By CCN: Bitcoin’s year-to-date returns of nearly 50% aren’t too shabby. But if you’d have invested in bitcoin two years ago, you would be sitting on a return of more than 457%. Morgan Creek Digital Co-Founder Anthony Pompliano did the back-of-the-napkin math. He proved that there’s a new sheriff in town, even in the face of the stock market’s historic bull run.

While the time period includes bitcoin’s 2017 peak, it also accounts for the crypto winter, which provides some balance. All told, the bitcoin price is up by a triple-digit percentage. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has delivered, ahem, 26% returns in the same span. It’s not just the Dow. Bitcoin has outperformed the S&P 500 and oil, too, not to mention its chief rival as a store of value, gold. Even if bitcoin’s risk/reward ratio isn’t for everyone, it’s all about maintaining the right perspective.

“The non-correlated, asymmetric nature of bitcoin makes it imperative that every portfolio include some exposure to the digital currency,” said Pompliano using the hashtag “GetOffZero.”

Two year returns:

S&P 500: 19.9%
Gold: 1.3%
Oil: 31%
Bitcoin: 457%

The non-correlated, asymmetric nature of Bitcoin makes it imperative that every portfolio include some exposure to the digital currency. #GetOffZero

— Pomp