Bitcoin Outperforms Nvidia Over Decade, Reclaims Best-Performing Asset Crown as BTC Breaks $80,000

Bitcoin has reclaimed its crown as the best-performing asset of the past decade, edging past Nvidia Corporation by a narrow margin.

Bitcoin's Decade-Long Gains Narrowly Beat Nvidia

Mark Harvey, a widely followed Bitcoin investor and analyst, shared a table of major assets and their ten-year returns.

Bitcoin topped the list with a staggering 13,491% return, while Nvidia—a barometer of AI enthusiasm and the broader U.S. stock market—followed closely with a 13,428% return.

Bitcoin has officially regained its title as the best-performing asset of the past decade, surpassing NVDA.

— Mark Harvey August 24, 2026

Nvidia Has Recently Outperformed Bitcoin

Notably, over shorter time frames, Nvidia has significantly outperformed Bitcoin.

Asset | YTD Change | 1-Year Change | 5-Year Change
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Bitcoin | -9.98% | -28% | +63.22%
Nvidia | +11.79% | +15.94% | +820%

Both Nvidia and Bitcoin are higher-risk investments, and traders must navigate their inherent volatility to profit. To that end, analysts track the Sharpe ratio, a metric that measures risk-adjusted returns.

According to TradingView data, Bitcoin's Sharpe ratio stands at 7, indicating that investment in the asset generates positive returns above the risk-free rate. In Nvidia's case, the ratio is -1.20, suggesting expected returns fall short of those from risk-free investments.

Among the rest of the "Magnificent Seven," Microsoft Corporation and Amazon.com Inc. have posted gains of 740% and 591%, respectively, over the past decade.

Gold has underperformed relative to Bitcoin, rising just 248% over the past ten years.

Bitcoin Breaks $80,000 in Latest Rally

Bitcoin reclaimed the top spot following a rapid rally that pushed the leading cryptocurrency above $80,000 for the first time in over three months.

Bitcoin rose more than 25% in one week, compared with typical weekly volatility of around 3%. It also broke above its 200-day moving average.

Price action: As of writing, BTC is trading at $80,635.77, up 3.91% over the past 24 hours, according to

Nvidia shares rose 1.16% in pre-market trading on Tuesday, after closing down 2.91% at $208.48 in regular trading on Monday. Edge stock rankings indicate NVDA maintains a stronger price trend across short-, medium-, and long-term time frames, supported by higher value and growth scores.