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Gold nearly adds Bitcoin’s entire market cap in a single day
Jan 29, 2026, 10:27 GMT+52 min read
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Bitcoin traded down on Wednesday as gold rallied 4.4% over 24 hours, adding a massive $1.5 trillion to its market cap in a single day.
Gold breached $5,500 per troy ounce, bringing it to a new all-time high, while its total market cap rose to about $34 trillion, with the single-day increase nearly matching Bitcoin’s (BTC) $1.75 trillion market cap, Infinite Market Cap data shows.
Silver is on a tear too, having rallied 21.5% over the last week t