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Bitcoin ($BTC) gave back ground in May while Ethereum ($ETH) proved steadier, carrying a nearly 27% one-year return into the summer, according to reporting by Moneycontrol.
The split performance between the two largest cryptocurrencies by market use is worth examining carefully — not least because one-year returns in crypto tend to flatter whatever window the seller chooses.
What the Numbers Actually Mean A one-year return measures price change from a fixed point twelve months prior to now — it says nothing about what happened in between, or whether that starting point was a trough.
Ethereum's nearly 27% figure over that window is real as stated, but the framing matters: crypto assets can deliver that kind of return while spending most of the intervening period well below the entry price of anyone who bought at the wrong moment.
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