More of a Hedge, Less of an Investment
As pointed out by Mati Greenspan (@matigreenspan) Founder at Quantum Economics, the correlation of Bitcoin to gold and stocks has taken a pretty wild swing since July last year. This timing is essential, as is the correlation. Prior to July, Bitcoin was more similar to stocks going back to the start of the Bitcoin bear market.This could indicate that at a time where Bitcoin was shedding volume, traders were still in the market, making savvy investments to try and pick up small profits here and there. This has a feeling of stock trading and clever short term investments. However, when Bitcoin started picking up momentum again, around July 2019, people would have seen it as a worthwhile investment for long term holding and the store of value. This spike in Bitcoin price was also catalyzed by tensions between the US and China as a trade war brewed. Suddenly, global economic issues and survivalist monetary policies were shoved into the spotlight, and people were looking out for a new hedge against falling interest rates and financial uncertainty.For those wondering about $BTC's daily correlation to other markets.
— Mati Greenspan (tweets ≠ financial advice) (@MatiGreenspan) January 28, 2020
Red = Gold
Blue = Stocks
In the last 9 months bitcoin has been making a move towards acting more like gold than stocks. However the correlations are still very weak (<0.2).
A strong correlation would be >0.7. pic.twitter.com/XVw39VvzNz
A Small Indicator
Of course, as Greenspan points out, the correlation seen in the graphs is not massive. He states that a correlation of 0.7 could be considered strong, whereas the gold association is currently just under 0.15. Still, instead of reading this as a way to predict the movement of Bitcoin based on what gold is going to do, it may just be strong enough for affirmation that Bitcoin is leaning towards being a digital gold again. But more so, its store of value leaning could also indicate that it is attempting to sit alongside gold as a financial hedge depending on what happens globally in the markets.Disclaimer
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