As UK Pound Continues to Decline, Bitcoin Volatility Gets Revaluated
Mainstream investors and financial institutions have dismissed Bitcoin as a currency due to its intense volatility. The British pound recently plunged to more than 6% in minutes, crashing various markets and exchanges. While the British pound came closer to reaching its 31-year low value, the price of Bitcoin continues to surge, reaching $635 with experts presuming a $700 breakout by the end of October. Since Brexit, the British pound has continued to struggle in dealing with its declining value. The rapid devaluation of the national currency forced a substantial number of financial and....
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Reaching 1 GBP = $1.04, the pound has crash-landed, marking a record low against the U.S. dollar following the new prime minister’s budget announcements. The Great British pound sterling has fallen to the lowest level ever against the United States dollar. In a flurry of overnight trading activity, the pound reached lows of 1 pound = $1.04. It lost 5% of its value in a spiral.The United Kingdom’s sovereign currency, the pound sterling, is the world’s oldest currency that is still in use today. It is currently clinging above USD-pound parity, since regaining $.03 cents, bouncing to 1 pound....
In the aftermath of the United Kingdom’s departure vote from the European Union, Bitcoin became more stable than the British pound. During the days leading up to and immediately following the Brexit vote, the pound’s instability increased, while Bitcoin’s continued to decline, eventually falling below the pound in early July, according to a graph by Bloomberg. This is significant because of both Bitcoin’s historic volatility and the pound’s historic stability, being the currency of one of the world’s consistently largest economies. Lily Allen’s Bitcoin tweet. The news of Bitcoin winning....
Bitcoin continues to observe new yearly lows for volume as volatility also continues to decline further. Bitcoin Volume And Volatility At Yearly Lows As per an Arcane Research report, the 7-day average trading volume for BTC continues to hit yearly lows. This is the third consecutive week that the indicator has plunged down. The below […]
After the Halving and the Brexit Bitcoin remained stable. On the other hand, the pound sterling has been experiencing high levels of volatility. The much anticipated Halving (Reduction in half of the reward given to bitcoin miners) and the Brexit (the exit of the UK from the European Union) are two important events that happened in the middle of this year. Both events brought a lot of speculations, and if we take a look at the behavior of both currencies after these two events, we will note that after the Halving and the Brexit Bitcoin remained stable. On the other hand, the pound sterling....