Altcoin Underdogs Outperform Bitcoin To Kick Off 2022

Altcoins have started the year 2022 with an overperformance over Bitcoin. Out of all the various indexes, the mid-cap coins seem to have accumulated the most gains so far. Bitcoin Starts The Year Underperforming The Altcoins As per the latest weekly report from Arcane Research, Bitcoin’s 2022 has started with the coin underperforming in front of various altcoins. Throughout 2021, most of the altcoins managed to beat BTC in terms of overall gains. And it looks like this year also hasn’t been any different so far. Here is a chart that shows how the various altcoins have compared with Bitcoin since the start of this year: Looks like every index has beaten BTC so far in the year | Source: The Arcane Research Weekly Update - Week 52 In the above graph, all the altcoins have been separated into different “indexes” based on their market capitalization. The three categories include the large-cap index, the mid-cap index, and the small-cap index. The various coins fall into these divisions depending on where their market cap stands, and their gains as a whole are considered in the chart. Related Reading | Bitcoin Open Interest Reaches Dangerously High Values, Leverage Flush Coming? As you can see in the graph, Bitcoin seems to have lagged behind the rest of the indexes, with the crypto dipping 3% into losses since the start of the year. The mid-cap altcoins have performed the best so far, managing prof...