Gold Price
In our May 25 comparative price analysis of Bitcoin (BTC) and gold, we noted that Gold ($/OZ) had broken out above a descending resistance line on May 23. Furthermore, while the gold price had increased slightly, the Bitcoin price suffered small losses.
Since then, the price of gold has been trading inside an ascending channel after reaching hourly lows of $1315.3 on June 3.
A gradual increase began on Jun 3. On Jun 5, the gold price made a high of $1344.08. It has been decreasing since.
At the time of writing, the price of gold was trading near $1340.
The highlighted part is the price of gold during the measuring period of June 1 – June 8.
Bitcoin Price
The price of BTC/USD is analyzed at two-hour intervals from May 23 to June 8. On May 27, the price reached a low of $86453. A gradual increase ensued and the Bitcoin price made a high of $9109.0 on May 30. It has been decreasing since, trading inside the descending channel outlined below:
Summary: Which is Performing Better?
The price of Bitcoin (candlesticks) and the price of Gold (gold) are compared at one-hour intervals from June 1 to June 8 in the graph below.
Bitcoin (BTC) began the week with a gradual increase. However, on June 3, it began a rapid decrease. Over the next two days, it had reached a total decrease of 12 percent. A gradual increase ensued and the price created the ascending channel outlined in the section above. However, the increase was not enough to vault BTC into a positive rate of increase. Instead, the measuring period for BTC finished with a decrease of 6.34 percent.
Gold did not experience such significant fluctuations during this period. It began a gradual increase on June 3 — which lasted throughout the measuring period. It concluded with an increase of 2.69 percent.
To conclude, for the week of June 1-8, Bitcoin dropped while the price of gold rose. The drop for Bitcoin was more significant than the gains for gold.
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