• Nvidia has been the best-performing stock, with demand for AI chips pushing the chipmaker to a $3 trillion valuation as investors weigh whether it might be a better investment than Bitcoin.
• Since the start of last year, Nvidia has surged over 600% while Bitcoin has gained 165%, but BTC’s appeal extends beyond the gains.

Bitcoin has outpaced most investments over the past decade by a country mile, from gold to stocks. This year, it has gained 44%, which is still high for mainstream assets. However, another asset in the past three years has emerged as a formidable opponent for Bitcoin—Nvidia stock.

Artificial intelligence has dominated the global tech industry, with every other major company investing billions in AI integration. While Microsoft, Meta, Google, and startups like OpenAI and Anthropic dominate AI development, no company has gained more from the rise of AI than Nvidia.

The American chipmaker produces the chips that anchor the industry, leveraging the proverbial “sell shovels in a gold rush.”  For context, at the start of 2020, Nvidia’s market cap stood at $144 billion. Since then, it has skyrocketed. Today, it’s worth $3 trillion and is the world’s third-largest company—it even eclipsed Microsoft and Apple for a few days to become the largest company globally.

Nvidia or Bitcoin—What’s a Better Investment?

Nvidia’s rise has led to the inevitable question: Is it a better investment than Bitcoin? Judging by the past three years, the answer is yes—it has been a better investment.

However, context is important. For starters, can Nvidia maintain its incredible ascent? Market experts think this is unlikely. Many believe this is a bubble that will burst sooner or later.

Nvidia isn’t the first infrastructure company to shoot to the top of the charts based on a bubble. At the height of the dot-com bubble in 2000, Cisco overtook Microsoft to become the most valuable company globally. However, the bubble burst, and several dot-com companies worth tens of billions collapsed. Today, Cisco is not in the top 50 largest companies in the world.

Conversely, Bitcoin has been on a multi-year trajectory that has seen it scale new heights every other year. Unlike Nvidia, Bitcoin is unlikely to get dethroned by any other crypto; currently, BTC’s dominance is 53.8%. The lowest its dominance sunk to was 38% at the height of the altcoin season in late 2022.

But beyond the price comparisons, Bitcoin presents something bigger than price speculation. It offers a new financial dynamic that doesn’t rely on a few centralized companies controlled by a few billionaires. This vision makes investing in Bitcoin much more impactful than owning Nvidia stock.

Today, Bitcoin trades just over $61,000 after opening the week with a 4.6% loss.

In a note to investors, FxPro analyst noted:

We still don’t see technically important support levels up to the $60K area, but beyond that, it may not be so easy for the bears…The next sensitive area is near $58K; the 200-day moving average is pulled up here, and there is the lower boundary of the downward range, which has been in force since March.

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