Van Eck declares Bitcoin ‘less volatile than many’ stocks
Van Eck's latest research appears to be an effort towards calming investor fears about Bitcoin... as well as the SEC's. On Friday, investment management firm Van Eck released new research indicating that Bitcoin’s price movements are less volatile than between a quarter and a third of the stocks listed on the S&P 500. In a blog post the German issuer of exchange-traded products said that while Bitcoin has long been considered a “nascent and volatile asset outside of the traditional stock and capital markets,” the reality shows that the world’s largest cryptocurrency trades with volatility....
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