– Bitcoin volatility shows not currency or safe haven but speculation
– Volatility still very high in bitcoin and crypto currencies (see charts)
– Bitcoin fell 25% over weekend; Recent high of $3,000 fell to below $1,900
– Bitcoin least volatile of cryptos, around 75% annualised volatility
– Gold much more stable at just 10% annualised volatility
– Bitcoin volatility against USD about 5-7 times vol of traditional forex trading
– Cryptos remain subject to huge speculation with little fundamental analysis
– Despite major differences many crypto currencies correlated, mimic one another
– Extreme hype – bitcoin expert bets will eat own body part on national television
– Millennials can punt on bitcoin, should also own gold and silver for long term
– Cryptos mere ‘babies’ when compared to time tested gold and silver
Editor: Mark O’Byrne
Crypto volatility and hype shows immaturity remains
The joy about working in precious metals is that for part of the weekend you can switch off.
There is a precious time when markets are closed and you don’t have to worry about market movements and what might be happening. You check back in on Sunday afternoon/evening and can delight in the markets starting to wake up for the week ahead. This isn’t the case in cryptocurrencies.
This weekend crypto-currency market participants got a wake-up call as to what 24/7/365 market trading really means. They watched the price of bitcoin plummet around 10% on Sunday morning (EST) alone. This contributed to bitcoin’s overall fall of 25% since last Thursday and into the weekend. Other crypto currencies fell by more.
This post was published at Gold Core on July 20, 2017.
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