BTC: Gold and Bitcoin Are Now 2026’s Worst Major Assets: What Went Wrong?

Published: 31 October 2026

BTC market note dated 31 October 2026. This is an independent English brief of a public news item; it does not add trade levels.

What happened

• Bitcoin and gold have become the two worst-performing major asset classes of the year so far, marking an unusual first in data stretching back to 2011. The development comes as higher oil prices and renewed expectations for tighter monetary policy have undermined two assets that…

What the figures mean

Independent check on the printed figures (2026, 2011, 23, 7.5%): confirm the unit, the session or as-of timestamp, and whether the number is a flow, a price, a rate, or a count before treating the headline as a directional call for BTC. This page restates source figures; it does not invent a second dataset.

Why it matters

The item is included because it is substantively about BTC (institutions, policy, flows, security, or network use), not a passing mention.

What to watch

Separate confirmed actions from speculation in the source. No price target is invented here.