"Bitcoin – The Performance King for 2 Consecutive Years: Outperforming Gold, Stocks, and Ethereum"

As the global market plummeted this week and mandatory liquidations along with margin calls wiped out many long term leveraged buy positions, large traders are repositioning accordingly. The new tariffs announced by the Trump administration and weak employment reports from America have raised concerns in the global market; the S&P 500 lost 1.6% in one day and Bitcoin, as predicted, also followed the downtrend of risk sentiment. In times of instability, taking a broader view can be beneficial: over the past two years, Bitcoin has consistently outperformed all major assets and no asset can compare. Bitcoin Compared to Major Assets: 2-Year Scorecard From July 2023 to July 2025, Bitcoin has skyrocketed by 301.7%, more than quadrupling in price and solidifying its position as the leading high-performance asset. As ecoinometrics points out: "Bitcoin is falling again, but the long-term picture remains unchanged... This is not a temporary phenomenon. Over the past two years, Bitcoin has continuously led." The performance of Bitcoin far exceeds that of traditional stock investments. The leading American stock index, S&P 500, has only yielded a modest return of 38% over the past two years. Despite a strong stock market and repeatedly reaching record highs for large-cap stocks, this index still cannot keep up with the explosive growth of BTC.

Gold, which has already seen a strong price increase due to rising inflation and geopolitical instability, has risen 69.8% over the past two years and has not been able to achieve growth like Bitcoin, proving that every accurate prediction about Bitcoin is correct: there is no better option. As Adam Back commented: "There is no second company. The second company is the treasury company." Even looking at the second-largest coin in the cryptocurrency industry, Ethereum, only further illustrates Back's point: ETH has grown about 56% in the past 24 months. At the bottom of the list of major assets is crude oil, which has only experienced slight growth over the past two years, with profits fluctuating and remaining flat into the summer of 2025. Why Bitcoin Still Leads The recent sell-off is more related to macroeconomic instability, tariffs, and concerns about employment than to any changes in the fundamental value proposition of Bitcoin. Bitcoin's volatility continues to closely follow the general anxiety of the market during such risk-averse periods. However, for two consecutive years, Bitcoin has excelled in overcoming these corrections and has built momentum for growth in the asset. The supply schedule can be predicted, the decentralized nature and the increasing adoption by both retail and institutional investors have maintained the price uptrend. Meanwhile, Ethereum continues to maintain its competitiveness but has yet to surpass BTC, and the reliable inflation hedge position of gold still equates to much lower returns. Crude oil continues to struggle under the weight of volatile energy trends and macroeconomic pressures, providing little performance or excitement as typically seen in digital and financial assets. The short-term decline of Bitcoin seems very dramatic, but the price drop is part of its DNA and the data never lies: since mid-2023, BTC has outperformed gold, American stocks, Ethereum, and crude oil. If in doubt, look further, as economists have pointed out: "Perhaps it is not worth panicking over a move that seems driven more by emotion than by fundamentals."