Bitcoin has rallied roughly 50% in Q3, moving from around $57.8K at the start of the quarter to above $86K this week.

That would make Q3 2026 one of Bitcoin’s strongest quarterly performances on record, with only Q3 2017 posting a larger gain at around 80%.

The move is especially notable after Bitcoin went through three consecutive quarters of losses.

From a brutal first half to one of BTC’s strongest quarters ever.