Market analyst Garrett has offered his analysis of why blue-chip crypto coins have lagged precious metals and other risk assets. Garrett explained that crypto assets also face barriers that other asset classes do not encounter. The analysts pointed to a similar pattern in silver, which ranked among the weakest risk assets before last year’s short squeeze. Bitcoin and Ethereum Show Safe-Haven Traits Despite Market VolatilityGarrett rejects the view that Bitcoin and Ethereum behave like pure risk assets, explaining their failure to follow equity rallies. Risk assets tend to move sharply and react strongly to investor sentiment, which applies to stocks, metals, and crypto.