Bitcoin Slides to 13th Place on the Global Asset Rankings as AI and Metals Run Higher

Bitcoin has lost more ground in the global asset rankings, dropping to 13th place after its price slipped to around $76,000...

Written by: Sophia Cruz • Wednesday, May 27, 2026 • 2 min read

• Last updated: Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Quick overview

Bitcoin has dropped to 13th place in global asset rankings, with a price around $76,000 and a market cap of approximately $1.5 trillion.
The asset has declined 11% since January and nearly 30% over the past year, while gold and silver have seen significant gains.
Major tech companies like TSMC and Broadcom have surpassed Bitcoin's market cap, reflecting a shift in investor interest towards AI and semiconductor stocks.
Despite these challenges, the long-term outlook for Bitcoin remains positive due to high holder supply and increasing corporate adoption.

Bitcoin has lost more ground in the global asset rankings, dropping to 13th place after its price slipped to around $76,000 and its total market cap fell to roughly $1.5 trillion. The move reflects a year that has not gone the way many bitcoin holders were hoping, with the asset down 11% since January and nearly 30% over the past twelve months.

What makes the slide more pointed is what has been going up while bitcoin drifted lower. Gold hit an all-time high of $5,600 per ounce back in January and, even after pulling back to around $4,486, it has held on to enough of those gains to stay well above bitcoin in the rankings. Silver had its own run, touching $120 per ounce before settling near $76, and in the process climbed to fifth place among all global assets by market cap. That is not a position most investors would have put silver a couple of years ago.

The AI and semiconductor wave has been equally punishing for bitcoin’s relative standing. TSMC and Broadcom have both crossed the $2 trillion mark and now sit at eighth and ninth globally, each worth more than bitcoin. Micron Technology, which had a big week after its latest earnings came in well above expectations, just crossed the $1 trillion threshold, and Samsung at roughly $1.3 trillion is now right on bitcoin’s heels.

The Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF, which tracks the big US tech names, is up 33% over the past year. That kind of performance pulls capital, and it has been pulling it away from crypto.

None of this means the structural case for bitcoin has changed. Long-term holder supply is near record highs, corporate treasury adoption keeps growing, and the regulatory environment in the US is more constructive than it has been in years. But in a market where gold is breaking records, chipmakers are printing money, and AI is the trade everyone wants to be in, bitcoin has had a hard time competing for attention in 2026. Whether that rotation reverses is the question sitting at the center of every crypto portfolio conversation right now.

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Sophia Cruz

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Sophia is an experienced writer, reporter and newsdesk member, mostly on the financial sectors. For the past 5 years Sophia has covered a wide variety of topics such as the financial markets, economics, technology, fin-tech and trading. Sophia has been a part of the FX Leaders team since 2017 and works on producing valuable content and information for traders of all levels of experience.