by about 600% over the course of the last ~20 years, surpassing the returns of indexes such as the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial and many others.
The popularity of cryptocurrency cards is growing rapidly. As reported by Visa, the total transaction volume in the first quarter accounts for 70% of the total volume of 2021. A further increase is expected.
Bitcoin appears to be stuck in a downtrend at the end of Q3 2021. However, retail investors are very interested in the flagship cryptocurrency, so the year could still end bullish.