Coronavirus , which emerged as an epidemic in China in December 2019, has been recognized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization as of March 2020. Events regarding the coronavirus shocked the markets and were seen as a threat to the markets. In this context, this study aims to examine the effect of the COVID-19 on Bitcoin prices and precious metals which are seen as low-risk assets in global markets.In the study, the causality relationship between the daily number of COVID-19 cases approved by the WHO and Google trends, and the price series of Bitcoin, Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium was investigated to determine the effects of the developments in the course of the epidemic on the prices of Bitcoin and precious