Video · 2026-07-26 · 3m · 4 moments

Gold vs. Bitcoin vs. Semis

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Context

Fast money flows from Bitcoin to gold to semiconductors based on momentum and flows rather than fundamentals

The host frames the discussion around fast money rotating from Bitcoin to gold and now to semiconductors, questioning how to maintain fundamental views when flows rather than numbers drive markets.

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Speaker A: You've got a really good chart on gold here and the liquidity and and a lot of it is like a ton of money pouring into gold and it's interesting to think about the fact that Bitcoin cooled off as gold was going crazy last year. Now gold I think is in a bear market essentially. Um and the idea is well a lot of that money maybe has gone from Bitcoin to gold now to semiconductors. How do you think about this idea of fast money? Do you think this is a new phenomenon or is it just there's more of this going on? How do you think about these momentum plays? How do you try to have fundamental views on this stuff when a lot of it is driven by just flows as opposed to the the numbers?

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Claim◆

Fast money has no loyalty to any asset class and simply chases price appreciation, jumping onto whatever is moving regardless of narratives or fundamentals

The guest argues that fast money is disloyal, chasing price momentum from meme stocks to Bitcoin with no allegiance — the Bitcoin maxis' adoption narrative was partly just people wanting something to move.

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Speaker B: I think one thing to remember is that the fast money is not loyal to anything or you know they fast money just wants price to go up and when liquidity is ample for instance during the meme stock days of 2021 right there that was basically free money and stuff was moving and they'll jump on any train that's moving a few years ago when when when Bitcoin was mooning and the ETF story was a big one for Bitcoin there was a lot of fast money just playing along And of course the Bitcoin maxis will say, 'Well, this is adoption and this and that and and it was and it is, but part of it is just people want stuff to move and they'll they'll jump on that train.'

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Mechanism

Bitcoin hit its four-year cycle peak at 126,000 exactly as gold — a high-Sharpe, uncorrelated asset driven by central bank buying — became the star performer in 2025, and fast money rotated from Bitcoin into gold, sending silver to $150

The guest describes how Bitcoin's 126K four-year cycle peak coincided with gold's breakout in 2025: gold was up over 30%, uncorrelated to stocks and bonds with a high Sharpe ratio, first driven by central banks then by fast money rotating out of Bitcoin.

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Speaker B: And then Bitcoin peaked uh it had a four-year cycle peak at 126,000 just at the time that gold had really been on the move, right? So 2025, gold was the star player was up over 30% even though it's completely uncorrelated to both stocks and bonds. So that I mean that's what you want in a portfolio, right? You want uncorrelated assets with high sharp ratios. Gold was going up because central banks were buying. But then the trend became visible and the fast money was not making any money on Bitcoin. So they moved over to gold and that was the time when you know silver was mooning to $150 and and so you had all those flows.

Mechanism◆

The Iran conflict triggered a liquidation of gold and treasuries as reserve assets when Gulf states needed funding, while simultaneously semiconductors were moving — so fast money immediately rotated into double and triple levered semiconductor ETFs in Korea and the US

The guest explains that gold had overshot its fundamental value (the global money supply fit) due to fast money inflows into ETFs, then the Iran conflict caused Gulf states to sell gold and treasuries as reserve assets to raise funds — and fast money simultaneously rotated into semiconductors in Korea and the US.

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Speaker B: Then we had the Iran conflict and gold had overshot its upside. Maybe if we can pull that chart back up, you can see that the global money supply which is the red line or this is the fitted version of it uh to explain gold's price. You know, gold went way above that because of the fast money and the yellow the yellow bars is is inflows into the gold ETFs. And so gold went too far up and then the Iran uh conflict happened and all of a sudden gold and treasuries were for sale because now all of a sudden there are reserve assets that are potentially a source of funding for Gulf states who can't sell their oil and that at that same time the semis were moving and so the fast money just jump shifts and now it's in the semiconductors both in Korea and the US you know double triple levered single name uh ETF.

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