Bitcoin Has Lost Its Investment Allure

[justinlamode]

I'm confident that Bitcoin is still a very good asset for investment consideration even though it is looking like its not going to vomit fast profits like before. This is just a phase the market is going through and when this era of uncertainties passes, the price will definitely pick up and those who are able to ignore the decline and continue to buy will be handsomely rewarded. It is not a good idea to express pessimism towards Bitcoin especially now that Bitcoin is about entering the mainstream.

[clifaduna]

The question of whether Bitcoin has lost its investment appeal is not simple and will not be one-size-fits-all. The situation depends on many factors, including the macroeconomic environment, changes in legislation, investor behaviour and technological trends. In recent years, Bitcoin has indeed faced problems but I do not think that true Bitcoin fans are disappointed in it. Its investment attractiveness will be determined by the balance between negative and positive factors in coming years. Before making an investment decision, the best solution would be to conduct your own analysis and assess risks.

[aoluain]

Anyone around Bitcoin for any number of years knows that the time is about now when the market
slowly slides into a Bearish sentiment following the last halving so technically yes Bitcoin seems to
have lost its investment allure . . . but not for seasoned campaigners who focus on HODL'ing.

and anyway what the market is experiencing now id just temporary, Bitcoin is not going to implode.

[Leahized]

I'm confident that Bitcoin is still a very good asset for investment consideration even though it is looking like its not going to vomit fast profits like before. This is just a phase the market is going through and when this era of uncertainties passes, the price will definitely pick up and those who are able to ignore the decline and continue to buy will be handsomely rewarded. It is not a good idea to express pessimism towards Bitcoin especially now that Bitcoin is about entering the mainstream.

An investor's mindset should be very strong as Bitcoin will not always move at the same pace. If we look from 2013 onwards, it is clear that prices have increased very quickly due to less investors. And bitcoin reached 67k in 2021 and the demand increased a lot. And Bitcoin peaked in 2025. In this case we have to remember that when there is bull season,He has to face bad situations again and again. So in these situations, instead of being disappointed, you should be stronger by re-buying. Moreover, those who are new investors will stay away from Bitcoin because they are quite pessimistic about the market.

[STT]

Im not sure this is the case longer term, BTC made the mistake or somehow it got mixed up in politics which I dont count as a good thing.  Now seperating that expectation as we see many attempt to avoid politics in their investments is going to see weakness occuring, I think its just a normal reflection of prior strength and buying that some will now sell.

Gold and other assets were always in competition and gold has risen a great deal over twenty years.  It was rising before Bitcoin, it was rising right while Satoshi was posting on this forum yet I doubt he had great concerns it would nullify the use of BTC globally.

[DPHOR]

If Bitcoin has lost its Investment allure, the give us how much Gold would make for you in the past 4 years vs BTC if you invested lets say $10K in both in the same time frame.

I don't think this is something to debate about bitcoin vs Gold in the next 4 years to come. Look for me, I do not really like how most people do classifies bitcoin as especially when they says bitcoin has lose its value over whatever they feels like saying.
Of course we know that the price changes in bitcoin in the next 4 years could be massive over Gold, I also wonder why people do not have to consider the cyclic movement of bitcoin and how it happens to create ATH on every Halving or before halving. I want to know if Gold could double bitcoin within such periods?

[bbc.reporter]

A comparative chart of Bitcoin and gold clearly shows the moment their trends diverged in mid-October. That's when, according to analysts, crypto investors pulled out and placed $19 billion into gold in a single day. Since then, the trend of shifting capital from crypto into precious metals has been consistent.



This phenomenon has led to Bitcoin losing its allure as an investment innovation. According to Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Mike McGlone, the cryptocurrency is no longer seen as an alternative to the traditional financial system.

The sentiment among institutional investors has also shifted. It was their ETF investments that drove Bitcoin to new all-time highs in 2025.

