Bitcoin Price (BTC) Analysis: S&P 500 Takes the Lead in 2025

October 29, 2025

Bitcoin Price (BTC) Analysis: S&P 500 Takes the Lead in 2025

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Bitcoin is not just lagging gold in 2025, but its returns have also slipped below those of the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq.

By James Van Straten, AI Boost|Edited by Stephen Alpher

Oct 29, 2025, 1:41 p.m.

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  • The continuing rally in stocks has lifted the S&P 500’s return this year above that of bitcoin and widened the Nasdaq’s lead.
  • A recent surge for Nvidia (NVDA) has pushed its market cap above $5 trillion, outpacing the combined value of other major chipmakers as AI partnerships and investments fuel explosive growth.
  • Bitcoin, meanwhile, remains stuck roughly 10% below its record high.

The Nvidia (NVDA)-led rally in stocks this month has now pushed the returns of the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq above that of bitcoin BTC$112,821.85.

With additional gains on Tuesday while bitcoin dipped, the S&P 500’s 17% rise year-to-date is ahead of BTC’s 16% advance. The Nasdaq has widened its lead over bitcoin, now higher by 24%. Gold continues to be the top-performing major asset class with a 50% rise.

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No rally in U.S. stocks can be talked about with mentioning the Mag 7 names, and specifically within that group Nvidia (NVDA). Shares are up 17% over the past five days amid a continuing barrage of AI-related partnership deals, pushing the company’s market cap above $5 trillion early Wednesday.

Microsoft (MSFT) and Apple (APPL) remain just behind NVIDIA, each valued at around a $4 trillion market cap.

According to the X account Hedgie Markets, NVIDIA is responsible for nearly 20% of the S&P 500’s gains this year and now accounts for 8.3% of the index’s total weighting.

To put Nvidia’s size in perspective, the company’s market cap is now larger than the combined values of AMD, Arm Holdings, ASML, Broadcom, Intel, Lam Research, Micron, Qualcomm, and Taiwan Semi, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

Nvidia’s growth has coincided with the huge developments in artificial intelligence. On Tuesday alone, the company announced a series of new partnerships with Palantir (PLTR) and Samsung, a $1 billion investment in Nokia, and a potential collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy to build new supercomputers.

It’s more of the same in opening action on Wednesday, with the Nasdaq higher by 0.5%, Nvidia up 4.6% and bitcoin slipping back under $113,000, roughly 10% below its record high.

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