BITCOIN TO GOLD RATIO · BTC/XAU · 2026
Bitcoin in gold (BTC/XAU): how much gold is 1 bitcoin worth?
19.89 troy ounces of gold (XAU) = 1 bitcoin
= 618.7 grams of gold · 1 BTC
Computed from live world-market prices
▼ −28.54% over 1 year · the ratio fell: gold caught up with bitcoin
Here we price bitcoin not in forint but in gold. This ratio shows which of the two “hard money” assets gained on the other, independently of forint or dollar inflation. By market convention the unit is the troy ounce (XAU); the cross is computed synthetically from the two dollar quotes: BTC/USD ÷ XAU/USD.
Bitcoin to gold ratio chart
Price range
Bitcoin in gold (BTC/XAU) price over 1Y: 27.84 XAU → 19.89 XAU (-28.54%). High 28.48 XAU, low 12.21 XAU.
Chart by TradingView Lightweight Charts™
Bitcoin / Gold ratio daily closes
| Date | Ratio | Change vs previous day |
|---|---|---|
Both legs are Goldtresor PriceEngine™ quotes, so the quotient is our own data. “Daily close” means our quote at 17:00 CET (18:00 Budapest time while summer time is on).
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GoldBitcoin vs gold: why measure bitcoin in gold?
Both have a finite supply
Bitcoin is often called digital gold: its supply is mathematically capped (21 million), gold’s is physically limited (mining is slow and costly). Neither can be diluted by a central-bank decision.
Sovereign store of value
Bitcoin and ethereum are the two most decentralised crypto assets, and both can be self-custodied: “your keys, your crypto”, with the key in your hands there is no intermediary in between. Gold offers the same in physical form: ownable without an intermediary (with us: allocated, insured vault, delivery anytime). This absence of an intermediary is the main shared trait.
Where they differ: volatility
Bitcoin has historically been far more volatile than gold; gold has centuries of data, bitcoin barely more than a decade. Not investment advice, just a fact.
Where they differ: type of risk
With gold the questions are storage and authenticity (with us: LBMA supplier chain, insured vault); with bitcoin, key loss, exchange failure or regulation. Different risks, not comparable on one scale.
Ethereum in gold
After bitcoin, ethereum is the most decentralised large crypto asset and is equally self-custodiable. Its role differs though: besides being a store of value it is a programmable platform, so its gold ratio also reacts to technology cycles, typically with wider swings than bitcoin’s.
Moving crypto gains into gold?
After strong phases of the crypto cycle many investors rotate part of the gains into physical gold: similar hard-money logic, far lower volatility, insured vaulted storage and buy-back anytime. Not investment advice; the decision is yours.
Investment gold products →Common search terms for this page: bitcoin to gold ratio, btc gold ratio, bitcoin gold ratio, bitcoin priced in gold, BTC/XAU, all refer to the same ratio.
Related rates
Metals and crypto measured against each other
All 15 pairs from live prices. Read it like this: 75.31 silver = 1 gold. Between two metals the ratio is unit-independent: gram to gram and ounce to ounce are the same. Crypto is counted per coin, and in a crypto–metal row the metal is in troy ounces.
| Pair | Ticker | Ratio |
|---|---|---|
| Metal / metal | ||
| Gold/silverXAU/XAG | XAU/XAG | 75.31 |
| Gold/platinumXAU/XPT | XAU/XPT | 2.64 |
| Gold/palladiumXAU/XPD | XAU/XPD | 3.99 |
| Platinum/silverXPT/XAG | XPT/XAG | 28.57 |
| Palladium/silverXPD/XAG | XPD/XAG | 18.86 |
| Platinum/palladiumXPT/XPD | XPT/XPD | 1.51 |
| Crypto / metal | ||
| Bitcoin/goldthis pageBTC/XAU | BTC/XAU | 19.89 |
| Ether/goldETH/XAU | ETH/XAU | 0.5774 |
| Bitcoin/silverBTC/XAG | BTC/XAG | 1,498.2 |
| Ether/silverETH/XAG | ETH/XAG | 43.49 |
| Bitcoin/platinumBTC/XPT | BTC/XPT | 52.43 |
| Ether/platinumETH/XPT | ETH/XPT | 1.52 |
| Bitcoin/palladiumBTC/XPD | BTC/XPD | 79.42 |
| Ether/palladiumETH/XPD | ETH/XPD | 2.31 |
| Crypto / crypto | ||
| Bitcoin/etherBTC/ETH | BTC/ETH | 34.45 |
Frequently asked questions
At 28/10/2026, 21:47:52 CET, 1 bitcoin is worth 19.89 troy ounces of gold (BTC/XAU), i.e. 618.77 grams. A synthetic cross worked out from the two live market prices, updated every second.
