Apple is up 31% this year. Bitcoin is down 16%. Here are the top 5 US stocks and the top 5 crypto assets by market cap, 2026 so far: STOCKS Apple (AAPL): +30.8% Amazon (AMZN): +15.3% Microsoft (MSFT): +7.8% Alphabet (GOOGL): −6.2% NVIDIA (NVDA): −6.8% CRYPTO $BTC: −15.5% $BNB: −21.3% $ETH: −30.8% $SOL: −33.1% $XRP: −42.9% Average top stock: +8.2% Average top crypto: −28.7% That’s a 37-point gap. The wider market tells the same story: the S&P 500 is up 11.3% and the Nasdaq-100 12.4%. Not all of crypto is red. $HYPE is up 180% and $ZEC 93% this year. But the biggest coins have lagged badly. Crypto has always swung harder both ways. The question is whether it can close the gap before year end. Which side are you backing? Data: Yahoo Finance, CoinGecko (Dec 31, 2025 to Nov 11, 2026 close)