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<h3 id="span-style-font-weight-quick-breakdown-span">Quick breakdown&nbsp;</h3>
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 <li style="\&quot;font-weight:">Bitcoin has outperformed the S&amp;P 500 by roughly 88% since 2020,according Phil Rosen’s data.</li>
 <li style="\&quot;font-weight:">Buffett’s favoured index continues to rise but offers lower returns compared to crypto’s explosive growth.</li>
 <li style="\&quot;font-weight:">Experts caution that Bitcoin’s volatility makes it a different kind of investment entirely.</li>
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<h3 id="span-style-font-weight-bitcoin-leaves-the-sp-500-in-the-dust-span">Bitcoin leaves the S&amp;P 500 in the dust</h3>
While billionaire investor Warren Buffett has long championed the S&amp;P 500 as the safest bet for average investors, new data suggests that Bitcoin has vastly outperformed the index over the past five years.
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 The S&amp;P 500 keeps breaking records but it\’s completely collapsed in bitcoin terms since 2020, down 88%. <a href="\&quot;https://t.co/ncP9cOutiz\&quot;" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/ncP9cOutiz</a>
 — Phil Rosen (@philrosenn) <a href="\&quot;https://twitter.com/philrosenn/status/1974913797753372701?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\&quot;" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">October 5, 2025</a>
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According to an October 5 <a style="\&quot;color:" href="\&quot;https://x.com/philrosenn/status/1974913797753372701\&quot;" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">post</a> by Phil Rosen, co-founder of Opening Bell Daily, the S&amp;P 500 may have surged 106% in U.S. dollar terms since 2020 — but when measured in Bitcoin, the index has effectively collapsed by roughly 88%. The revelation quickly made waves across X, with Bitcoin advocates celebrating the milestone.
<h3 id="span-style-font-weight-buffett-s-trusted-strategy-meets-a-new-challenger-span">Buffett’s trusted strategy meets a new challenger</h3>
The Standard &amp; Poor’s 500—a benchmark tracking 500 top U.S. companies—has been a cornerstone of Buffett’s investment philosophy. The Berkshire Hathaway chairman has often recommended a “90/10” strategy, allocating 90% of a portfolio to the S&amp;P 500 and 10% to short-term U.S. Treasuries.
Since its inception in 1957, the index has delivered an average inflation-adjusted annual return of about 6.68%, outperforming inflation and serving as a model of steady long-term growth. However, the rise of Bitcoin’s decentralized, deflationary nature has introduced a new, volatile, yet lucrative alternative.
<h3 id="span-style-font-weight-record-highs-for-both-but-bitcoin-leads-the-pack-span">Record highs for both—but Bitcoin leads the pack</h3>
The S&amp;P 500 continues to make headlines, hitting a record 6,715.79 points in 2025, up 14.43% year-to-date. Yet, Bitcoin’s performance remains unmatched, climbing 32% this year alone and <a style="\&quot;color:" href="\&quot;https://defi-planet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Proof-of-Personhood-A-Privacy-First-Approach-to-Identity-Verification-scaled-1.avifwp-content/uploads/2025/10/Are-We-Ignoring-the-Ethics-of-Crypto-Staking-scaled-2.avifwp-content/uploads/2025/10/Slippage-Front-Running-and-MEV-The-Hidden-Costs-of-DeFi-Trading-scaled-1.avifwp-content/uploads/2025/09/Next-Technology-Holding-1.avifwp-content/uploads/2025/09/Next-Technology-Holding-1.avifwp-content/uploads/2025/10/Russian-Ruble-Backed-Stablecoin-A7A5-1.avifwp-content/uploads/2025/10/IoTeX-1.avif2025/10/bitcoin-consolidates-as-exchange-reserves-fall-supply-tightens/\&quot;" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">reaching</a> an all-time high of $125,000 in October.
Data from OfficialData.org highlights the stark contrast: a $100 investment in the S&amp;P 500 at the start of 2020 would now be worth around $209.85. The same amount in Bitcoin would have ballooned to approximately $1,473.87.
Despite this, experts note that comparing the two directly is difficult. The S&amp;P 500 represents a diversified, low-risk portfolio of U.S. corporate giants worth $56.7 trillion, while Bitcoin remains a volatile digital asset with a $2.47 trillion market cap built on scarcity and speculation.
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