As reported by the Financial Times yesterday, market participants are not too sure about the latest trade developments between the US and China is good for Bitcoin Investors. Coupled with Washington’s political scenario concerning Trump’s impeachment row, stock prices fell on Friday. Does this mean that bitcoin (BTC) is the obvious alternative now for investors?
Wall Street stocks took a hit on Friday, in response to latest reports coming from the White House. As per, the Inquirer, the US government is considering restricting American business investment in China and the country’s assets. Plus delisting Chinese companies from US stock markets
The S&P 500 registered its worst performance in 5 weeks by falling one percent through the week. It closed the day on Friday at 2,961.80, with a 0.5 percent loss. Nasdaq Composite Index fell 1.1 percent to end the day at 7,939.63, and the week with a 2.2 percent drop. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also joined the downhill ride with a 0.5 percent drop to 26,820.25.
As per an analysis published couple of days ago, massive margin call liquidations from Seychelles based bitcoin derivates exchange BitMEX is responsible for the sad state of BTC markets. But there are other possible factors too which might have led to the same.
Zooming out the picture, in the current quarter, it can be seen that bitcoin prices have put up a dismal performance so far. With the latest crash to $7,800, down from recent levels above $10,000, BTC is on track to log the worst third quarter since 2014.
Atlantic Capital founder, Bruce Fenton added further perspective to this matter in his latest interview with BlockTV. On being asked about his opinion on the latest BTC pullback putting a bad reputation on investment attractiveness in the space, he said the current conditions are part of the natural cycle of cryptocurrency markets.
Nonetheless, Bruce pointed out that it’s a concerning thing. If a lot of investors lose money due to such sporadic volatility, then it turns bitcoin investors off from the market, he said.
The most high-quality coin is bitcoin, and that has the largest market cap. But even bitcoin is still very risky and speculative. It’s a speculative risky asset. I believe in it. I believe in its superior technology. It think we can demonstrate and prove that it is superior technology. But…. superior technlogy doesn’t always win, in terms of economic performance.
On speaking about BTC’s safe-haven narrative, Mr. Fenton’s said that although he has benefitted from being an early adopter in the top crypto asset, he doesn’t believe in bitcoin being an investment alternative in times of downturn. Although people should have some exposure compared to not having BTC at all.
Noted cryptocurrency analyst, Josh Rager came out with a rather positive stance in response to the current bitcoin market situation.
On BTC’s 42 percent pullback over 91 days this year, he opined that this isn’t a big deal, as bitcoin has seen 75 percent pullback to lows coupled with a 1600 percent surge to all-time highs. This phase too shall pass and there will be a great resurgence in buying sentiment in the market in the near future.
Also according to Hans Hauge of Ikigai Asset Management, bitcoin fundamentals are pretty robust and BTC as a solid investment platform is not going anywhere.
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