What is the S&P 500?
The S&P 500 tracks 500 of the largest U.S. publicly traded companies and is the primary benchmark for large-cap U.S. equities.
Why Compare to Bitcoin?
This comparison helps understand Bitcoin's performance relative to traditional stock market investments and different risk/reward characteristics.
Chart Details:
Both series are normalized to 100 at August 2010. Bitcoin uses log scale (orange), S&P 500 uses linear scale (blue). Data from Federal Reserve (FRED).