Historically, Bitcoin has maintained a relatively low correlation to traditional asset classes, including equity indices and commodities like gold. However, in recent weeks, the leading cryptocurrency’s correlation to two major indices—the S&P 500 and Nasdaq —has been on the rise.11 Oca 2022
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But two charts depicting relative performance amid recent stock market corrections illustrate that bitcoin is more positively correlated to equities than some might think . The first one shows that when stocks fell nearly 20% in the fourth quarter of 2018, bitcoin fell as much as 50%, while gold traded up nearly 8%.23 Oca 2022
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