What BTC price slump? Bitcoin outperforms stocks and gold for 3rd year in a row
But concerns remain that the cryptocurrency could fall harder than its traditional rivals in 2022 on the U.S. Federal Reserve’s increasingly hawkish tones. Bitcoin (BTC) may be down over 30% from its record high of $69,000, but it has emerged as one of the best-performing financial assets in 2021. BTC has bested the United States benchmark index the S&P 500 and gold.Arcane Research noted in its new report that Bitcoin’s year-to-date performance came out to be nearly 73%. In comparison, the S&P 500 index surged 28%, and gold dropped by 7% in the same period, which marks the third....
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Bitcoin (BTC) four-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) has declined to 14.5%, the lowest rate on record. However, despite the slump, the premier cryptocurrency has given better returns than gold and stocks. Bitcoin CAGR Drops To Lowest Rate Ever Over the past year, BTC has experienced significant price action, setting multiple all-time highs (ATHs) despite the US Federal Reserve’s (Fed) hawkish stance, which included raising interest rates to curb inflation. Data from CoinGecko shows that BTC has surged 88% over the past year. Related Reading: Bitcoin Dominates 2024, Outperforms Gold....
Gold-backed tokens are getting increasingly popular as a more accessible alternative to investing in physical gold. What is a gold-backed cryptocurrency?A gold-backed cryptocurrency is a type of digital currency that is backed by physical gold. The currency’s value is based on the current market price of gold and can be used for transactions just like any other type of cryptocurrency.Some cryptocurrencies are backed by gold in order to tie the derivative asset (crypto) to a tangible asset (gold), thereby preventing excessive fluctuations in price. Thus, gold-backed cryptocurrency is often....
Bitcoin decoupled with the stock market and saw its correlation with gold rise to a level not seen since last year. Bitcoin (BTC) and gold are no longer investors’ primary choices as inflation hedges amid the strengthening United States dollars. The current turmoil in financial markets added to the geopolitical tensions has run havoc on the majority of the assets that investors prefer to invest in during times of financial crisis.Bitcoin has lost nearly 70% of its market cap since the market top last year while gold, which strengthened its position in the first quarter of the year despite....
Bitcoin price drops a leg lower and stocks slump after St. Lous Federal Reserve President James Bullard signals that interest rates could rise by the end of this year. Bitcoin (BTC) and the wider financial markets faced a new wave of selling on June 18 following comments from James Bullard, the president of the United States Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, indicating that he expects the first interest rate increase to happen in late 2022. Bullard's comments were even more hawkish than Wednesday’s comments from Fed Chair Jerome Powell, who indicated that the rate hikes would come in....
According to analyst Lyn Alden, bitcoin's correlation to stocks or gold depends on bitcoin’s own cycle.