Charlie Bilello, Creative Planning’s chief market strategist, put Bitcoin’s year-to-date return at minus 7.3% and gold’s at minus 7.5% in an October 25 post cited by BlockBeats the following day.
A year-to-date comparison
He described the pair as the weakest-performing major assets in 2026 to that point. The figures are Bilello’s reported snapshot; the post’s text does not specify a complete comparison universe or return methodology.
Source: BlockBeats, 2026-10-26 08:53:05 UTC.
Original statement: Charlie Bilello, October 25, 2026 (public text mirror).