Bitcoin Posts -10.17% January Return, Fifth-Worst Since 2013; Ethereum Falls -17.52%

Bitcoin returned -10.17% in January, its fifth-worst January performance since 2013 and well below the historical January average of 2.81%, Coinglass data show on Feb. 1. Ethereum recorded a -17.52% January return, its third-weakest January since 2017 and significantly under the long-term average of 16.81%. Bitcoin's historical February average stands at 12.2% with only 3 negative instances, while Ethereum shows a 10.37% February average with 2 negative instances.