According to UBS Chairman Sergio Ermotti, more and major investment funds and venture firms are focusing on the quantum threat to cryptocurrency blockchains. Bitcoin and Ethereum developers have yet to provide convincing proof of protocols or updates that would protect public keys from being hacked via quantum computing. This is prompting institutions to take profits and reduce their positions on every bounce.

However, institutional investors aren't speaking openly about their fears. You won't find these concerns in their public analysis. Venture investor Nic Carter explains this as a reluctance to cause panic when billions have been invested in the crypto industry.

So, we shouldn't expect a Bitcoin collapse just yet. Institutions skillfully pumped the BTC price early this year to paint a pretty picture of a breakout from the sideways channel on the chart. This allowed them to attract new buyers, whose capital they then used to exit part of their own position.



Now, they will work to keep Bitcoin's price above the lower boundary of the sideways channel. This will show the "hamsters" (retail traders) that the uptrend is still alive.

If the argument of bitcoin losing the investment allure is only for 1 to 2 years, I very much agree. However, if the argument that it has lost the allure because there is something much better, I very much disagree on this. The cryptospace market will certainly find the lowest floor price before it can pump again. We can be certain on this.

[ancafe]

According to UBS Chairman Sergio Ermotti, more and major investment funds and venture firms are focusing on the quantum threat to cryptocurrency blockchains. Bitcoin and Ethereum developers have yet to provide convincing proof of protocols or updates that would protect public keys from being hacked via quantum computing. This is prompting institutions to take profits and reduce their positions on every bounce.

However, institutional investors aren't speaking openly about their fears. You won't find these concerns in their public analysis. Venture investor Nic Carter explains this as a reluctance to cause panic when billions have been invested in the crypto industry.

Such cycles have occurred in past and perhaps what we can learn from them is that when we understand Bitcoin's direction in its current state, we can be much more relaxed because we've been through it before. I'm never worried about what's happening now and honestly, I hope we see a deeper decline in the current period as it would provide more opportunities for large accumulation. Even if a deeper decline doesn't occur, perhaps we can decide to wait and see how the Bitcoin price moves going forward.

Even people outside of crypto investing have flocked to gold during the recent surge, demonstrating the significant degree of divergence in the influence of a few individuals on accumulating purchases. Those who invest in gold may have similar views to those of us involved in crypto, but many new investors emerged when gold prices soared and they lacked a clear understanding of buying at higher prices.

[BALIK]

If the argument of bitcoin losing the investment allure is only for 1 to 2 years, I very much agree. However, if the argument that it has lost the allure because there is something much better, I very much disagree on this. The cryptospace market will certainly find the lowest floor price before it can pump again. We can be certain on this.

Bitcoin has temporarily lost its appeal due to global geopolitical instability.

Bitcoin is losing its appeal not because it is inferior or because something better has emerged. Simply because the world has not fully come to trust it yet, they still view it as a risky asset rather than a safe haven. In other words, Bitcoin adoption is not yet widespread enough and it needs more time to prove its potential

As for me, Im not worried because each market has its own cycle, and money alway flows between markets

[asriloni]

Bitcoin has temporarily lost its appeal due to global geopolitical instability.

SP500 ATH
Gold ATH
Silver ATH
Nasdaq ATH
Meanwhile, Bitcoin is dumping.

So i think we must stop to use geo political reason as excuses. Bitcoin's movement is just getting weird. It's going down alone when other instruments record new ATH. It becomes a less profitable asset with bigger risk. Even Gold is flipping BTC in term of 5y chart. It clearly tells us if bearish trend is around the corner.

[khiholangkang]

Anyone around Bitcoin for any number of years knows that the time is about now when the market
slowly slides into a Bearish sentiment following the last halving so technically yes Bitcoin seems to
have lost its investment allure . . . but not for seasoned campaigners who focus on HODL'ing.

and anyway what the market is experiencing now id just temporary, Bitcoin is not going to implode.

