Bitcoin price plunged 8% against the surging Gold value.
Gold price spike came in the wake of the Ukraine crisis escalation.
The correlation between Bitcoin and risk-on assets has peaked.
Inflows into the crypto market continue.
YEREVAN (CoinChapter.com) – Bitcoin (BTC) faced risks of a broader crypto market meltdown against the surging Gold price after Russia ordered troops to invade Ukraine. The flagship cryptocurrency shaved over 8% off its value in the previous 24 hours, dropping below the psychological level of $35,000.
As Bitcoin declined for the previous week and other risk-on markets, gold rallied to its year-over-year high. As mentioned, the surge came amid the bubbling Russia/Ukraine crisis, triggering a spike in safe-haven assets.
In short, safe-haven assets tend to thrive in times of economic turbulence, as investors seek to allocate their assets from the mainstream economy. However, if Bitcoin was considered such during the Pandemic in 2021, the alpha crypto met the current geopolitical crisis as a risk asset, leaving gold as the primary safe haven.
Hence, the yellow metal value exploded to $1,950 for an ounce in the Asian-Pacific session on Feb. 24 before setting near $1,940 hours later.
Meanwhile, the BTC/USD exchange rate struggled below $34,900 on Feb. 24. Additionally, the stock market plunged in unison with the alpha crypto, confirming the latter’s ongoing risk asset correlation.
The correlation reached an all-time high on Feb. 23, according to the analytical platform CryptoQuant, and its chief executive Ki-Young Ju.
#Bitcoin and US stocks are highly correlated lately. It hits the all-time high today.
📈 Good News: $BTC is getting adopted by traditional institutions. Its ownership is changing by new players who trade stocks.
Despite the plummeting price, the CEO called the correlation “good news,” as it signified growing adoption and new market participants, who “trade stocks” as well.
Additionally, the alpha crypto saw fund inflows for the previous five weeks instead of December’s outflows. According to CoinShares’ weekly report from Feb. 18, some $109 million poured into the crypto market the previous week, and Bitcoin’s share stood at $88.5 million.
The full-blown military invasion of Ukraine seemed to influence the markets, as an escalation could destabilize the economy further, feeding the overflowing inflation. But, on the other hand, a release in the tension would benefit the risk assets and, by extension, the crypto market as well.
Lilit is a Yerevan-based Markets writer, skilled in 3 languages, and interested in writing about the tech world, trading, art, and science. She also has a background in psychology and marketing, which helps deliver the right message to the target audience.
Bitcoin (BTC) investors suffered the largest U.S. dollar-denominated "Realized Loss" in history, according to data provided by Glassnode.
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