Bitcoin Trails S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, Gold Over Five-Year Horizon

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Bitcoin has underperformed the S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, and gold over the past five years, with a return of 73% compared to their respective returns of 75%, 82%, and 164%.

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Bearish
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90%
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Short Term

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Once pitched as “digital gold” and a higher-octane counterpart to the Nasdaq and S&P 500, the world’s largest cryptocurrency now lags all three over the past five years after its recent ferocious rout. Since early 2021, Bitcoin has returned roughly 73% — trailing gold at 164%, the Nasdaq 100 at 82% and the S&P 500 at 75%, and the Nasdaq 100 at 82%, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

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Original article published by Yahoo Finance on February 5, 2026.
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