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Gold and silver briefly reclaimed their spots as the two biggest assets by market capitalization as the new year rolled in with uncertainty.&nbsp;
According to <a href="https://companiesmarketcap.com/aud/assets-by-market-cap/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">data</a> from analytics platform CompaniesMarketCap, gold currently has a market cap of $31.1 trillion, sitting at the top spot.&nbsp;
Silver, which has been trading places with Nvidia for second place since December, flipped Nvidia briefly, only to be overtaken again by the time of publication.
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 Silver and Nvidia are almost neck and neck. Source: <a href="https://companiesmarketcap.com/aud/assets-by-market-cap/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">CompaniesMarketCap</a>
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Nvidia is seeing a gold rush of its own amid <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/computing-resource-demand-skyrocketing-nvidia-ceo" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">strong demand for computing resources</a> to support artificial intelligence.&nbsp;
There has been a flight to precious metals over the past year, with investors seeking out the traditional stores of value for safety amid global conflicts and trade disputes.
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Investors are also expecting potentially significant rate cuts from the US Federal Reserve under its new chair, which is also likely driving investors to commodities such as gold and silver.&nbsp;&nbsp;
The increased demand has seen gold and silver recently tag new all-time highs of around $4,500 and $80, respectively, and while this momentum hasn’t yet swung to Bitcoin and crypto, there is a sense that it might not be far off.&nbsp;&nbsp;
In a recent interview, Owen Lau, the managing director of Clear Street, argued that the <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/2026-fed-cuts-key-catalyst-retail-return-to-crypto" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Fed’s monetary policy decisions</a> in 2026 will be “one of the key catalysts for the crypto space.”&nbsp;
Lau asserted that lower rates would spark a hunger among retail and institutional investors for risk assets, such as “digital gold.”&nbsp;
Magazine: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/how-crypto-laws-changed-2025-further-2026/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">How crypto laws changed in 2025 — and how they’ll change in 2026</a>

Gold, silver briefly reclaim top spots by market cap amid uncertainty

Cointelegraph

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