No. Not once, so far.
Pick any start day since Aug 2010. Move four years on, same coin. The price stood higher at the end.
That is 4,460 four-year stretches. All 4,460 ended higher.
Over ten years, the story is the same. All 2,270 ten-year stretches ended higher.
The worst start day was Apr 9, 2021. One coin cost $58,049 that day. Four years on, it cost $76,267.
Even the worst stretch ended about a third higher.
An end can hide a hard middle. Buy at the top in Dec 2017, at $19,280. One year on, the price was $3,232. That is a fall of 83%.
Four years on, it stood at $47,658. The end was fine. The middle was a crash.
Holding through the middle is the hard part.
"So far" is part of the answer. Sixteen years is a short life for money. Streaks in markets end, with no warning.
The record is the past. It is not a promise.
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Facts as of Oct 31, 2026. Past prices from blockchain.info. This is learning, not financial advice.
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