Bitcoin Cross Market Comparisons
Which prices have moved together?
Compare Bitcoin, gold, silver and oil over matching months.
Right now
Silver moved most like Bitcoin over the last three years, and only loosely.
Monthly price changes over the three years to Aug 2026, on a scale from −1 to 1.
Gold
Hardly at all
0.02 over three years.
Silver
Loosely
0.14 over three years.
US oil
Hardly at all
0.04 over three years.
Broad dollar index
Hardly at all
0.04 over three years.
Bitcoin’s monthly price
Average daily closes for complete calendar months. The comparison table uses matching months.
Which prices moved together?
Each number compares two prices’ monthly changes over the same months, on a scale from −1 to 1. Near 1, the two usually rose and fell together. Near 0, there was little link. Near −1, one usually rose when the other fell.
| Price | Bitcoin | Gold | Silver | US oil | Broad dollar index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin | · | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.04 | 0.04 |
| Gold | 0.02 | · | 0.68 | −0.04 | −0.43 |
| Silver | 0.14 | 0.68 | · | 0.05 | −0.29 |
| US oil | 0.04 | −0.04 | 0.05 | · | 0.24 |
| Broad dollar index | 0.04 | −0.43 | −0.29 | 0.24 | · |
| Price | Bitcoin | Gold | Silver | US oil | Broad dollar index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin | · | 0.21 | 0.24 | 0.09 | −0.15 |
| Gold | 0.21 | · | 0.73 | 0.06 | −0.54 |
| Silver | 0.24 | 0.73 | · | 0.12 | −0.41 |
| US oil | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.12 | · | 0.10 |
| Broad dollar index | −0.15 | −0.54 | −0.41 | 0.10 | · |
How much did each price change?
Each price’s monthly average against the same month one, three, five and ten years earlier.
| Price | One year | Three years | Five years | Ten years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin | −39.5% | +149.4% | +52.1% | +11,904.4% |
| Gold | +31.0% | +129.9% | +147.1% | +229.2% |
| Silver | +71.2% | +179.5% | +172.5% | +233.7% |
| US oil | +29.0% | +1.6% | +22.2% | +84.6% |
| Dollars per euro | −0.3% | +6.3% | −1.5% | +3.4% |
| Broad dollar index | −1.4% | −0.8% | +4.8% | +6.7% |
Understanding
Bitcoin Cross Market Comparisons
One Bitcoin averaged $69,490.81 as of .
How this page is worked out
The comparison uses monthly price changes over three or five years. It requires 37 or 61 consecutive monthly prices. Gaps end a comparison window. Moving together in the past does not explain why prices changed or predict what comes next.
Sources and calculations
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Source: ECB statistics.
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Maketo made the calculations shown here from the published figures.
Source: Federal Reserve Board.
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Maketo made the calculations shown here from the published figures.
Source: World Bank, Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet), CC BY 4.0.
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- Gold: US dollars per troy ounce
- Silver: US dollars per troy ounce
- West Texas Intermediate oil: US dollars per barrel
Maketo made the calculations shown here from the published figures.