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2026-08-24 UTC
 
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Gold and Bitcoin Rally as Bessent's Bond Market Standoff Drags On

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's push on the $1 trillion bond market has not lowered yields, and investors are instead bidding up scarce assets like gold and bitcoin.

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Executive takeaway

Gold and bitcoin gained as Treasury yields failed to fall despite Bessent's efforts, pushing investors toward assets seen as scarce.

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Gold and bitcoin climb as yields hold firm. Gold and bitcoin have both pushed higher even as Treasury yields have resisted Bessent's efforts to bring them down, illustrating the rotation into scarce assets described in the story.

Gold and bitcoin climb as yields hold firm

Gold and bitcoin have both pushed higher even as Treasury yields have resisted Bessent's efforts to bring them down, illustrating the rotation into scarce assets described in the story.

Live price data for gold futures and bitcoin, referenced in Yahoo Finance coverage of the Bessent bond market standoff.

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Gold and bitcoin advanced as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's fight over the bond market entered its latest round, with Treasury yields not moving in the direction he wants. Bitcoin ETFs posted their strongest weekly inflows in 10 months, according to fund flow data, as the price of bitcoin rose alongside gold. The pattern points to investors treating scarce assets as a hedge against uncertainty in the government bond market. When yields refuse to fall despite policy pressure, some money has moved into gold and bitcoin instead of sticking with Treasuries. What remains unresolved is whether Bessent's efforts eventually succeed in bringing yields down, which would test whether the current flows into gold and bitcoin persist or reverse.
What would change this view

If benchmark Treasury yields fall meaningfully following further Treasury actions, the flight into gold and bitcoin as a yield-standoff hedge would lose its rationale.

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