Is Bitcoin still a reliable alternative?

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Bitcoin recently stumbled upon new highs in July but now stepping into August, we are seeing a bit of a pull back. $10,000+ kind of a pullback. Many investors like to throw money into the cyptocurrency when the stock market seems a bit volatile but is that still a reliable move? Lets take a look at Bitcoin and see.

Take a look at the table above. This is the BTC/USD chart via Coinbase for the 2025 calendar year. Ultimately it went sideways until recently when we saw Bitcoin test new highs in the $123k range. After that, it remained in that range between $116k and $120k before dropping down in the last few days to retest the $112k range. this was a drop of 9% from the all time high. Luckily BTC bounced off of that and today we are seeing a 1.35% upside as of writing this article 8/3/25.

Now lets take a quick look at the S&P 500 and how its been moving. For the most part, its about the same. You can see a dip in March/August when the Trump Administration issued “Liberation Day” and then the market bounced back all the way to where the S&P posted new highs as recently as this past Thursday. However, since “Liberation Day 2.0” The S&P 500 dipped again a whopping 3.3% from the high in just two days.

When you compare the two, its hard to say which is better or a safer spot for your money. Many people have trust issues with Cryptocurrency and many people have trust issues with the stock market. Bitcoin dropped 9% from its high where as the S&P 500 only dropped 3.3%. The cliché’ answer is to have what you feel comfortable in both. Crypto trades on a 24/7/365 basis where as the S&P 500 doesn’t. It’s not easy to guess what the market will open like on any given Monday morning.

Final thought

Keep in mind a lot happened last week via politics. A lot, not so good for the stock market such as jobs reports, Liberation Day 2.0, a lot of earnings reports with more coming this week. Sometimes things like this will drag down crypto too. It’s times like this where doing your research pays off to better prepare your portfolio to be either defensive or aggressive at the right time. Reading articles like this is just one step to making sure your better prepared.

“Never financial advice, just a thought”

-Bremcakes

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