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Gold Hits Record $3.5K as Whales Dump Bitcoin | CoinDesk Daily

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🗓️ 2 September 2025

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Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as gold surged to a record high of $3,500 an ounce. Gold surged to a record high of $3,500 an ounce earlier, driven by growing expectations of Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts, a worsening fiscal outlook for major economies, and increased political pressure on central bank policies. Can bitcoin catch up to the momentum? CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie hosts “CoinDesk Daily.” - Break the cycle of exploitation. Break down the barriers to truth. Break into the next generation of privacy. Break Free. Free to scroll without being monetized. Free from censorship. Freedom without fear. We deserve more when it comes to privacy. Experience the next generation of blockchain that is private and inclusive by design. Break free with Midnight, visit midnight.network/break-free - This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.

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0:00.0

Gold hits a new all-time high, and strategy continues. It's Bitcoin buying spree. You're watching CoinDusk Daily. I'm your host, Jen Sanassi.

0:12.4

Gold surged to a record high of $3,500 an ounce earlier this morning. The move is driven by growing expectations of Federal Reserve

0:22.3

interest rate cuts, a worsening fiscal outlook for major economies, and increased political pressure

0:27.7

on central bank policies. Gold-backed tokens such as PAXG and X-AUT followed the rally, but have

0:34.0

since pulled back, along with the precious metal itself, which is now trading at around

0:37.9

$3,470. Meanwhile, Bitcoin remains below key resistance, trading at approximately $108,700

0:45.7

as of recording time. Despite Bitcoin's sideways price action, its largest corporate holder

0:50.6

strategy has continued its aggressive accumulation. The company added another 4,048

0:56.4

bitcoins last week, bringing its total holdings to 636,505 coins. The purchase was made for just under

1:04.0

$450 million at an average price of 110,981 per coin. Funding for the acquisition came primarily from sales of the company's

1:13.3

common stock supplemented by its preferred shares. Based on current prices, strategies, total

1:18.1

holdings are valued at just under $70 billion. I'm I'm going to be able to The And in Defi News, the Trump family affiliated project, World Liberty Financial is attempting to shore up investor confidence following its rocky market debut.

2:00.2

The team has proposed a buyback and

2:01.9

burn program, which would be funded by fees from its protocol-owned liquidity. This comes as the

2:06.8

project faces sharp market headwinds. According to Cuen Gecko, the WLFI token is currently

2:12.6

trading around 23 cents, down 27% on the day. That gives it a market cap of approximately $6.4 billion.

2:21.3

The program aims to reduce token supply by using liquidity fees to purchase and burn WLFI tokens.

2:27.7

That's it for CoinDesk Daily. Get more updates on CoinDesk.com and we'll see you next time.

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