This has indeed become a culture at the time after halving or the cycle ends and makes a new cycle, in the course of the market there are certainly ups and downs and we during this bitcoin journey for more than a decade also saw that the polarization of the bitcoin market did move similar to market demand, there was a time when Bitcoin lost interest and there was also a time when bitcoin had a lot of enthusiasts so that it could print a new ATH, such is the nature of the bitcoin market and that's also why there are always bearish and bullish markets, of course different from those who apply HODL, no matter market bearish and Bullish they will still hold it.

We have not entered the market collapse and the correction is still considered reasonable so it is still safe, we are still above $80k, the potential for market reversal is also still possible, especially when investors who switch to precious metals take profits they will look for other investment alternatives and I strongly believe that bitcoin will be that place as one of their diversification after taking profits.

[Juicyhome]

Bitcoin has temporarily lost its appeal due to global geopolitical instability.

Bitcoin is losing its appeal not because it is inferior or because something better has emerged. Simply because the world has not fully come to trust it yet, they still view it as a risky asset rather than a safe haven. In other words, Bitcoin adoption is not yet widespread enough and it needs more time to prove its potential

As for me, Im not worried because each market has its own cycle, and money alway flows between markets

I share same believe with you, to me Bitcoin is still in its early stage forget what we have seen so far, the best of Bitcoin is yet to come. There's no need to be worried about it's current price and market value.

No investment is risk free, because no risk no story, those that took risk for Bitcoin in 2009 and trusted it are all billionaires today. I'm not sure because people are seeing it as a risk access that's why they're not investing. There's no investment without risk, if you take the risk today, tomorrow you will be glad. It might take time but definitely Bitcoin will be a worldwide digital accessable money.

[Shinpako09]

Investors/traders mindset, business is business. It’s normal to see them move into other assets where they think they can profit the most. They go where the trend is because that’s where the money is. I doubt they would say the same if BTC were rallying or if we were already in a bull season. Right now, the trend is in metals, metals are rallying. As a trader or investor, of course you wouldn’t want to miss that opportunity to earn. BTC isn’t losing its appeal; this is just a normal cycle, bear and bull seasons, trend shifts.

[blockman]

By 2028, the threats will only escalate: we’ll be looking at energy shortages for miners due to AI’s massive power demands and the looming shadow of quantum computing.

You have to agree that these issues cause major investor anxiety. Gold, on the other hand, doesn’t suffer from any of these digital-age headaches.

I agree those are a major anxiety for investors but it will later change. Change is constant in every market and that's whenever those anxieties have been resolved by its own. The AI trend is likely to cool down and we'll see the floor of it. I think there's a chance that the biggest AI company, the OpenAI is about to get into another series of funding because if they don't, they're likely to get bankrupted again. So, there's an end to this and that innovation that we think is unstoppable will have a delay and have to calmdown. But, the difficulty which will make Bitcoin's market reactive is going to remain because of how it's naturally set as a cyclic market.

[bbc.reporter]

If the argument of bitcoin losing the investment allure is only for 1 to 2 years, I very much agree. However, if the argument that it has lost the allure because there is something much better, I very much disagree on this. The cryptospace market will certainly find the lowest floor price before it can pump again. We can be certain on this.

Bitcoin has temporarily lost its appeal due to global geopolitical instability.

Bitcoin is losing its appeal not because it is inferior or because something better has emerged. Simply because the world has not fully come to trust it yet, they still view it as a risky asset rather than a safe haven. In other words, Bitcoin adoption is not yet widespread enough and it needs more time to prove its potential

As for me, Im not worried because each market has its own cycle, and money alway flows between markets

According to these articles and according to some people in this forum, bitcoin is dumping because gold and silver are pumping which caused the outflows from the cryptospace to the gold and silver markets. They also speculate that when gold and silver will begin to dump, the profits from them will flow in the cryptospace.

They might be correct, however, it can also be argued that when gold and silver will dump, everything including bitcoin will dump.

It is also very much possible that the gold and silver market are entering the stage of the bubble that might pop soon.



