{"id":397089,"date":"2019-09-25T13:00:13","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T13:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktsl888.com\/?p=397089"},"modified":"2024-06-11T13:25:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:25:47","slug":"gold-beats-bitcoin-as-trump-faces-impeachment-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktsl888.com\/news\/gold-beats-bitcoin-as-trump-faces-impeachment-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold Beats Bitcoin as Trump Faces Impeachment Probe"},"content":{"rendered":"
Gold outperformed Bitcoin on Wednesday as an impeachment inquiry into US President Donald Trump triggered demand for safe-haven assets.<\/p>\n
The yellow metal came near its three-week peak, with its spot trading at $1,530.29 per ounce as of 10:00 UTC. At the same time, US gold futures surged 0.1 percent to $1,538.30.<\/p>\n
Bitcoin, unlike Gold, trended lower upon undergoing a sharp decline in its prices late Tuesday. The benchmark cryptocurrency slipped by circa $1,000 in just 30 minutes<\/a>, a sell-off allegedly triggered by margin calls and contract liquidations on BitMEX, a controversial, Seychelles-based cryptocurrency exchange that provides traders with 100x leverage. As of this time of writing, the BTC\/USD instrument was trading at<\/p>\n