With an increase of about 70%, Bitcoin surpassed the Nasdaq 100 and the S&P 500 to become the best-performing asset class in the first quarter of 2023. The data shows that the Nasdaq 100 rose by 19% in the first quarter, and the STOXX Europe 600 Price Index The EUR rose 9%, the S&P 500 5.5% and the iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF 2.2%.
Elsewhere, Bitcoin also dwarfs gold, which is up 9.5% in the first quarter of 2023, compared with 0.3% for silver.