Volatile Bitcoin Not a True Store of Value Just Yet, Says Fidelity Digital As...

Volatile Bitcoin Not a True Store of Value Just Yet, Says Fidelity Digital As...

Fidelity Digital Assets president Tom Jessop says that bitcoin is not a true store of value just yet because the digital asset is still too volatile, Reuters reported. However, investors are optimistic bitcoin will attain this status. “We use the word ‘potential store of value’ as bitcoin is still extremely volatile, and by any standard perhaps would not achieve the mantle of a true store of value,” Jessop told Reuters’ Global Investment Outlook Summit 2020 on Thursday. “But aspirationally it is, and that’s one of the reasons why so many investors....


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