Bitcoin’s risk -sustained returns struck in February in the midst of market disturbance
Bitcoin’s struggles in February saw a return that suited to the risk of weakening significantly according to data from the research service Ecoometrics.
While last year, the total return of Bitcoin matched the gold, a traditional safe property, when adjusting for risk, Bitcoin acts similar to a major stock index.
February hit risk assets hard. Bitcoin took a particularly tough blow to the adjusted return of risk.
Looking at the 12-month photo until February, Bitcoin now corresponds to gold in total return but is sitting next to the performance stock indices that fit at risk. pic.twitter.com/x0vsftatli
– Ecoometrics (@ecoinometrics) March 5, 2025
Adaptable returns at risk measure the profitability of an asset associated with its price swings. A higher ratio suggests a strong return with lower volatility.
After a number of violent price swings of the latter next to the threats of the trade war, the growth of geopolitical tensions and President Trump’s sowing in the government’s plans with respect to crypto, Bitcoin is moderately lower today in 2025. Gold, meanwhile, is more than 11% year-to-date.
“Bitcoin and Gold are completely unspecified so far, in a 20-day moving average to a five-year time frame it is negative,” said CoinDesk’s analyst James Van Straten. “You can usually see when the touch of the touch is usually when Bitcoin is at the bottom of the early 2023, the winter of 2023, the winner of 2024 and now. The BTC tends to meet gold.”
The shift can affect Bitcoin’s appeal to institutional investors, which often prioritizes properties with favorable reward profiles. While Bitcoin’s long-term narrative as “digital gold” remains intact, its short-term performance suggests that it can act more like equality than a safe property.
