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Summary: ⚈ Gold rose 28.65% in 2025, turning $1,000 into $1,286.50 ⚈ It outperformed stocks and crypto amid market-wide uncertainty and instability ⚈ Volatile price swings make gold resemble crypto in recent trading behavior Thanks to the commodity’s rise in 2025, there would have been few more lucrative trades than investing $1,000 in gold at the very start of the year. In just over four months, the precious metal has rallied 28.65% from the New Year price of $2,658 to its May 6 press time price of $3,376.  Gold YTD price chart. Source: TradingView Such a setup means that traders who elected to buy $1,000 worth of the yellow metal at the start of 2025 would have made $286.50 in profit, making their investment worth a total of $1,286.50. Though gold has been performing well for more than a year and is 46.69% in the green in the 12-month chart and 97.96% up in the five-year chart, this year is somewhat peculiar because it significantly outperformed mos...

With less than four months left until 2024 is over, XRP (XRP) has not had a very stellar year so far, recording a 12.44% decline year-to-date (YTD) and failing to reach its new record price as it trades well below its 2018 all-time high (ATH) of $3.40, despite favorable court developments surrounding Ripple. At the same time, while some cryptocurrency experts are still predicting massive increases for the XRP token, certain other digital assets have stood out for their potential to bring their holders substantial profit, possibly allowing them to turn an investment of a mere $100 into $1,000 in 2025. #1 Solana (SOL) Specifically, among these XRP rivals is Solana (SOL), which, as opposed to XRP, has had a successful year, having gained 32.83% since the year’s turn and expecting more in 2025, in addition to also anticipating $100 billion market capitalization in Q4 2024, as it Features one of the largest linear supply inflations in the industry. ...

In the throes of a bear market, a crypto trading bot wagered $200 million to pocket a $3.24 profit. A high-stakes play for such a low return might leave you scratching your head, but in the labyrinthine world of cryptocurrencies, there’s a method to the madness. Blockchain analysis firm Arkham Intelligence recently shed light on a transaction orchestrated by a crypto arbitrage bot, an autonomous software program designed to profit from price differences between markets.  The bot borrowed a staggering $200 million from decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol MakerDAO to make a series of complex trades, only to gain a $3.24 profit.  This morning, $200M worth of DAI was minted and burned by MakerDAO in the same block. It was part of an arbitrage transaction with a net profit of… $3? Why did this happen – and what does this mean? Details below pic.twitter.com/wWLZeC8All — Arkham (@ArkhamIntel) June 14, 2023 But why? Let’s simmer down and break down ...