Key Highlights: Bitcoin and gold are both recording negative year-to-date returns in 2026, jointly sinking to the bottom of major asset class performance rankings. The simultaneous slump follows back-to-back dominance, with Bitcoin leading markets in 2024 via a 121% gain and gold topping the chart in 2025 with a 63.7% rally. According to tracking data ...
Key Highlights Bitcoin’s 90-day realized volatility registered at approximately 38%, placing its price swings on par with AI hardware titan Nvidia at 37%. Despite maturing significantly from its June 2020 peak volatility of 134%, Bitcoin remains more than three times as volatile as the S&P 500 and about eight times as volatile as the EUR/USD ...
Key Highlights: Prominent alternative investment manager Brevan Howard, overseeing roughly $35 billion in assets, is deepening its relationship with Ripple. The collaboration leverages Ripple Prime to streamline brokerage, clearing, and financing services across various fund positions on a consolidated platform. The move does not indicate a direct purchase of XRP or an explicit XRP-focused strategy, ...