On May 16th news, the Russian central bank has named bitcoin as the best performing asset of the Russian financial marekt in April 2025, during which the price of bitcoin rose by 11.2%. The bank also stressed that bitcoin also topped the list year-to-date with a return of 17.6%, outperforming stocks, bonds and gold. Despite a short-term volatility decline of 18.6% between January and April 2025, bitcoin has been identified as the best performing investment product in the world since 2022, with a cumulative return of 121.3%. Bitcoin has been identified as the most profitable investment product by Russia's central bank over the past year, with a 38 per cent return. Since 2022, it has returned a cumulative 121.3 per cent, significantly outperforming traditional assets such as gold, equities and the S & P 500 Index. The recognition comes at a time of unprecedented institutional interest in Bitcoin.