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I just reviewed the Q1 numbers, and honestly, it was quite brutal for both coins. Bitcoin closed the quarter with a decline of -23.21%, making it the third worst quarterly performance since 2013. Ethereum fared even worse with -32.17%, also the third worst since 2016.
The interesting part is comparing it to historical averages. Bitcoin typically averages 45.90% in Q1, so this result was well below expectations. With Ethereum, it's similar; its historical average is around 66.45%, although the median is much more modest at 4.37%, which shows the typical volatility of the quarter.
Basically, Q1 2026 was a reminder that the first quarter isn't always the best time. Some quarters just don't cooperate, and this was one of those cases where both major cryptocurrencies ended in the red.