Gold Hits $5,080 on Monday as Bitcoin Slides Below $86,000 to a 5-Week Low

On Monday, gold broke above $5,000 to a record $5,080 amid rising shutdown risk and tariff tensions. Late Sunday, Bitcoin briefly fell below $86,000 on Coinbase, its lowest in five weeks, while prediction markets raised shutdown odds to about 80% by Saturday, Jan. 31. Silver also jumped, and crypto liquidations topped $360 million.