Take away the violent weekends and Bitcoin’s bull run is still alive while the dollar continues to fall
Bitcoin's flat 2026 performance masks strong weekday gains undone by significant weekend selling against hard assets like gold and silver.Summary
Despite the US Dollar falling and hard assets like gold and silver rallying significantly in early 2026, Bitcoin's overall return was near flat. This discrepancy is explained by Bitcoin's 24/7 trading schedule, where weekday gains of +3.21% were consistently erased by weekend losses of -3.17%. When compared only during overlapping trading hours, Bitcoin still underperformed, and when priced in gold or silver ounces, it showed significant depreciation, suggesting it is currently trading more like an equity risk asset than a safe-haven metal. For Bitcoin's bull run to continue catching up with the hard-asset rally, it must stop this pattern of weekend selling, which suggests traders are using the always-open crypto market to de-risk when traditional markets are closed.
(Source：CryptoSlate)