📊 Gold, silver, and Bitcoin returns over the past five years (Feb 2021 – Feb 2026)

(Data shows how each asset has performed relative to time)

Asset Approx Return (5 Years)

Silver (XAG/USD) +201.2 %

Gold (XAU/USD) +161.2 %

Bitcoin (BTC) +137.4 %

📉 This chart shows that precious metals have outpaced Bitcoin over the long run, especially silver. Gold and silver gains reflect both safe-haven demand and industrial drivers for silver. Bitcoin’s strong crypto rally also delivered substantial returns but lagged these traditional stores of value in this period.

📊 Medium-Term Performance: Six-Month Returns in Bitcoin Terms

📅 Relative performance July 2025 – Jan 2026

This shows how gold and silver have performed measured in Bitcoin value (i.e., how much BTC each returns).

Silver has returned ~276.7 % in BTC terms

Gold has returned ~102.4 % in BTC terms

This highlights that during late 2025 into early 2026, both metals — especially silver — gained faster relative to Bitcoin (meaning it took less Bitcoin to buy the same amount of metal).

(Note: BTC terms means if you held Bitcoin and tried to buy gold or silver, the value you'd get based on relative price changes.)

📉 One-Month Downturn Snapshot (Recent Short-Term)

📊 Recent market data confirms short-term declines:

A one-month trend showed gold/silver back-to-back declines in price relative to strong recent movements.

Bitcoin and metals can move differently over short periods. For example, in one recent one-month snapshot, gold/silver relative pricing changed more than Bitcoin.

(Actual price charts can be found on financial platforms like Silver.com or crypto trackers if you’d like live or interactive versions.)

📉 Why These Chart Patterns Matter

📌 Divergence in Market Behavior

Metals rallying despite crypto weakness suggests flight-to-safety dynamics dominating recent markets.

Bitcoin’s price has shown volatility and sensitivity to risk-on/liquidity conditions, differing from metals that respond more to inflation and yield expectations.

📌 Relative Performance vs Absolute Price

$BTC $XAU

While all three assets have gained over long horizons, short-term charts show that Bitcoin can underperform or diverge sharply from traditional safe havens when liquidity tightens or macro signals shift.$XAG