The price of gold fell below $5,000 an ounce as traders booked gains after a rise in the previous session, prompted by fading inflation data in the United States.
The yield of iron ore metals fell to 1.5% after rising by 2.4% on Friday, while a slight increase in the US live price index over the past year has changed the fear of a larger decline. This prompted the certainty that the Federal Reserve would lower the multi-hundred rate – a factor that encourages high-value metals to not generate high-cost income.
Finally, the current price of gold soared to a record level of over $5,595, a spate of speculative purchases pushed it to a critical point, and the first sharp fall on the beginning of the month pushed the metal lower $4,500 In the wake of volatile trading, gold had recovered about half of its losses that hour.
In China, markets will be closed this year due to the New Year's Eve holiday on the monthly calendar. The demand for high-value metals in the last few months has become significant, prompting the authorities of the mining center of Shenzhen to come out with a series of warnings about “illegal activities in the gold trade.”
Sriblo fell in price by 2.1% to $75.82 per ounce. Platinum and palladium also traded lower. The Bloomberg Spot Dollar Index, an indicator of the US currency exchange rate, ended the previous session down 0.1%.
As it was reported, Russia was recovering from unsatisfied surpluses due to the recent increase in light prices for gold after the outbreak of a full-scale war in Ukraine - these surpluses were combined with the sums of sovereign assets, frozen by Europe through sanctions.
The value of gold in the reserves of the Bank of Russia has increased by $216 billion since 2022. At the same time, the Russian central bank continued to suffer from both large-scale purchases of expensive metals and the decline in existing gold reserves.#GOLD #XAU #PAXG #Silver $XAU $XAG $PAXG
China's gold boom calls for heavy gains in the mining segment On Friday the 13th, a number of British departments published a comprehensive statement that could implicate the “illegal trade in gold.” Before the defense, they used programs to teach different investors about leverage trading, online broadcasts with aggressive advertising of gold coins, as well as attacks when companies considered themselves members of the Shanghai Gold Exchange. The consumer demand is growing The frenzy will come from the side of Chinese buyers - from private investors to large funds that are entering the commodity market - pushing up prices for gold and silver to historical highs.
At the end of the month there will be a sharp collapse, so, according to traders, the interest in the division, as before, will no longer be high.
In addition to the record influx of funds in Chinese gold ETFs and the overheated supply of the country's single fund, targeting silver, key activity was concentrated in the jewelry district of Shuibei near Shenzhen - the largest Ribalsk village, which became the center of the Chinese gold trade.#XAU #PAXG #GOLD $XAU
Gold prices stabilized above 5,000 dollars per ounce after the February 16, 2026
The price of gold showed a slight decline at the beginning of the year, while traders were on the verge of fixing gains after the metal again moved between 5,000 dollars per ounce. Recent data on inflation in the United States, which showed an increase in the index of live prices by just 0.2% in the country, weakened investor fears.
Details The current price at 5026 dollars per ounce was established after a very unstable period: for example, today gold reached an all-time high of 5595 dollars, after which there was a sharp fall below the level 4500 dollars.
As the market tries to find equity, trading activity has decreased further due to the New Year holiday on the monthly calendar in China, which is one of the biggest gainers of metal.
Forecasts of analysts and strategic considerations for 2026 In the case of short-term withdrawals, wire banking installations, including ANZ Group and Goldman Sachs, maintain optimism for further asset dynamics.
Analysts estimate that by the end of the next quarter the price may fall to 5,800 dollars per ounce, based on fundamental factors - geopolitical tensions, inconsistency with traditional currencies and massive purchases from the side of the central banks - will be deprived of their permanent ones.
As of 7:40 am in Singapore, the spot price of gold fell 0.3% to $5,026.96 per ounce. Silver fell by 1.1% to 76.54 dollars per ounce. #XAU , #GOLD , #PAXG $XAU
#XAU #GOLD Gold XAU $5043.08 is trading just below the MA-20 ($4989.52), indicating some short-term selling pressure, but is firmly above the MA-50 ($4727.13) and MA-200 ($4056.84). This pattern supports the bullish medium- to long-term trend structure.$XAU
Vitalik Buterin stated that cryptocurrencies forecasts are more likely to transform into Maidans for short-term bets instead of creating long-term value.
❗️ In advance, the focus on quick profits can lead to a decrease in the platform’s capacity and a loss of customer confidence.
In my opinion, such markets can be used to protect against risks and serve as an alternative to traditional pennies. $ETH
In Q4, total RWA volume on the network reached $2 billion, up 228% quarter-on-quarter. The majority of this volume is concentrated in USYC ($1.4 billion) and BUIDL ($503 million) – both effectively operate as yield funds directly integrated into the Binance distribution ecosystem.
Diversification is still low, but there is strong concentration coupled with powerful distribution. BNB Chain has combined cash-like RWAs with exchange-level liquidity and access, so capital is naturally flowing there. In this cycle, platform + distribution is more important than fragmentation. $BNB
🔼 Kerivnik has added products to the social platform X Nikita Bir, announcing the launch of a “couple of important” new functions, called Smart Cashtags, which allows traders to trade shares and cryptocurrencies right from the news page.
They often add a dollar sign to the ticker symbols - for example, $BTC - to complete the message. The new system imprints on them displayable price graphs, associated with publications and direct trading opportunities. $BTC $BNB
Over the past month, renewed interest in ETH futures has decreased by approximately 80 million ETH. At the same time, financing rates fell to their lowest levels in three years.
Analysts say this is a signal of a clear cooling in speculative activity. The pressure on the side of aggressive shorts is decreasing, and the market is gradually emerging from an overheated state. #Ethereum $ETH
Gold rose toward $5,030 per ounce on Friday, extending its rebound and paring weekly losses after Thursday’s more than 3% slide, as softer-than-expected US inflation eased pressure on Treasury yields and weighed on the dollar. The prior drop came amid a broad cross-asset selloff that forced investors to liquidate precious metals to raise cash, with simultaneous declines in equities and cryptocurrencies underscoring a wider risk-off move. Data showed annual inflation slowed to 2.4% in January, below forecasts, while core inflation eased to 2.5%, reinforcing dovish arguments at the Federal Reserve after strong jobs data had pushed rate-cut expectations toward July. Yields edged lower and the dollar weakened following the release, offering near-term support to bullion. Despite recent volatility, continued central bank buying, geopolitical tensions and persistent concerns over currency debasement and rising sovereign debt burdens continue to underpin structural demand.#GOLD #XAU $XAU $XAG
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