Both $BTC and gold getting hammered at the same time is genuinely unusual.
$BTC down 27%, gold down 7% year-to-date. That's a rare combo — historically, when risk assets sell off hard, gold tends to catch a bid as the classic safe haven. When gold sells off, it's usually because growth is strong and risk appetite is high, which typically lifts $BTC.
Seeing both dump together suggests something deeper is going on — either a broad liquidity crunch, forced deleveraging across all asset classes, o...