Gold, stocks, crypto extend losses amid 'extreme fear' among investors

Tuesday brought nary respite to the markets arsenic assets continued to widen losses on Feb. 24.

Gold's terms fell 1.42% contiguous to driblet to $5,132 per ounce. The bullion had surpassed the terms people of $5,500 per oz a fewer weeks agone to deed a caller all-time precocious (ATH).

Silver, however, gained 0.30% to deed $87.06 per ounce. The metallic had besides surpassed the terms people of $100 per oz a fewer weeks agone to deed a caller ATH.

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All the starring crypto stocks extended their declines successful pre-market hours today.

The shares of Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), the starring Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company, fell much than 5.5% to adjacent astatine $123.71 yesterday. The shares fell 1% to speech hands astatine $122.16 astatine property time.

The shares of Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR), the leading Ethereum (ETH) treasury company, besides fell 4.5% and closed astatine $19.22 yesterday. The shares slid 1.3% to commercialized astatine $18.99 astatine property time.

Coinbase Global (Nasdaq: COIN), the largest crypto trading speech successful the United States, besides slid connected the charts. The banal fell astir 6.5% to adjacent astatine $160.24 yesterday and was exchanging hands astatine $155.15 astatine the clip of writing, down much than 3% successful a day.

However, Circle Internet Group (Nasdaq: CRCL), the crypto steadfast fashionable for its USDC stablecoin, gained a humble 0.5% contiguous after falling 2.94% to adjacent astatine $61.17 yesterday.

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Bitcoin fell astir 3.6% implicit the past 24 hours and was trading astatine $63,372.23 astatine property time.

BTC deed its each clip precocious of $126,080 in aboriginal October 2025 and is present trading 50% lower, acknowledgment to the shocking liquidation lawsuit connected Oct. 10.

In fact, the cryptocurrency has mislaid 20% of its worth this month, its worst monthly show since June 2022.

Ethereum (ETH) besides fell 4% successful a time to commercialized at $1,830.39.

XRP mislaid 3.7% to commercialized astatine $1.33, BNB 4.3% to $582.24, and Solana (SOL) astir 4.3% to $76.71.

As per the onchain analytics level CoinGlass, the Crypto Fear & Greed Index is presently astatine 9 points, indicating "extreme fear" among crypto investors.

This communicative was primitively published by TheStreet connected Feb 24, 2026, wherever it archetypal appeared successful the MARKETS section. Add TheStreet arsenic a Preferred Source by clicking here.