For bitcoin bulls, it feels like one setback after another. First precious metals like gold and silver surged to record highs, sucking capital away from the crypto market. And now oil's starting to surge too, threatening to skew macroeconomic forces in favor of bitcoin bears.

Read in full https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/01/29/first-gold-and-silver-now-oil-s-starting-to-rally-and-that-s-bad-news-for-bitcoin



Bitcoin trader warns of downside as gold rally continues to pull focus from BTC

Read in full https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/01/29/bitcoin-trader-warns-of-downside-as-gold-rally-continues-to-pull-focus-from-btc

[rezakurnia66]

Due significant increasing price of gold I don't think bitcoin has loss investment allure although many people for awhile moving their investment from bitcoin to buy gold, be careful of significant increasing of gold recently avoid if large correction coming later as usual investment assets after high pump has moment get down in short time.
In this month, bitcoin loss popularity than gold how significant increasing price of gold make new ATH price every week, acceptable the trend moment right now gold success break dominance of bitcoin for investment assets but always prepare for the hype moment due many people buying gold during at higher price.

[Alpen]

Quoting a bunch of people's opinions provides zero value here.
The question is: why you are on the bitcointalk forum?
To manipulate people into selling so you may buy lower?
You said your piece, now go the gold forum or something.

Hamsters...and who are you?
Some daddy-financed schmuck?

You better keep posting on your TikTok. There are adults on this forum, and you should go do your homework, or you’ll get bad grades at school again.

[Alpen]

How do they know it's all about quantum computing? Were they in their heads, controlling their minds or something? Thank goodness you added that they aren't speaking about their fears, maybe some are afraid of something unrealistic, but their main purpose is to make a profit.

Institutional investors aren't like every other investor. They are only focused on profit, and they could divert large chunks of investment into anything they like at any time they want.

The thread itself has some traces of FUD in correlation with what has been addressed so many times. Yeah, it's good to prepare, and I believe the devs are also working towards that.

Do you remember past Bitcoin hard forks? Even Ethereum? They are known in advance, announced, and discussed for about a year or more. That’s because if a quantum-protection hard fork isn’t supported by more than 90% of miners, it won’t be accepted.

So, I know that the developers don’t have anything for quantum protection right now.

[DanWalker]

Due significant increasing price of gold I don't think bitcoin has loss investment allure although many people for awhile moving their investment from bitcoin to buy gold, be careful of significant increasing of gold recently avoid if large correction coming later as usual investment assets after high pump has moment get down in short time.
In this month, bitcoin loss popularity than gold how significant increasing price of gold make new ATH price every week, acceptable the trend moment right now gold success break dominance of bitcoin for investment assets but always prepare for the hype moment due many people buying gold during at higher price.

Whether we admit it or not, the truth is that Bitcoin is losing its appeal in the market, and precious metals are stealing the spotlight

I would not recommend that people buy metals right now, but I do not think there will be a major correction. They are safe assets, and demand comes from central banks and large institutions, not just speculators. Therefore, a correction is inevitable but a sharp drop like what we see in crypto is very unlikely. In my opinion, as long as geopolitical instability persists, the demand for metals will not decrease anytime soon.

[Mpamaegbu]

Institutions skillfully pumped the BTC price early this year to paint a pretty picture of a breakout from the sideways channel on the chart. This allowed them to attract new buyers, whose capital they then used to exit part of their own position.

Anyway, opinions are diverse and free. I don't know where you got the impression from that price was manipulated to trap more investors in, especially small investors. All I can see is that Bitcoin is slowly swinging in a range. Before any major price push, there has to be a bounce off support level to break a resistant point. Bitcoin is gathering momentum for that.

Again, we shouldn't forget that in a period of uncertainty or rumours of war, investors tend to prefer precious metals like gold to digital assets like Bitcoin. With all that showboating with the US and Iran ongoing, we can't expect investors to be relaxed. I believe that's what's affecting price movement of Bitcoin upwards now.