As the cryptocurrency market continues to brave through the financial crisis that has already crushed several major banking institutions, Bitcoin (BTC) has recorded better results than nearly 100% of the 500 leading publicly traded companies in the United States during the third month of 2023. Indeed, since March 10, the price of Bitcoin has increased by 37.06% and over 72% since the year’s turn, while the flagship cryptocurrency registered better year-to-date (YTD) returns than 488 or 97.6% of S&P 500 companies, including FedEx (NYSE: FDX), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), according to the data shared with Finbold by the crypto education platform CryptoManiaks on March 22. By comparison, only 12 companies among the S&P 500 have managed to cross the threshold of 35% in YTD returns, which means that Bitcoin has outperformed the 27.2% YTD returns of FedEx, the 19.3% YTD returns achieved by Apple, and the 17.8% recorded by Amazon, as the table demonstrates. It is also worth mentioning that the flagship crypto has outperformed commodities in 2023, particularly gold, “the top-performing old-guard commodity,” almost 10-fold, indicating it might be in a ‘super cycle,’ according to Bloomberg’s commodity specialist Mike McGlone.

Full story : Bitcoin outperforms 97% of all S&P 500 companies in 2023.