The expert reported a new historical maximum of gold against the background of geopolitics

The decision of the US Federal Reserve to keep the rate in the 3.5–3.75% range coincided with expectations, but the split in the Board of Governors became a key detail: these comments were received moderately positively, but did not provoke a significant movement in the market. Meanwhile, geopolitical tensions around Iran have come to the fore and increased demand for defensive assets. Vasily Girya, the owner and CEO of GIS Mining, told Izvestia about this on January 29.

"Gold has set a new all-time high above $5,600, marking the ninth consecutive day of growth. Bitcoin, despite the favorable background, could not take advantage of the moment: on Thursday, January 29, the price dropped to $ 87,800 after an unsuccessful attempt to gain a foothold above $ 90,600. The lack of institutional demand (spot ETFs record outflows) and loss of momentum increase the risks of a downward breakdown — in the event of a correction in stock markets or a strengthening dollar, a test of the $8,4500 level is possible," he said.

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The only bullish scenario is a confident rebound to $90,500, which can trigger a technical rise to $93,500.

"It is likely that the situation in the global digital currency market will be dominated by bears at the beginning of February. At the same time, the Russian industrial mining industry at the beginning of this year offers large private and institutional customers the most attractive conditions for entering the market," said Girya.

By the end of 2025, the demand for high-performance computing in the field of AI has increased significantly. The launch of the GIS Cloud core division allowed Russian customers to launch their own AI projects based on the mining data center infrastructure without capital expenditures on their own data centers. According to our estimates, the demand for AI computing in Russia has almost tripled over the past year compared to 2024.

Igor Rastorguev, a leading analyst at AMarkets, reported on December 24 that the introduction of a limit of 300 thousand rubles per year per investor when buying cryptocurrencies will not be able to fully protect businessmen from losses, but reflects the regulator's recognition of the scale and reality of the crypto market. According to him, cryptocurrency remains a highly volatile instrument.

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