How Bitcoin has Performed During the Pandemic: A Report

As the market enters another Bitcoin era, today we look at how BTC is doing during the times of the pandemic. At a glance, from year to date, Bitcoin has outperformed traditional assets.

Let's say you bought $100 of Bitcoin on 01/01/20. It would have grown to $190 on 10/28/20. 🙌 If you placed your $100 in the Nasdaq 100 or the Dollar Index, your balance would be $133 and $96, respectively.

See how $BTC compares to assets like commodities and equities:

The orange line indicates BTC performance, which dropped to heart-palpitating lows when COVID19 spread in the US, but reached a new record for 2020, at the end of October

At the start of 2020, BTC strongly correlated with commodities, but broke away in October — potentially from a risk-aversion to traditional markets due to a surge in COVID cases and political environments.

Also, Bitcoin showed significant correlation with the equity markets in Q1, mostly because all markets sold off in a flight to liquidity. However, once financial stimulus packages were announced, asset prices recovered rapidly.

As shown here, BTC's correlations with gold and silver dropped drastically after the PayPal crypto announcement.

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